that BBC announcement today

[dbskyler]

Honestly, I am not that excited about learning who will be playing the Twelfth Doctor. This is because most likely, I will have never heard of the actor. All of those casting rumors? I have read them, and I have no idea who any of these people are. They are all just a list of names. Okay, I do remember Peter Capaldi from Fires of Pompeii, but that's it, and I have no particular feelings about him other than "Sure, he seems like a good actor."

But everyone is talking about this special, so what the hell, I have set up my VCR to record it (since I can't watch it live). I fully expect to come home, watch a bunch of people ramble on about the role of the Doctor, then see this person I don't know anything about announced as the next Doctor and go "Okay, then."

It's possible that I will get spoiled for the name of the new actor before I get to watch the special, except that it's very unlikely that it will make the slightest bit of difference, as I will have no idea who the person is anyway.

(But perhaps I'm wrong? Now I am unreasonably hoping to be incredibly surprised by the announcement that the new Doctor is Hugh Laurie.)

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

I know - I'm looking forward to knowing (being the UK I have at least a marginally better chance of knowing the actor, obviously) - but this isn't the exciting bit! That's when we see them in action.

Which in this case will be tragic, because of loss of Matt Smith's face... :-(

(But, hey, that's DW!)

Still, it's kind of amusing that these days they feel it warrants a whole special TV show announcement instead of a slot on the news! So I'll be watching it because it's hard not to really...

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

this isn't the exciting bit! That's when we see them in action.

Yes, exactly!

I am very sad to see Matt Smith go. Which is actually a good thing, because how much sadder would it be if I couldn't wait until he's gone? But yes, it is still sad and tragic. Eleven is definitely one of my all-time favorite Doctors.