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.)

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[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Even if you know the actor, how do you know what they'll bring to the role? I did know Peter Davison from "All Creatures Great and Small" before he became the Doctor, and that didn't give me any hints at all as to how he ended up playing the role. Even if they had gone with Hugh Laurie, I would still be waiting to see if I like his Doctor or not. So yeah, I think the hoopla is a little silly, but I guess it's better than nobody giving a damn about the show.