So it is now three days since Peter Capaldi was been named as the new Dr Who and I must say I’ve enjoyed the wonderful potty mouth fest that has blazed across the internet. What a wonderful creation Tucker was who lifted obscenity to such a wonderful poetic art form. I understand that the Thick of It was broadcast with all the swearing bleeped out in America. There can’t have been much dialogue left – certainly not from Tucker!

One of the things that has struck me about all this is that Capaldi doesn’t look anything like as old as William Hartnell, the first Doctor, yet they became the Doctor at the same age. Of course the reason for this is that I’m almost the same age Capaldi and when I first watched Dr Who in the 1960’s, when Hartnell was the Doctor, he was ancient in my eyes. Another one of the joys of getting old I guess along with [enter your own list of ailments here]

So bring on the new Doctor …. Fuck Yeah!

Simon Marchini
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