Number 12 is here. Pic from MTV Geek News |
It was the first time that the new Doctor had been announced in this fashion, usually it's via a press release, although for Matt Smith they did do a Confidential Special with the decisions surrounded in secrecy. This time round they upped the anti with the live show. Tickets were made available a couple of weeks ago as a pilot of an entertainment show. My brothers wife applied for a bunch of them as there was a brief mention of Doctor Who but thought nothing more. On the day that they announced what the tickets were for there were over 5000 applications online for the 4 ticket maximum, a huge demand.
Waiting in the queue |
Inside the studio the tension was palpable and the excitement built as the announcement got closer and when the 12th Doctor made his appearance the roof came off the studio and I, along with many others I suspect, had goosebumps as PC made his first appearance.
I am not a number...well actually I am! |
Other highlights from the show included fellow Hamptonian Rufus Hound (@rufushound) make a couple of verbal typos in his praise of the show. To be fair I was sitting in the audience racked with nerves and hyped up so for anyone sitting in front of all those fans and the people at home combined with his own fanboy excitement I'm not shocked he got in the muddle. He's since put up an article on his blog following the show which is worth a read. Maybe I can try and persuade the great man to pay a visit to his local non-league club during the current season. I'm sure that our nickname should be enough to garner interest and probably a couple of sniggers #vivalabeaver
I also managed to get comments and favourites from my twitter feed from Dr Who fans across Europe from a single tweet showing the queue before the event which made my day. Like most fandoms everyone just wants to share the enjoyment of the show and it was nice to interact, even briefly, with fellow fans.
So that's it, Smith, thanks for everything and enjoy those final few months. Capaldi,over to you, be brilliant...I have no doubt you will be!
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