Doctor Who

[Harsin]

They can always just stick some twink in the Tardis as a third companion and all the fangirls will shut up.

[NecroMorrius]

I hope this is how the first meeting with the new sidekick goes.

[HarMGM]

Sad to say i've never seen In the Loop, so Capaldi is an unknown for me. Delighted however that we've gotten a far older Doctor this time around. Looks like we're due for a pretty big shake-up in terms of tone.

Speaking of which, Capaldi is the exact same age as when William Hartnell took the role.

[davidcotton]

The actors who played Amy Pond, Martha Jones and the Sixth Doctor all appeared in previous episodes as different characters - seems like an unusually high frequency for something like that to happen. Anyone know if there have been any other examples?

EDIT: Come to think of it, Karen Gillard was in the same Pompeii episode as Peter Capaldi, wasn't she?

EDIT2: ... and Peter Capaldi had a major role in one series of Torchwood.

Romana II

Lalla Ward played Princess Astrid (see what they did there) and then went on to play Romana II.

[layten]

No stupid fucking bow tie or hat thankfully.

[HarMGM]

On another note: rather than looking drunk or pissed, it seems to me that Smith was pretty sad in saying goodbye to the role. I've heard something similar from Tom Baker when he took over from Pertwee. Seems that Pertwee always regretted letting go if it and Baker himself wasn't to fond of giving the role to Davison either.

[whizzo]

Pretty sure thats not his costume.

[Mogster]

It's not. They haven't picked an outfit yet.

Anyway, best choice ever. Smith was a total unknown for me, but Capaldi is anything but. He'll be fantastic.

[spork]

The joy of seeing kids walking round with Malcolm Tucker on their lunchboxes.

[JohnC]

Didn't know he won an Oscar before.

[SeanR]

To me he'll always be

A. The angel Islington

B. Confused with jim capaldi, the drummer out of traffic

[mr_woo]

[Jack]

Look, half an hour ago you were in with a shot! This is half an hour hence! We've fucking time-travelled, yes? We're in a weird and wonderful world where everything is different! Maybe outside the polar ice caps have melted! Maybe there's fucking robots knocking about and Davina McCall is the new Pope! Maybe you can download rice!

[HarMGM]

Dammit, I want to see some nice and tasty fangirl tears. Someone post some already!

[El Pibe]

Twitter seems fairly positive it's the younger female fans that seem annoyed, e.g.

'Very disappointing - how can I fancy a man older than my Dad!?'

[NEG]

What in the blue blazing fuck is going on.

They're going to have to seriously change the tone for this to work, surely.

I certainly bloody hope so!

Less wacky. Just a touch more serious. Thanks.

[Kyouma]

This is fantastic. The hysterically negative reaction on tumblr has justified by itself the appointment of Capaldi.

[Royshan]

Really? My dash on tumblr is currently just a sea of love and excited fans.

[HarMGM]

Same on Twitter, just a sea of love.

[Not Thread Owner]

Yeah, but unlike Kyouma, we don't follow a load of 15 year old girls.

[El Pibe]

So many people on Twitter moaning that he's already been on the show in the Pompeii episode. I really don't understand why that is bothering people.

Same on Twitter, just a sea of love.

Mostly, but the are quite a few unhappy younger people.

[DocG]

Even a search of likely terms on Tumblr has failed to turn up salty fan tears for me. Which is a shame. I had my schadenfreude hat on and everything.

[NEG]

Were they expecting Boris Johnson or something?

[Jack]

Dunno what all the fangirl hate is about, people are allowed to like things whatever way they want. There's bigger things to worry about.

"Thank GOD maybe all these fucking KIDS will stop Internetting about their crushes on the Doctor" - grown adults who watch a children's show

[HarMGM]

It's not exactly hate, some of us just enjoy seeing others in utter despair.

[HarMGM]

[Plissken]

My FB feed is full of people wondering about the regeneration limit. My response of "it's a fucking TV show for fucks sake and you are happy to accept that an alien with two hearts who flies through space and time can die and regenerate his body but, lo and behold apparently he can't fucking do it thirteen times because that would be too hard to believe" isn't going down too well.

[hereticboy]

I bet those people are feeling suitably shamed for innocently wondering something.

[NEG]

Well, the way Moffat has been writing ( imo terribly at times ) I wouldn't be surprised if the show died! (again)

Edit: Except this time around they have more of a fan base then just the UK.

[layten]

The 12th Doctor.

I wonder how many Who fans will come across that while searching about Capaldi.