# Who should play the next Doctor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914 "2013-06-02T02:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/161 "2013-08-05T02:36:06Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Thankfully Steven brought us a Doctor in a leather jacket. Then Ten had the suit and trenchcoat. 11 got more extreme but still reasonable. I just don’t want to see 12 in a clown outfit. PLEASE. I think we’ve moved beyond the clown outfits at this point. I’m confident that he’ll pick something cool (apparently he has quite a lot of input into his costume). ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/162 "2013-08-05T02:38:37Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Now if they can get the costume right. One of the downfalls of the 80’s Doctors was the more and more silly costume. long scarf and floppy hat, Edwardian cricketer, clown, question marks with a straw hat. > > Thankfully \*\*Steven \*\*brought us a Doctor in a leather jacket. Then Ten had the suit and trenchcoat. 11 got more extreme but still reasonable. I just don’t want to see 12 in a clown outfit. PLEASE. Russell T Davies, actually. Moffat didn’t take over until season 5. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/163 "2013-08-05T02:40:53Z")
I’m quite pleased that a lot of bairns are googling Peter Capaldi. When the schools start back up again after the summer I hope “come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off” becomes a thing ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/164 "2013-08-05T06:35:16Z")
I think him and Alex Kingston are going to _smoulder_ together. (Oh, don’t give me that look. He’ll find a way to get her out of digital-heaven!) ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/165 "2013-08-05T07:26:35Z")
I loved him in “In the Loop,” but I didn’t know he played the same character in a TV series before now! I wish he could cuss as the Doctor because he has such a great way using vulgar language. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/166 "2013-08-05T11:48:56Z")
Hey, I disagree about the long scarf being “silly.” I thought it was wonderful, and my mother knitted one for me and one for my son. (I especially enjoyed the episode where he used it to measure something.) I don’t disagree about the ??? jumper. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/167 "2013-08-05T12:43:43Z")
Remember River’s first appearance and how she said the Doctor surprisingly looked so young. So, she knows an older looking Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/168 "2013-08-05T13:21:55Z")
I recall that McCoy wasn’t too fond of the ??? sweater, either. I know he had ditched it for the 1996 movie. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/169 "2013-08-05T14:25:59Z")
Here’s a letter Peter Capaldi wrote 40 years ago: [http://www.radiotimes.com/uploads/images/original/34582.jpeg](http://www.radiotimes.com/uploads/images/original/34582.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/170 "2013-08-05T14:57:13Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Here’s a letter Peter Capaldi wrote 40 years ago: > > [http://www.radiotimes.com/uploads/images/original/34582.jpeg](http://www.radiotimes.com/uploads/images/original/34582.jpeg) This makes me very excited to see this Peter Capaldi guy take the helm of the TARDIS. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/171 "2013-08-05T15:08:17Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Apparently, Capaldi was once in a punk rock band with Craig Ferguson called Bastards from Hell. So there’s that. > [@standingwave](#): > > Look for Capaldi to make an appearance on the Late Late Show sometime in the very near future. In Ferguson’s memoir he credits Capaldi for convincing him to try standup comedy, which led to his career as an actor and then talk show host. ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/172 "2013-08-05T15:29:36Z")
I’m not sure working-class Glaswegians can have a “memoir”. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/173 "2013-08-05T16:07:49Z")
> [@BrokenBriton](#): > > I’m not sure working-class Glaswegians can have a “memoir”. Why not? I mean a younger person probably needs to wait a bit for a memoir, but you said working-class Glaswegians can’t write one? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/174 "2013-08-05T16:54:11Z")
I liked the long scarf too. 🙂 Tom was one of my favorite Doctor’s. It seemed later that the costume designers were trying to copy the 4th Doctors eccentric look. It lead to more and more extreme and sometimes silly costumes for the Doctors that came later. Matt’s Doctor was a little eccentric but it worked really well. Matt has a unique and wonderful talent for portraying manic actions. I’ve never seen an actor move and twist that much before. That doesn’t mean the next Doctor has to be even more eccentric. What worked for Matt may not work for the next guy. Thats what I meant earlier. > [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Hey, I disagree about the long scarf being “silly.” I thought it was wonderful, and my mother knitted one for me and one for my son. (I especially enjoyed the episode where he used it to measure something.) > > I don’t disagree about the ??? jumper. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/175 "2013-08-05T17:25:10Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Why not? I mean a younger person probably needs to wait a bit for a memoir, but you said working-class Glaswegians can’t write one? Also, the man makes several millions of dollars a year. He’s not working class any more. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/176 "2013-08-05T17:52:03Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Why not? I mean a younger person probably needs to wait a bit for a memoir, but you said working-class Glaswegians can’t write one? > [@Alessan](#): > > Also, the man makes several millions of dollars a year. He’s not working class any more. I do believe **Broken Briton** was indulging in a bit of regional ribbing…I read it as having the implied ending “…because they can’t remember most of what happened due to the alcoholic haze” but I’m not British so I’m not absolutely sure what the current regional stereotypes might be. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/177 "2013-08-05T18:44:43Z")
Here’s _Parade_ with five things you should know about the new Doctor - such as, he’s already won an Oscar!: [http://www.parade.com/60836/viannguyen/5-things-to-know-about-the-new-doctor-who-peter-capaldi/](http://www.parade.com/60836/viannguyen/5-things-to-know-about-the-new-doctor-who-peter-capaldi/) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/178 "2013-08-05T18:53:09Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’m glad they went with a more mature guy. At least someone in their forties. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one that remembers Eccleston. ☹ I’m bummed out he decided not to join Smith and Tennant in the 50th anniversary special. That being said, I’m excited for #12. I didn’t get into Who until after Smith had already started, so this will be the first time I get to see a new doctor/regeneration “live,” so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/179 "2013-08-05T19:58:12Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I do believe **Broken Briton** was indulging in a bit of regional ribbing…I read it as having the implied ending “…because they can’t remember most of what happened due to the alcoholic haze” but I’m not British so I’m not absolutely sure what the current regional stereotypes might be. edited - no reason to be that snarky ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/180 "2013-08-05T19:59:56Z")
I think its flattery, Eccleston didn’t _look_ like a 40 something. But he was fantastic 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914.md?page=10)