I liked Capaldi. I didn't like his clothes at all. It just made his grumpiness even worse. I think this is an effort to put some contrast in from Calpadi's doctor more than anything else. Otherwise, I'm fine with the androgynous look. Much better than Missy's mourning Victorian garb.
How very dare you
I quite liked Missy's outfit, though I thought the Umbrella leant her too far into the Mary Poppins direction.
Capaldi's was the most Classic style we have had so far, but it is getting a bit boring, the whole Doctor having to have dashing good looks, and wearing a nice smart suit, and other variations on Victorian Torture Wear, like Ties, Bow Ties etc. I can see why of course! Clearly, a nice Whistle, being all suited and booted, with a Tie is a perfect outfit for a Chap who is going to find himself constantly running, through all sorts of weather and geographic conditions...
In the reveal trailer, I really liked Jodies look, dark hoody, greyish kind of old military type great coat, it felt modern, yet doctorish too.
The outfit does have a strong whiff of 80's kids TV Presenter - you can almost see her fighting with Ed the Duck, or pulling her Sonic on Gordon the Gopher.
If I was allowed to alter the outfit a little, whilst keeping the basic look, I would just make 2 changes - make the trousers a darker colour, to more match the top, and the same for the Duster type coat she's wearing - make it darker - I really like the Duster apart from it's colour.
It could be worse, a hell of a lot worse given the new show runner! We are probably lucky (or is that unlucky???) that she is not in Knee Boots with stilleto heels, and a short leather mini skirt. This is after all, the chap who attempted to sexualise a Cyberman (woman) by altering "Emergency Upgrade" to add a metal Bra and high heels to the standard Cyberman template....
That, or Ianto had some seriously kinky fun with some tools, a drill and scrap metal after rescuing her!!
I had settled down to just accept Chibbers in charge, because, on the Creative Side, it's not a 1 man job, there are various other people involved, along with the guest writers, so he would be surrounded by talent and experience. The problem is, that Talent appears to be deserting the Production Office like Lemmings who have heard about a cool new cliff. My hope is people are simply finding the change of guard to be a good time to use their experience with Who to move on and further their careers. Because the other option is much scarier - that these are not Yes Men, so Chibbers is wielding the Producers Scythe to winnow them out and replace them with people who will say Yes Sir, Mr Producer, how high should I jump?, every single time.
