Warbler said:
He can't conceive of Clara's boyfriend being math teach because he was a soldier and soldiers can't possibly be smart enough to be math teachers, they can only teach Phy-ed. Look as the way he talks down to him!
It was a joke playing on the stereotype that PE teachers are often ex-soldiers (It's a stereotype in Britain anyway so maybe the joke doesn't translate?) not the Doctor saying that soldiers are stupid. e.g. He can't believe that Pink isn't a PE teacher, not that he can't believe Pink is a Maths teacher.
Also you've maybe missed the subtext of the episode. He was talking down to him, abusing him and dismissing him because he wasn't sure if he was "good enough" for Clara (Like a protective father). Pink points this out himself at the end of the episode. It's not about The Doctor being nasty, it's about him caring for Clara. Give Capaldi a chance and you'll perhaps see things like this more easily?
Warbler said:
Does this really sound like the Doctor to anyone? Does this sound like the guy who was friends with Brigadier Sergeant Benton?
Yes it does. The Doctor has always taken an instant dislike to soldiers (and authority figures in general) but when circumstances forced him to, he struck up friendships with several members of UNIT. But still he was still opposed to their methods in each an every episode. See 'Doctor Who and The Silurians' where the Doctor and the Brigadier are almost enemies.
Also this is the 'post-War Doctor' Doctor. The subtext is that The Doctor is now secretly ashamed of his own soldiers past and acting out on others.
Warbler said:
Now lets discuss "Kill The Moom" ...
Any and all criticism of that episode stands. It was a disaster on almost all levels.
Warbler said:
I also find his accent very difficult to understand. Thank God captions are regular thing on tvs nowadays. He had been a Doctor during the classic era when many tvs didn't have captions, I don't know what I would have done. But I am sure it is easier for people in the UK to understand him.
His accent isn't that strong as Scottish accents go, but that combined with the very quick way Capaldi speaks probably makes it harder to understand.
Did you watch 'The Thick Of It' or the 'In The Loop' movie? Capaldi's accent was much stronger in that and he spoke even faster. It's very funny and worth a watch (If you don't mind swearing... a lot!).
Malcolm Tucker describes Star Wars
^ NSFW!
Warbler said:
I don't like how they advertised "here is the new Doctor's costume" and he only wears it for a tiny bit at the end of episode 1 and all of episode two and then it is changed. A bit dishonest.
He's changed the colour of the shirt a few times but the rest of the costume is the same.
