A Few Things Whovian

 Unless you've been avoiding the Internet, or just plain don't care (honestly, even if you don't care, you've probably still caught wind. The Doctor is kind of a big deal these days), you've probably noticed that the next incarnation of the Doctor from Doctor Who has been announced and it's none other than Peter Capaldi.

We're going to cover a few Who-things now, so keep up.

First up, Mr. Capaldi. I personally like the choice. He seems like he's got some great range and I'm excited to see the Doctor not be a young guy for the first time since the 2005 relaunch. I also think it'll push Moffat into some better writing because he won't be able to hit a block and then say, "Okay Matt, jump around and act crazy to kill some time." Not a knock to either one (I adore Eleven), but it seemed the longer Smith was around, the more Moffat used his energy as a crutch to take up run-time. Additionally, one of the strongest parts of the Tennant-Tate year was the fact that there was zero romantic tension, something that New-Who has leaned on a bit too much. In fairness, Eleven and Clara have largely avoided that, but I think we can be sure that 55-yr old Capaldi and 27-yr old Coleman won't be pulling the TARDIS over to do any smooching.

New to Who

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Yesterday, Chris Hardwick posted this video encouraging folks to post their New to Who stories on Twitter. If you're having trouble keeping up (which by now you should've watched that video, that's the story of the first time you experienced Doctor Who.

I tweeted mine earlier, but I wanted to post a longer one, and you can't stop me.  

Doctor Who was something I didn't even become tangentially aware of until my senior year of high school. Even then it was a weird British show that a friend's dad watched. This was a time when the relaunch had just happened. David Tennant had yet to play the Doctor.  It was still years before we would find out how cool bow-ties were. I never watched it, and I didn't think I was missing a thing.