One of the primary tenets of Doctor Who that has kept the show alive for decades is regeneration. The Doctor’s ability to heal from what would be a fatal injury to humans and transform every cell into a form that’s totally different is incredibly cool. And, it has allowed a plethora of people to play the Doctor over the years. In more recent times, Doctor Who even created the concept of a bi-generation with Fourteen and Fifteen splitting from each other. But, if you ask Twelfth Doctor actor Peter Capaldi, Doctor Who does too many regenerations.
Capaldi made an appearance on the YouTube series 100 Questions with John Simmons, and spoke about this time on the show. He noted that it felt like it was time to leave the TARDIS because Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) had already left and showrunner Steven Moffat was leaving. When he spoke about Twelve’s regeneration into the Thirteenth Doctor, played by Jodie Whittaker, Capaldi said it was “very sad,” and gave his opinion on regenerations, saying that the concept has become diminished over the years.
“I love all the Doctors, but I’ve lost count now of how many of them there are, so the weight of this kind of regeneration is diminished. Whereas when I grew up as a kid, the first time it happened it was: ‘What just happened there?’ It was mysterious and strange. It holds the mystery of the show, the regeneration.”
Well, he does have a point to a degree. It makes the danger that the Doctor is in feel less perilous because 1) they can regenerate and 2) we usually know in advance when an actor is leaving the role. There hasn’t been a surprise regeneration aside from the sorta fakeout one that we had when the Tenth Doctor used his severed hand to maintain his form. That’s totally different from Capaldi’s childhood experience with Doctor Who when no one knew when a regeneration would happen.
And, with Doctors not spending as much time in the role, it feels like a regeneration happens far too often and they have indeed lost their poignant punch over the years. But, without regenerations, we wouldn’t continue to have a show anymore, so they are necessary.
Hopefully, when Doctor Who returns in the distant future, there will be an actor who sticks around for a while. And maybe we will get a regeneration that surprises us in a big way without bringing back a familiar face for nostalgia bait.
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