re: Doctor Who Tonight

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Capaldi has run circles around Smith

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That's just crazy talk.

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Peter has been a very welcome tangent from the doctor getting younger and younger.

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The thing is, Smith actually played him as an eccentric old man who was OK with who he is. "Bowties are cool" is the kind of thing you expect grandpa to say. From the beginning, Capaldi's doctor has been trying to prove that he's the same young guy despite the old man face. "Wi-fi!" "Twitter!!!" Look at my sunglasses and guitar!!!!

At first, I thought it was just for the first episode to convince Clara, who had never seen a regeneration. But it really got to be too much. He spent two seasons talking about being the doctor and what it means to be the doctor. As I said earlier, just too meta. I don't know how much - if any - influence Capaldi has had on the writers, but I couldn't help thinking there may have been some issues with having a fanboy acting the lead with fanboy writers in control.