On Sun, 15 Feb 2015, Darryl Perry wrote to mark lewis:

 ml> i really liked Tom Baker as the doctor... i don't think any others 
 ml> have come close... having said that, though, i do want to go back 
 ml> to the beginning and see them all... i've seen a few of Jon, 
 ml> PeterD, and Colin but missed others up until Christopher and have 
 ml> caught all of them since... i'm still undecided about PeterC... i 
 ml> didn't like him in "Torchwood: Children of the Earth" but he 
 ml> played a good politician and played it how i tend to see many 
 ml> politicians... i just didn't like him in that role and i see the 
 ml> same or similar in his rendition of the doctor and i'm just not 
 ml> sure i like it either...
 DP>  
 DP> I guess I had the benefit of not ever seeing Peter Capaldi act in
 DP> anything notable before seeing him as The Doctor.

i wouldn't call the torchwood stuff notable but it is good... i wish they'd do
more with it, though...

 DP> I really enjoy his portrayal. 

peterC does do a good part... i just don't like the ""feel"" of it... i see
too much of his torchwood politician in it... grumpy, festering, angry, etc...

 DP> I'm still trying to catch up on my Torchwood, as I'm just now into
 DP> the 2nd season, so I haven't seen Peter in that role yet.

i don't know that the "Children of Earth" mini-series counts as part of a
season...

 DP> But I did of course see him in Fires of Pompeii.  By the time I 
 DP> saw that episode, it was alrady announced that he would be the new 
 DP> Doctor. So I watched it with a critical eye.  I can't say that his 
 DP> role in that episode was very indicitive of his overall acting 
 DP> ability tho. So my exposure to Peter C is basically 99% from his 
 DP> portrayal as The Doctor.

understandable...

 DP> I guess it boils down to, how much do you like the actor and his 
 DP> acting ability, and how much that actor made you feel for the 
 DP> character.  A 

the acting i have no problem with... it is the character portrial that i
don't like... i prefer a happier, more free doctor than a grumpy stick up the
arse one ;) 

 ml> Clara, on the other hand, like many of the past companions, is 
 ml> welcome any time her heart desires ;) O:) 

 DP> Clara is certainly easy on the eyes, that's for sure.  But then so 
 DP> were Rose and Amy.  Martha was just ho-hum, and Donna was a good 
 DP> friend.  I'm pulling for having Shona from Last Christmas to be 
 DP> the next companion. 

i would really enjoy seeing david tennant's (now) wife as a companion, too...
she was "The Doctor's Daughter" O:) 

)\/(ark

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