Capaldi, Capaldi, & more Capaldi

[fallensaviour]

Maybe they are setting him up to be the new companion..?

[Gorn Captain]

Sorry to see her go. I feel she's a great match with Capaldi, better than with Matt Smith.

[Mikey]

Mel had the best exit - it was like they made it up as they went along

[johnnystorm]

Ugh. Too many grand revelations. Can't just be she meets someone and leaves, good enough exit for Jo Grant & Susan, right?

[Bruce Banner]

Seems to me they're setting her up to leave the show. But from the episode "Listen" I suspect there's more to the guy than we are led to believe.
\

Yeah, that's the impression I got, too. Seems certain that they're planning some grand revelation concerning Clara's boyfriend later in the season.

[johnmiic]

Still impressed with Capaldi as the Doctor.
However, I really wish they'd ditch the whole thing with Clara's boyfriend. I really don't care about who she's going out with. Getting sick of that. Just get on with the damn stories!

Seems to me they're setting her up to leave the show. But from the episode "Listen" I suspect there's more to the guy than we are led to believe.
\

[Bruce Banner]

Still impressed with Capaldi as the Doctor.
However, I really wish they'd ditch the whole thing with Clara's boyfriend. I really don't care about who she's going out with. Getting sick of that. Just get on with the damn stories!

[jwyblejr]

Yeah, he should just abandon story arcs, that would make fans happy.

They mentioned Missy in this episode, it was very subtle and I'm not surprised it was missed.

That's okay. I missed the bow tie joke too.

[Mikey]

So you're basically saying you don't like his Scottish accent...

I think so

But not all Scottish accents --- loved McCoy's and Tennant's REAL speaking accent

[palitoy]

It'll be back. Moffat never lets anything go.

Yeah, he should just abandon story arcs, that would make fans happy.

They mentioned Missy in this episode, it was very subtle and I'm not surprised it was missed.

[mhackley]

I do have one prob with Capaldi

I'm finding it REALLY hard to understand half the things he says.

I wish they would have found an American English friendly actor.

Sorry, but I just can't understand him half the time

Actually, Eccleston was 100% easier for me to understand than Capaldi.

My favorite Doctors (for understanding everything they say) is Tom Baker, Peter Davison and Colin Baker.

I kinda feel the same way.

So far (imo) Capaldi is as likeable as Colin Baker.

Matt Smith kinda spoiled us as the Doctor you'd love to have a beer with.

For Capaldi i'm not sure --- if anything he does harken back to a time when the Doctor was very alien.

For me, liking the stories but i'm not sure I like Capaldi.

For one thing, I wish he would speak American-English friendly -- aka ALL other Doctors before him

He needs to stop mumbling and just speak the lines

From Wiki ..........

Capaldi kept his native Scottish accent for the role. Speaking on his decision, he said he did it so he could feel closer to the character. Capaldi's accent caused some viewers to struggle to understand him in the show, including some who required subtitles to understand what he was saying. As well as the difficulty understanding his accent, the delivery of his lines also made it harder to understand what he was saying, owing to the fact Capaldi delivered the lines in a very fast pace. Patricia Fletcher, a Manhattan-based voice, speech and dialect coach said "... the actor often speaks very quickly, with a staccato rhythm and without enough attention to articulating through to the end of his thought/line, this does promote a character choice of Doctor Who being sharp and quick-thinking, but does not help us understand what the Doctor is actually saying/thinking.” British Linguistics expert Professor David Crystal also felt that the accent and speed of delivery made it difficult for even British audiences to understand.

So you're basically saying you don't like his Scottish accent...

[Gorn Captain]

Hey, that's clever

Everybody thinks just Clara is jumping through time but there's someone else too LOL

I've got it!
Clem is The Master!!!
It all makes sense now, with him popping up everywhere...

[Gorn Captain]

I'm guessing they dumped the whole Missy/Heaven sub-plot. Been a few weeks since they've had it.

It'll be back. Moffat never lets anything go.

[jwyblejr]

I'm guessing they dumped the whole Missy/Heaven sub-plot. Been a few weeks since they've had it.

[Mikey]

From Wiki ..........

Capaldi kept his native Scottish accent for the role. Speaking on his decision, he said he did it so he could feel closer to the character. Capaldi's accent caused some viewers to struggle to understand him in the show, including some who required subtitles to understand what he was saying. As well as the difficulty understanding his accent, the delivery of his lines also made it harder to understand what he was saying, owing to the fact Capaldi delivered the lines in a very fast pace. Patricia Fletcher, a Manhattan-based voice, speech and dialect coach said "... the actor often speaks very quickly, with a staccato rhythm and without enough attention to articulating through to the end of his thought/line, this does promote a character choice of Doctor Who being sharp and quick-thinking, but does not help us understand what the Doctor is actually saying/thinking.” British Linguistics expert Professor David Crystal also felt that the accent and speed of delivery made it difficult for even British audiences to understand.