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August 8, 2014 5:24 PM

While Peter Capaldi has begun his promotional world tour as the Twelfth Doctor—with Youtube streaming upcoming appearances live on its official channel—artist and fan Stephen Byrne has imagined the very much unofficial Twelfth Doctor's Animated Adventures.

Related: Here's a BBC interview with Capaldi along with select clips from Series 8.

posted by Doktor Zed (16 comments total)

It's weird because where Capaldi is a "known quantity" of sorts, it's easy to imagine we can predict what sort of Doctor he'll be, although I doubt he'll have properly bedded in even by halfway through this series (who could?!).

Blimey, I love my Who!

[Also, is that Michael Smiley in one of those clips? Absolute star!]
posted by comealongpole at 5:37 PM on August 8, 2014

Gravity Falls was already the only "kids" cartoon to include elements from The X-Files AND Twin Peaks... but that VERY Falls-Influenced 'Animated Doctor' intro shows how much more is possible...
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:44 PM on August 8, 2014 [2 favorites]

That FPP title line from the clips link is very The Thick of It.

And if you were betting three comments in before someone mentioned The Thick of It, well done.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 5:54 PM on August 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE tell me one of the stops Peter Capaldi will make on his world tour will be to do a guest spot on the Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:05 PM on August 8, 2014 [4 favorites]

Doctor Who was envisioned as an educational programme, so this is actually pretty cool. They could go back in time and learn how the alphabet came about, for example.
posted by Renoroc at 6:46 PM on August 8, 2014

VERY Falls-influnced? It's more than a homage that's for sure.
posted by jettloe at 7:24 PM on August 8, 2014 [1 favorite]

[Also, is that Michael Smiley in one of those clips? Absolute star!]

Where Ben Wheatley goes, can Smiley be far behind?
posted by Grangousier at 3:51 AM on August 9, 2014 [1 favorite]

Absolutely fabulous!
posted by Artemaximus at 5:12 AM on August 9, 2014

I'll always think of as Peter Capaldi as Oldsen.
posted by The Card Cheat at 6:45 AM on August 9, 2014

I'll always think of as Peter Capaldi as Oldsen.

Yes! I almost posted the same thing a minute ago. He falls in love with a mermaid!
posted by not that girl at 6:47 AM on August 9, 2014

I wrote about Capaldi in Local Hero a while ago!
posted by pxe2000 at 8:02 AM on August 9, 2014 [1 favorite]

And now for something completely different: from the Seoul segment of the Doctor Who world tour, Eight Seconds of Peter Capaldi Dancing.
posted by Doktor Zed at 1:32 PM on August 9, 2014

The world doesn't end because the Doctor dances.
posted by Pallas Athena at 2:07 PM on August 9, 2014 [1 favorite]

I do like the ambiguity of that.
posted by Grangousier at 6:35 PM on August 9, 2014

And here's the full trailer for Capaldi's premiere episode, "Deep Breath". (In more disappointing news, the live streaming of the World Tour's Q&A sessions appear to have been canceled.)
posted by Doktor Zed at 11:36 AM on August 11, 2014

The BBC continues to tease Capaldi's Doctor: Faces. "It's covered in lines. But I didn't do the frowning. Who frowned me this face?"

Plus, following the announcement of Series 8's official episode titles, Moffat has provided the Radio Times with a guide (quasi-spoilers, I suppose).

Oh, and the BBC iPlayer will have an exclusive behind-the-scenes "Doctor Who Extra" series.

Bonus: Tyres will be in episode 2!

Good grief, I could use some inconsequentially diverting entertainment news this horrible week.
posted by Doktor Zed at 2:14 PM on August 20, 2014