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2017/02/08 12:41:06
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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Liche Priest Hierophant
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Well Nardole is going to be one of the companions in this upcoming season, and he's an alien who is neither a 20-something woman nor from 21st Century England, so that's something at least.
But yeah we really could do with more companions like Romana, Adric, Nyssa etc who aren't human, or companions like Jamie from the Troughton era (an 18th Century Scotsman) and Leela, humans who are from different Centuries to our own.
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2017/02/08 12:50:04
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Yup.
They also need to find a new niche for The Doctor to occupy.
They're now 13 actors in, and all have portrayed him very differently, but without ever moving away from the core of who and what The Doctor is.
I daresay as time advances that's going to get harder to do - there's only so many bases one could cover. And that's when a variety of companions need to offer juxtaposed morality.
They have tried with New Who, and it's been a bit 50/50. Martha joining unit, and being willing to use the Oscar Hagan Key was a winner. Clara being a notable low point (far, far too smug as a character - for me it made her instantly unlikeable)
If they want a single companion, they need to remember what made Ace work.
If they want a group of companions, they need to remember what made Turlough, Nyssa and Tegan work as a group - all looked up to The Doctor, all saw flaws in the Doctor. He helped them, they helped him.
When Doctor Who works, there is no better telly 
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2017/02/08 15:53:34
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Lol... They oughta have Patrick Stewart as The Doctor, with Jonathan Frakes as his companion 
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2017/02/09 21:57:03
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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2017/02/09 21:58:55
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Over my dead body.
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2017/02/09 22:59:51
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Battlefield Tourist
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How about Anthony Head?
You know Uther from Merlin and Giles from Buffy?
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2017/02/10 08:55:42
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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[DCM]
Moustache-twirling Princeps
Gone-to-ground in the craters of Coventry
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Joanna Lumley or Rowan Atkinson. They've done it before....
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2017/02/10 15:55:32
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Sinking feeling, based on nothing, it'll be James 'I really don't see any appeal' Corden.
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2017/02/10 18:00:03
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
We'll find out soon enough eh.
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Didn't he bog off to America and get a chat show, or was that some other offensively inoffensive "comedian" of similar ilk?
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I need to acquire plastic Skavenslaves, can you help?
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2017/02/10 19:28:24
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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The Daemon Possessing Fulgrim's Body
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Plus hes already guest starred as a not the doctor character.
Kris Marshall, having just left Death In Paradise, is a name I've heard bandied about, just the right amount of off beat and low enough profile but with enough of a track record to see it happening IMO.
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The wise man doubts often, and changes his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubts not; he knows all things but his own ignorance.
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!” Professor Brian Cox
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2017/02/10 20:46:14
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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Esteemed Veteran Space Marine
My secret fortress at the base of the volcano!
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I learned just the other day that one person considered for the role of 11th Doctor was Chris Barrie.
Yes, that's right, Arnold Judas Rimmer was considered for the role of Doctor Who, and I can't honestly say I have a problem with that.
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2017/02/10 20:57:43
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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Making Stuff
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 Azreal13 wrote:Plus hes already guest starred as a not the doctor character.
So had Capaldi.
In the same episode as Karen Gillan first appeared (not as Amelia Pond) in fact...
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2017/02/10 23:52:02
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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The Daemon Possessing Fulgrim's Body
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True, but it still isn't going to be Corden.
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We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. - Frank Howard Clark
The wise man doubts often, and changes his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubts not; he knows all things but his own ignorance.
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!” Professor Brian Cox
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2017/02/12 22:57:18
Subject: Peter Capaldi has left the building,
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Battlefield Tourist
MN (Currently in WY)
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Isn't he the carpool Karaoke guy? He is busy doing his own late night talk show now, right?
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