Doctor Who: 9 Reasons The Twelfth Doctor Is The Best Ever

8. Gravitas

It's well known that Peter Capaldi is a veteran actor, having starred in such diverse and widely successful projects as The Thick of It, The Hour, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and many, many more, Capaldi is no novice when it comes to portraying the entire spectrum of characters and emotions. His ability to portray the extremes of human emotion make him, perhaps, one of the most skilled and diversely talented actors to take on the role. One of the most joyously mesmerising facets of Capaldi's interpretation of the role is the level of sincerity and gravitas with which he approaches every scene - it doesn't matter if the Doctor is being funny, Capaldi plays the Doctor with a sense of naturalism and realism which has breathed new life into the part. While Smith and Tennant each had a wonderful sense of humour in the role, Peter has taken the opportunity to play the straight-man when it comes to scenes involving a degree of comedy, making the Doctor all the more funny for it.