Tony Grist (poliphilo) wrote,
Tony Grist
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Here Comes 12

The Smith years have been characterized by enormously complicated story-lines that mostly just sort of petered out. The romance with River Song- designed with David Tennant in mind- turned faintly embarrassing once the asexual Smith was the object of desire. She chased him and he ran away and it was as if Bertie Wooster were being lusted after by one of his aunts.  And then there were the uxorious Ponds. Most of what was wrong with the era was Moffat's fault not Smith's. Smith was a comedy Doctor. Moffat's dark, twisty,neo- romantic vision calls for a Pertwee not a Troughton.

The new Doctor is still white and male but at least he's not a stripling- and the Doctor is no longer youthening with each incarnation.  Peter Capaldi is a very fine actor- known for comedy, capable of considerable range and I'm hoping for surprises..You wouldn't think it to look at them side by side, but he's the same age Hartnell was when he first created the role.  An middle-aged Doctor should mean rather less emotional incontinence than we've had from the last three models. Let's hope so, anyway.
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    I walked out into the field this morning and smelled pig farm. Or maybe it was somebody muck-spreading. Either way it had me thinking about pork…

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