Peter Capaldi explains why he won’t rewatch the classic doctor who episodes he remembers from his childhood.
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Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, part of a humanoid species called Time Lords. The Doctor travels in the universe and in time using a time travelling spaceship called the TARDIS, which externally appears as a British police box. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating foes. The Doctor often travels with companions.
Beginning with William Hartnell, fourteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; as of 2024, Ncuti Gatwa leads the series as the Fifteenth Doctor. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the series with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation, a plot device in which, when a Time Lord is fatally injured, their cells regenerate and they are reincarnated, into a different body with mannerisms and behaviour, but the same memories, explaining each actor’s distinct portrayal, as they all represent different stages in the life of the Doctor and, together, they form a single lifetime with a single narrative. The time-travelling nature of the plot means that different incarnations of the Doctor occasionally meet. The Doctor can also change ethnicity or gender; in 2017, Jodie Whittaker became the first woman cast in the lead role, and in 2024, Gatwa became the first black actor to headline the series.
The series is a significant part of popular culture in Britain[2] and elsewhere; it has gained a cult following. It has influenced generations of British television professionals, many of whom grew up watching the series.[3] Fans of the series are sometimes referred to as Whovians. The series has been listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running science-fiction television series in the world,[4] as well as the “most successful” science-fiction series of all time, based on its overall broadcast ratings, DVD and book sales.[5]
The series originally ran from 1963 to 1989. There was an unsuccessful attempt to revive regular production in 1996 with a backdoor pilot in the form of a television film titled Doctor Who. The series was relaunched in 2005 and was produced in-house by BBC Wales in Cardiff. Since 2023, the show has been co-produced by Bad Wolf and BBC Studios Productions in Cardiff. Doctor Who has spawned numerous spin-offs as part of the Whoniverse, including comic books, films, novels and audio dramas, and the television series Torchwood (2006–2011), The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011), K9 (2009–2010), Class (2016), Tales of the TARDIS (2023–2024), and the upcoming The War Between the Land and the Sea. It has been the subject of many parodies and references in popular culture.
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Completely understand that he doesn’t want to in any way tarnish those cherished memories of watching it as a child
Total understand, total understand.
Always watch Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker IS THE Doctor
@permiek There’s a way of doing it that will hopefully help for most people (TV/industry people can’t help having a critical eye). If you can read about the budgets and hear all the jokes, but can still be open-minded, sympathetic and generally able to suspend disbelief, you’ll still really enjoy it.
Ideally, you’d also have plenty of time, be relaxed and in a generous mood. I know all this sounds a lot, and must sound overly prescriptive, but I’m trying to describe why the mid-90s Sunday morning re-runs on satellite TV were so great for me to watch, often for the first time, as a young University student (when I could have been doing many other things, including nursing a hangover!).
@jamesthecatI am sure most Doctors would prescribe Tom Baker for a hangover
I’m the same age as Peter, watched those 60s episodes too, and I feel exactly the same. To me Dr Who will always be William Hartnell.
I miss Peter Capaldi as the doctor
Axtually they were meant to be watched twice! Not originally, but that rascal John Kennedy had to go and make a mess of his nice new Lincoln in Dallas
I’ve been watching the classic series from the beginning, and honestly, it’s way better than I thought it’d be
I can ABSOLUTELY understand that. I have ruined childhood memories FAR too many times; if you have the strength of will to do this, and have enough hobbies already, I fully understand. I have NO life, and therefore won’t skip a single episode, but if you lived thru the early days and remember it thru that old lens, I’m NOT gonna be the one to spoil the memories for ya!!
Tbh Old Doctor Who isn’t even that bad to look back at. Like, I’m a Star Trek TOS fan and even I can say early TOS is borderline unwatchably terrible, but I watched most of the surviving First Doctor serials and found them fine.
Thankfully we are going back into a doctor who ice age, as it’s NEEDED IT since the day capaldi finished it. I’m saddened it was carried around like a rotting corpse since his departure for about 8 years. But it’s finally been put back into a true regeneration state after the wreck it’s become since chibnall took over, dint see ANY clips of him talking about the show on YouTube, and there’s a reason for that…so the show can let the “woke fad” fully die off and then come back in better times and they can retcon back to Capaldi’s exit and fix the cabin along with the doctor himself.
The fact that the person who loved watching the doctor, grew up and became the doctor must been the best experience of his life.
Right?!