Matt Smith’s departure from DOCTOR WHO is nearing ever closer, with only two weeks to go now, and Steven Moffat has once again been talking about incoming Doctor Peter Capaldi, yet again displaying his unwavering enthusiasm for the award winning actor.
Capaldi’s age, compared to that of current Doctor Matt Smith, has resulted in some skepticism among younger fans of the show that have come aboard the Tardis during David Tennant or Matt Smith’s tenure. Both of whom are considerably younger than Capaldi. Needless to say, Capaldi’s impressive filmography speaks for itself and should prove more than enough to get very excited about the veteran actor’s portrayal of the world’s favourite Time Lord. Now current WHO showrunner Moffat has been speaking about Capaldi’s take on the character and claims he will win over fans immediately:
“I’m confident that we’ll sell this Doctor to our existing audience and he will be different enough that people won’t just be miserable that they’re missing Matt.
There will be people who will come and have a look just because it’s Peter Capaldi. We’ll tell them “You never thought this would be your show,” but it is your show.
I was very curious to know how he’d go down. I thought it would go down well, and I thought it was a big declaration of intent with Doctor Who. People do sometimes try to be cynical about Doctor Who, and try to say ‘It’s not what it was’, despite the fact that you arithmetically can’t prove that in any direction whatsoever’.
‘We’ve cast one of the most beloved, one of the most distinguished – and one of the few Oscar winning! – actors in the role of the Doctor. It’s such a statement of the importance of Doctor Who and the size of Doctor Who that Peter is so over the moon about doing it, and that we get him’.
‘Peter said: ‘This is all I’ve ever wanted, this is huge for me. I just want to be Doctor Who.’ You need someone who cherishes it, who loves it and will take it as seriously, if not more seriously, than anything else”.
‘If you look at that publicity photograph he did for us, with the hand to the face, he’s instantly not Malcolm Tucker. He just banishes that, and you think ‘He’s the Doctor”.
Fans can look forward to Capaldi’s introduction in two weeks time during the climax of Matt Smith’s final episode The Time Of The Doctor due Christmas Day on BBC One.
Source: SFX Magazine
