Topic: So, the new Doctor is...

[The GrimSqueaker]

Peter "Malcolm beslubberITY BYE Tucker" Capaldi. A decent selection considering he's a proven actor with experience in the field. I suspect the younger generation looking for him on Youtube are going to be receiving a graduate level eduction in competitive swearing in the short term.

[Ungnome]

Still debating if I like the choice. Not a big fan of his acting style.

On another note (related), another actor pulled up from the ranks of "Fires of Pompeii" episode.

[Irisado]

I would have preferred Ben Wishaw (who starred alongside Peter Capaldi in The Hour, and played Q in Skyfall), but he had ruled himself out in advance.  Of the candidates who had a realistic chance, Peter Capaldi was the best of them, and I'm sure that he'll do a solid job, as his acting skills are very good.

[Koval, Master Verispex]

They needed either a very strong actor, or an actor with a very strong personality, to fill that role given that anyone who plays the Doctor is under a huge amount of pressure to perform. IMO they also needed someone older so that we didn't end up with "the Doctor keeps getting younger" (as anyone that's been primarily following New Who will probably feel).

In that respect I think Peter Capaldi fits the "very strong actor" descriptor very well, so I think the BBC made a good decision.

(And yes, I am slightly biased, as I like him anyway.)

[The GrimSqueaker]

I'm not as worried about the new actor as much as the prior script writing. I've found it to be a bit amphetamine parrot the past few years. Yes, even amphetamine parrot compared to some of the enormous turds previously broadcast over the years. Matt had decent promise and ability yet was given many a Krusty Turd Burger for a script. Not a lot you can do in that situation.

[Irisado]

I agree completely.  If it hadn't been for Matt Smith, I'd have stopped watching.  He has acted out of his skin in the face of some shockingly poor script writing, and weak plots.  The last series was, for the most part, very poor.  I hope that they give him something half decent to end his time as the Doctor.