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TrueGeneration

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Wow. I really thought she was going to stay for a while...that changes everything! Should be interesting who is going to replace her!

Apparently this Danny Pink soldier fella is a new companion who will travel with The Doctor and Clara, and serve as Clara's love interest (much like Rory and Amy). Perhaps when Clara dies or leaves or whatever, he will stay with the Doctor. In that case, they would need another female co-star, as I can't see BBC doing Dr Who without a female companion.
 
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TrueGeneration

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Apparently this Danny Pink soldier fella is a new companion who will travel with The Doctor and Clara, and serve as Clara's love interest (much like Rory and Amy). Perhaps when Clara dies or leaves or whatever, he will stay with the Doctor. In that case, they would need another female co-star, as I can't see BBC doing Dr Who without a female companion.

Thanks for the info, CriticAndProud! :) Definitely saw the "chemistry" between those two in the last episode!
 

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Apparently this Danny Pink soldier fella is a new companion who will travel with The Doctor and Clara, and serve as Clara's love interest (much like Rory and Amy). Perhaps when Clara dies or leaves or whatever, he will stay with the Doctor. In that case, they would need another female co-star, as I can't see BBC doing Dr Who without a female companion.

Maybe, being the Christmas episode, Clara and new boyfriend go about their lives together. A new character could easily enter into the storyline at that point.
 

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On the subject of Capaldi, I am completely sold. Two episodes in, and he is already my favourite of the newer Doctors, making him my third fav doctor, just ahead of Jon Pertwee and behind Colin (not Tom) Baker and Sylvester McCoy.

Yep, me too. I like the slightly darker Doctor. Harks back to how the character was in the past, particularly the Hartnell, Pertwee, Tom Baker and McCoy eras.
I've read things by people who think the Doctor is 'evil' now and don't think he is a hero anymore, but of course he's the hero. He's just not a superhero, and he was never intended to be.
 

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Is your partner bi? (Not my business, only curious because of this specific conversation.)

I have a few friends having major issues over the doctor being so old. They felt the previous doctors were "someone they could date". Which I find odd. These are women much closer in age to Capaldi than Tennant or Smith. (That's why I'm curious if the younger doctors are someone your partner might have been interested in dating.)

And honestly, I'd be much more likely to date someone like Capaldi, and he's one of my favourite doctors.

Not even a tiny bit--that's not the issue. Haven't discussed it with him since the first episode or to see if this week's show has changed his mind.
 
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I liked Saturday's episode ok but I'm still having a hard time warming up to Capaldi. He reminds me of a Charles Dickens school master. It took me a while to warm up to McCoy too though... probably somewhat because I didn't care for his companions. We watched Time and the Rani again this weekend and enjoyed it tremendously :) Maybe Capaldi just needs some interesting companions. Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker always had interesting companions :)