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Tuesday, 31 January 2017
PETER CAPALDI TO LEAVE DOCTOR WHO...
Well, the news is in - PETER CAPALDI is leaving DOCTOR WHO at the end of 2017. That's a shame, because I was hoping that, under new hands when current show-runner STEVEN MOFFAT departs, Capaldi's Doctor would be treated with the respect the character deserved, and not be portrayed as the prattling buffoon that poor writing and direction turned him into. It didn't bode well for the show when Capaldi was shown in his first episode dressed like WEE WILLIE WINKIE.
Although there were occasional hints of a serious, perhaps even sinister side to Capaldi's Doctor, writer Moffat's insistence on presenting him as a comical character exterminated any sense of danger in the show. To begin the 2016 Christmas episode with the Doctor dangling from a rooftop by his ankle, like something out of an old BUSTER KEATON short, demonstrates the Scottish show-runner's inability to grasp the essence of the character. The Doctor is not a clown.
I feel sorry for Peter Capaldi. Poor writing overshadowed his stint on the show, and he deserved much better. He did the best with what he was given, but, with an occasional exception aside, he was given banal tripe, and not even the finest of actors can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. I'd been hoping Capaldi would stay on for at least one more series so that he'd have the chance to do the Doctor justice. As it was, below-par writing too often meant that he depended on the viewers' mercy.
So good riddance to Moffat. It's just a shame that we're also losing an actor who was more than capable of giving us the Doctor as he should be - but, alas, was never allowed to.
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