The pursuit of happiness
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi, revealed that the series' upcoming ninth season would offer long-time fans plenty in the way of new surprises.
Previously, Capaldi's Doctor has been something of a curmudgeon, darkly cynical and a little unsure of himself. In season 9, however, it seems the Doctor will have a little more fizz in his bottle, with Capaldi describing him as "throwing himself into life with a newfound hunger for adventure.”
“He’s in pursuit of joy and grabbing every thrill that he can along the way. But I sense him running from something, that even he does not yet understand.”
The Doctor won't be the only character in the show getting a new lease of life; his current travelling partner, the sickeningly adorable Clara Oswald, will have more reasons to smile this time around: “They’ve suddenly realized that they are the most fortunate people in all of time and space and are hellbent on adventure. Jenna continues to deliver a beautifully nuanced, complex, and funny performance that marks her out as one of the best companions ever.”
Of course, it wouldn't be Doctor Who without a little death and destruction, and it sounds like there will be no shortage of that, either. During the interview Capaldi revealed that the Doctor would be forced to make a decision that could have "cataclysmic repercussions". Sounds like just another day in the life of the Doctor, to me.
Leading the villainous charge will be the Master, or Missy as she's now known, an evil Time Lord played by comic-veteran Michelle Gomez. In this writer's humble opinion, Missy was one of the highlights of the previous season, and Capaldi is promising will she will be even bigger, better and badder than ever before. Yikes.
We'll see for ourselves when the long-running sci-fi drama returns to our screens later this year.
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