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July 22, 2018 at 9:28 pm #1237874

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@limburger I think thats why Peter Davidson worked for me, his portrayal wasn’t too much of a deviation from a character the audience was familiar with. Most of the other Doctors, if I remember correctly, wern’t known for Television roles when they took on the Doctor, mostly stage work, so there was little to no pre judgement on how their Doctor would be.

I had a similar feeling, to a lesser extent, when Christopher Eccleston took the role (moreso with Billy Piper playing Rose in fact) that I didn’t see him as the Doctor but as Christopher Eccleston. I was lucky with the others (Tennant, Smith and Capaldi) as I knew of them as Actors but hadn’t seen too much of them in other parts.

I’m looking forward to Jodie Whittaker taking on the Doctor because I have never seen her in anything yet, so no pre-judgement there. Must admit i’m curious to see how she handles it more than anything. Like will she go all out female from the get go or play it as a male in a female body and getting used to all the different emotions and skill sets. Could make for some very deep TV.