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Post #1148734

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ChainsawAsh
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Doctor Who
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25-Dec-2017, 11:42 PM

I enjoyed it overall. Don’t like how the First Doctor was treated as a character but Bradley knocked it out of the park with what he was given. Capaldi was excellent, and really given a chance to showcase his Doctor as it was more of a character piece.

I really enjoyed the way the regeneration sequence was shot - we don’t see Whittaker’s face until the newly-regenerated Doctor sees it herself for the first time. The scene from there on out was very similar to Matt Smith’s first scene and the opening of The Eleventh Hour.

She did just fine. I like the vibe she seems to be going for, but it’s like 25-30 seconds tops, so there’s still a lot of ways they can go with her. You really can’t judge based on the outgoing Doctor’s regeneration scene, you have to wait for their first full appearance to get any kind of handle on the performance.

I was really happy that she seemed to have a sense of wonder about her in the scene that has been in short supply during the Capaldi years (though it wasn’t entirely absent).