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Costume Revealed! Peter Capaldi’s Era Officially Begins
Peter Capaldi’s era officially begins
The Doctor has a new look as Peter Capaldi’s era officially begins. In a picture released today by the BBC, Capaldi can be seen in the costume that will define his time as the Twelfth Time Lord in one of TV’s biggest roles. Sporting a dark blue Crombie coat with red lining, dark blue trousers, a white shirt as well as black Dr. Marten shoes, the look was created by Doctor Who costume designer Howard Burden.
Commenting on his costume, Peter Capaldi said: “He’s woven the future from the cloth of the past. Simple, stark, and back to basics. No frills, no scarf, no messing, just 100 per cent Rebel Time Lord.” While lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat added: “New Doctor, new era, and of course new clothes. Monsters of the universe, the vacation is over – Capaldi is suited and booted and coming to get you!”
Filming for episode one of series 8 began earlier this month, after 10.2 million tuned-in on Christmas Day to get their first much-anticipated glimpse of Capaldi’s Doctor. Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC One, commented: “Peter Capaldi’s Doctor is officially recorded in history today with the unveiling of his new costume. It’s sharp, smart and stylish – The Twelfth Time Lord means business.”
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darkfrost
February 19th, 2014 - 4:02pmHe needs a beard. and a mustache.
The Funky Chicken
February 23rd, 2014 - 7:42pmNo
Young Klimsly
February 19th, 2014 - 4:54amI don’t care what he wears, I want River Song back. Give River her own show, how about “The Melody of River Song”, Alex Kingston is magnificent.
Anonymous
February 20th, 2014 - 12:24pmNo they should a River Song and Jack Harkness Spin-Off!
anomanomanomanous
February 18th, 2014 - 9:29pmhe needs an umbrella or cane. maybe with the sonic built into the end. that would be awesome! also a top hat.
the astronaut of death
February 19th, 2014 - 1:58amThere has already been a sonic cane
MarkAB51
February 15th, 2014 - 12:35amWill reserve judgement on the costume for now, as it’s very much part of the whole Doctors identity…it will be interesting to see if the classic almost somber look works with Peter Capaldi’s interpretation
the oncoming storm
February 14th, 2014 - 8:34pmpeter needs a bowtie
Anonymous
February 14th, 2014 - 8:47pmno that’s matt thing
DOCTOR WHO ONE
February 16th, 2014 - 8:25amI agree with Anonymous, and to be honest, some of us was getting fed up with the whole boring ‘Bow Ties are Cool’ thing.
dalek eternal
February 23rd, 2014 - 12:27pmhe needs a tie but not a bowtie
Tom_goat
February 12th, 2014 - 10:53pmAnyone else thinks he looks like a vampire?
DOCTOR WHO ONE
February 13th, 2014 - 10:12amNow you mention it, he does have a bit of a Dracula look about him.
QUICK, SOMEONE ALERT BUFFY SUMMERS !!!! . .
SPACE PARANOIDS
February 13th, 2014 - 11:20pmLol
ANOMONOUS
April 12th, 2014 - 2:43pmThat is not funny,such a rubbish joke and Peter Capaldi does not look like a vampire!
It’s Doctor Who not Dracula
Anonymous
February 12th, 2014 - 3:28pmJust read a recent interview with Uproxx Wheatley and it briefly mentions Ben Wheatley, director of the first two episodes of Series 8
“I’ve got two more weeks shooting Doctor Who, which hopefully is going to go in July.”
So let’s hope it’s sooner rather than later…
SPACE PARANOIDS
February 12th, 2014 - 3:22pmI wonder If Clara oswald will end up like rose turning into bad wolf?
Anonymous
February 12th, 2014 - 3:26pmI doubt that very much…
DALEKSKITTLES
February 9th, 2014 - 9:27pmI reckon his sonic is gonna look like river songs because remember he gave it to her, even thou it looked liked the 10ths but the 10ths was destroyed in the 11th hour episode so the new doctors sonic must look like river songs
Anonymous
February 10th, 2014 - 8:15pmNo your wrong, The 11th gave it her as a pleasant when they to the Singing Towers of Darillium!
DALEKSKITTLES
February 11th, 2014 - 7:37pmOh woops I didn’t know that
wibaly-wobaly-timey-wimey
February 12th, 2014 - 12:48amI don’t know. It might get bigger than the last one if they can. Like Matt’s is bigger than David’s.
SPACE PARANOIDS
February 12th, 2014 - 3:21pmI admit its pretty cool
SPACE PARANOIDS
February 12th, 2014 - 3:23pmMost likely
SPACE PARANOIDS
February 12th, 2014 - 3:25pmOr it could be the trans temporal shift sonic screwdriver.
george hill
February 9th, 2014 - 8:38pmall that outfit needs is a cane
Obsie
February 10th, 2014 - 11:40amMmmm, I’m in two minds over that. I suppose one would come in useful for certain stories rather than falling back on the sonic.
Anonymous
February 10th, 2014 - 8:16pmHe needs the Sonic Cane from Let’s Kill Hitler
Obsie
February 8th, 2014 - 7:29pmHogwash!
Obsie
February 7th, 2014 - 9:58pmIn case anyone didn’t know, Doctor who is being shown on the Really channel from 10:00pm tonight; starting with Martha’s introduction.
Gallifrey Falls No More
February 8th, 2014 - 5:16pmWatching the Shakespeare code right now!
wibaly-wobaly-timey-wimey
February 4th, 2014 - 3:24amNot shore about you but I think he needs a tye and glasses. I gust miss the glasses.
chimpinfinity
February 4th, 2014 - 9:26amWho’s to say Capaldi won’t wear glasses? None of David Tennant’s promo shots included his.
No doctor who’s ever owned specs wore them all the time. It can make it tricky to get the right shot/feeling to come across sometimes.
I say all this as a wearer of specs/contact lenses!
Anonymous
February 2nd, 2014 - 7:21pmApparenly K-9 will be joining The Doctor, Clara and the New male Companion in the TARDIS this Series!
Obsie
February 3rd, 2014 - 11:07amWhich space-time telegraph was this news sent on?
The Other
February 3rd, 2014 - 8:35pmThat would be awesome!!
😀 😀 😀
Great to see the old dog back in the TARDIS!
It would be like a family if the male companion is true as well
The Doctor is dad
Clara + male companion are kids
K.9 is the pet (but so much more)
I wonder if this is connected to the interesting new variant Al Dewar spoke about…
Anonymous
February 3rd, 2014 - 9:51pmThere was a rumour a few weeks ago that the school teacher from the day of the Dr might become a compangion
Anonymous
February 16th, 2014 - 2:10amDoctor Who fan for over 30 yrs, i almost feel that the show has run its course. Have seen this actor in a touch wood show.659 where children were given to creatures from another world. This actor killed his wife, and children, then himself. Being a government official. Now the new doctor. “Na”. Can’t see it. Used to be fan.
A.j
February 16th, 2014 - 2:20amDoctor Who fan for over 30 yrs, i almost feel that the show has run its course. Have seen this actor in a touch wood show.659 where children were given to creatures from another world. This actor killed his wife, and children, then himself. Being a government official. Now the new doctor. “Na”. Can’t see it. Used to be fan.
will
February 1st, 2014 - 11:17pmReminds me of John pretended first costume
Anonymous
February 1st, 2014 - 3:01pmHas anyone noticed the first game the 12th doctor played was a staring contest with Clara 🙂
Anonymous
February 1st, 2014 - 9:48pmLol
random
February 1st, 2014 - 4:03amthe thing about matt smith is that he did not go straight to the serious parts
Anonymous
February 4th, 2014 - 3:09amYa that is true. He never did.
Dalek the Supreme
February 13th, 2014 - 1:19pmHe has shown a more serious, and sometimes even darker side. Just look at The Time of Angels, A Good Man Goes To War, The Girl Who Waited, The God Complex, or The Snowmen. In all of these episodes, he shows a more serious, even darker side, and in The Girl Who Waited, he’s very much the anti-hero.
DALEKSKITTLES
January 31st, 2014 - 11:49pmI really hope there is a dalek civil war, either bronze daleks vs paradgim daleks or they create a new dalek but these daleks see them as weak and try to destroy them resulting in dalek civil war, I think it would just make the daleks more intresting again
TheExtremeBlueTARDIS
February 1st, 2014 - 8:54amBronze Daleks for the win! 😀
DALEKSKITTLES
February 1st, 2014 - 9:51amI think a whole new dalek race would be awesome, mixture between the paradigm daleks and bronze daleks would be awesome! And their casing would be grey and there eye piece white (glowing white)
Dalek the Supreme
February 13th, 2014 - 1:21pmBefore they introduce any more variants of Dalek, I think they need to do something with the New Paradigm Daleks. As controversial as they are, there were many interesting ideas that went into them, such as the different ranks, the hidden weapon, and the unknown purpose of the Eternal Dalek. It’s sad because it seems like we may never see these concepts put into action.
Bowties
January 31st, 2014 - 2:59pmAs much as I love that there’s a new doctor, the question marks seem like a cool idea. The outfit looks, well, a bit wrong to me. I wouldn’t know how the rest of you feel, but it’s always OK to me to take a little bit of the past and bring it back into the now. Plus, a question mark here or there might spice it up a bit.
cloejoe84
January 31st, 2014 - 11:40amBrilliant outfit, good to see him making his mark,he’s waited long enough. A true Doctor.
Colster3
January 31st, 2014 - 7:28amI still agree with Matt Smith, Bow ties are cool…
Bowties
January 31st, 2014 - 2:55pmI also believe bowties are cool, but I don’t think the bowtie would be right on anyone but Matt Smith.
Anonymous
January 31st, 2014 - 3:30pmand don’t forget Patrick Troughton
Gallifrey Falls No More
February 1st, 2014 - 10:46amOr Jon Pertwee
Scott’s TARDIS
February 12th, 2014 - 9:31amOr David Tennant
Dalek the Supreme
February 13th, 2014 - 1:22pmNo, David Tennant still didn’t look right with a bow tie. Bow ties are more suited to Matt Smith, Patrick Troughton, and Jon Pertwee.
Hector Sandler
January 31st, 2014 - 7:10amDon’t worry me I’m still & always Dr.Who fan & Lover forever. He might get more immortally after this regeneration.
Anonymous
February 4th, 2014 - 3:13amNot for me. I will always love dr. Who.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
January 30th, 2014 - 5:19pmAnyone else feeling the kissing between the Doctor and a Companion should end now ?.
After all, Peter Capaldi is 55 years old, making him old enough to be Jenna-Louise Coleman’s Dad, whose 27 herself.
Anonymous
January 30th, 2014 - 5:36pmyep definently
Anonymous
February 4th, 2014 - 3:14amYa that would be weird
Anon.
February 11th, 2014 - 6:49pmI cant imagine Peter Capaldi kissing anyone, let alone Clara. It is just a freaky thought!
Dalek the Supreme
February 13th, 2014 - 1:23pmI agree. Now that there’s an older Doctor, the Doctor/companion romances will have to be put to rest.
Alex
January 30th, 2014 - 12:46pmI think he needs a hat
Nathanwho
January 30th, 2014 - 6:15pmdefinitely!
Anon.
February 11th, 2014 - 6:51pmA stovepipe? Or a fez… nah. Peter Capaldi could not wear a fez!
Scott’s TARDIS
February 12th, 2014 - 9:32amA bowler hat I think
McGann is the Doctor
January 30th, 2014 - 12:43pmI must say the outfit is perfect for the 12th Doctor, it could not be more different from Matt Smiths (y)
Anonymous
February 4th, 2014 - 3:15amWell I think it is missing something. But I gust cant put my finger on it. Glasses maybe.
Dalek the Supreme
February 13th, 2014 - 1:23pmI was thinking more of a hat or a cane myself (a Sonic Cane, maybe?)
the oncoming storm
February 14th, 2014 - 8:33pmpeter is actually the 13th doctor in the 50th anniversary the secret doctor was there the warrior doctor played by john hurt
Johnny
January 30th, 2014 - 10:34am@ DOCTOR WHO ONE – The question marks first appeared in Tom Bakers 1980 costume and continued in each Doctrs costume right through to Sylvester McCoy’s jumper, and weren’t referenced in the 1970s at all.
Obsie
January 30th, 2014 - 12:12pmAnd thankfully disappeared when the TV movie came along!
DOCTOR WHO ONE
January 30th, 2014 - 3:43pmYeah, I’ve come to realize my error. Thanks for that.
chimpinfinity
January 29th, 2014 - 11:00pm“I know this probably sounds mental…”
Er, yup.
chimpinfnity
January 29th, 2014 - 11:00pm“I know this probably sounds mental…”
Er, yup.
dalek eternal
January 29th, 2014 - 5:56pmBrilliant costume but I think it needs some kind of tie not a bow tie because it will remind people to much of matt but I think it needs a tie
Anonymous
February 4th, 2014 - 3:19amI knew he was missing something I gust didn’t know what. You are right he needs a the gust not a bow the.
Whoisthedoctor
January 29th, 2014 - 5:01pmI know this probably sounds mental, but I think the collars should have red question marks
Obsie
January 29th, 2014 - 5:21pmIf this is meant to be a wind-up then it’s a very trite one; if it’s meant to be an April Fool then you are 3 months too early!
DOCTOR WHO ONE
January 29th, 2014 - 5:50pmNo, Question Marks are a thing of the past. It might have been well accepted in back in the late 70’s and all throughout the 80’s, but times have changed, a no one would probably like a modern Doctor with Question Marks on his suit in anyway.
dalek eternal
January 29th, 2014 - 5:55pmactually I wouldnt mind the return of the question marks
matt9982
January 29th, 2014 - 6:40pmSame 🙂
cloejoe84
January 31st, 2014 - 11:41amgood idea
Anonymous
February 4th, 2014 - 3:21amI don’t see why not. I think it would be cool bringing it back.
Dalek the Supreme
February 13th, 2014 - 1:26pmI think the question marks are better suited to the 80’s Doctor. Like Robert Holmes’s hammy horror monsters, Russel T Davies’ more human Doctor, and Steven Moffat’s complex scripts, it was John Nathan Turner’s mark on the show, and it’s better left to his era.