some thoughts on the casting of the twelfth doctor

Firstly, Peter Capaldi, yes v. gud actor, can do great depth and darkness as well as jovial light heartedness. Kind of doubtful how well his major part in Children of Earth will be hand waved, no matter how much I pretend that series never happened, but I'll be interested in how Moffat handles that. (If he does at all. His run seems to be mostly ignoring any references to past seasons and spin-offs unless it's offhand mentions or UNIT.)

Secondly, I'm half waiting for the other shoe to drop, because it's such a safe choice. He's appeared in Doctor Who before, he's got great acting chops that he's won stuff for, you can probably trace his ancestors back to the court of Henry VIII. I can't remember if Tennant was as safe a choice as Capaldi is, but the sheer amount of speculation about a PoC or female actor being cast made me disappointed.

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