News: Peter Capaldi is The 12th Doctor!

Now I have never talked about movie or television news before, but an important news story has surfaced that I want to talk about.

Today, BBC America revealed that Peter Capaldi will play the 12th Doctor. When I heard this news I wondered two things:

1: Who is Peter Capaldi?
 2: Is this good news or bad news?

So after hearing this, I quickly scrambled to IMDB to research his filmography. As it turns out, he has an extensive career in movies and television shows. Most notably his BAFTA award winning role on The Thick of It. He also won an Oscar for writing and directing a live action short film in 1994. Even though the Oscar wasn't for acting, he is still the only Academy Award winning Time Lord and that is okay in my book.

Now I have not watched The Thick of It. In fact I have not seen the majority of what he has been in. But this does make me even more interested. For starters, he's an older actor playing the Doctor. That makes me very happy because my favorite Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, was an older actor. I believe that having an older actor as the Doctor makes the show more mature, grown up and dare I say darker. Also, from what I have read I have heard that he can be very funny so there is no need to be concerned about the humor.

So with an older actor leading the show, I can only hope that Doctor Who will become a darker and more adult show because even though I like Matt Smith, the show has been on the decline since he joined.

Doctor Who ain't just for kids anymore you 14 year old fan-girls out there! And I couldn't be more pleased.

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