Hi Youtubers it’s Charlie and it pleases me to introduce the 12th Doctor Peter Capaldi.
If you were like me and had your face attached to the TV during the BBC live announcement
you may have also recognized the past Doctors Peter Davison and Colin Baker and it made
me want to talk a little about who I think the best Doctors have been.
But first let’s get to know 12.
High five yourself if you guessed that Peter Capaldi was going to be the next doctor.
There was news that starting a week or two ago betting on the next doctor had overwhelmingly
turned to Capaldi.
But because so many actors were offering their opinions on who they wanted for 12 it was
hard to guess who it would be.
But if you totally won money on that bet you owe the rest of us a drink!
Here’s 5 things important things to know about the 12th Doctor.
He’s 25 years older than Matt Smith, steven moffat talked about wanting an older doctor
but the bbc insisted on a younger person in order to win over a younger audience.
He won an oscar for best short film in Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
He’s already starred on Doctor Who in the fires of pompeii as cacilius, and later he
guest starred on Torchwood Children of the Earth.
He played a character called W.H.O.
Doctor in Brad Pitt’s World War Z.
And he played the role of Malcom Tucker in In The Thick of It.
I don’t know about you but it seems to me like everyone’s favorite doctor is usually
the one they start watching first.
Peter Davison, the 5th Doctor actually said something really good about his favorite Doctor
(second doctor).
He said that because he was the first Doctor to come from a regeneration it made him the
first of a generation in a sense.
The rengerated generation (air quotes).
So let me know in the comments who your favorite doctor is and when you started watching their
episodes.
Did you change your mind about your favorite after you saw a different Doctor for the first
time?
Personally my favorite has really been a tie between David Tennant and Matt Smith.
I started watching for the first time during Matt Smith first episode.
And it was the beginning of Steven Moffat’s run.
Who’s really shown how good a writer he can be with other series like Sherlock.
Did you know that Benedict Cumberbatch auditioned for the role of the 11th Doctor, but Steven
Moffat thought he would be better for the part of Sherlock, which he was also developing
while he was working on Doctor Who.
Some of my favorite moments from the announcement were when all the guests started flipping
out and messing up people’s names.
You might not believe it but there were probably only one or two people in that studio that
actually knew the true identity of the first doctor.
Steven Moffat actually talked about the home movie they made when they found the person
they wanted to cast as the doctor.
He said that he even wanted (Capaldi) for 11 but he didn’t think that the time was
right.
Can you imagine making a home movie with someone who is going to be the next doctor who.
Steven moffat said that the approval process they went through made it
seem like they were electing the president or something.
Anyway, let me know what you think about the new doctor.
Are you excited to see Peter Capaldi debut in the Christmas Special?
I think that it will be fantastic to see how they write out Matt Smith.
He said he really wants to go in a blaze of glory, so we’ll find out.
I’ll be doing a bunch of videos between now and the 50th anniversary as new information
comes about the story and about series 8 so be sure to subscribe to get all those videos.
In the meantime check out my review of the 50th anniversary trailer from comic con by
clicking here.
and you can click here to learn about all the new characters coming to game of thrones
next year.
Mark Gatiss is even one of them!
Thanks for watching, high fives to the new 12!