Doctor Whobit and the Lord of the Rings of Akhaten

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Well, I was NOT expecting that all over my news feed this morning!

Peter Capaldi (you know, the chap that plays The Doctor, right?) is currently “down under” for the Antipodean leg of the Doctor Who Festival in New Zealand and, while there, he has paid a visit to the set of Hobbiton and had some lovely photographs taken while doing so.

stuff.co.nz reports on the actor’s Unexpected Journey to the set, making use of the time to take a break from filming Doctor Who and just enjoy himself with a quiet visit to the attraction. Well, it wasn’t really unexpected, but it was kept quiet! But, wait a minute! What else has been going on that we had no idea about???

It would seem that the lead actor in the global phenomenon that is Doctor Who paid a visit to Doctor Who Superfan and Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and made a spoof video trying to persuade him to sign a contract, presumably to direct an episode of Doctor Who!

You can watch the video as posted on Peter Jackson’s Facebook page right here with the rather pithy comment “This was an interesting weekend…”

Home InvasionThis was an interesting weekend…

Posted by Peter Jackson on Sunday, 29 November 2015

 

But is it a spoof? That’s the question we all want answered! Is this a not-so-subtle hint that The Moffit and The Lord of the Films have come to an arrangement? It has long been rumoured and spoken about in darkened holes in the ground that PJ would love to direct an episode, but with his hectic schedule it would be nigh on impossible to arrange. Jackson has also stated for the record that he would do it, and would even waive his fee if he could be paid in the form of one of those new “gold Daleks!”

Now, what about the video itself? It’s actually very funny! It starts with Jackson sat at the dinner table with his daughter while he’s polishing some of his Oscars. PJ’s daughter tells him Steven Moffat is trying to email him. There then follows a hilarious character assassination of The Grand Moff whilst Peter Capaldi creeps into the house in character and proceeds to try and persuade PJ to sign a contract. You really ought to go and watch it NOW if you haven’t already seen it. It’s a superb piece of sketchery and, just maybe, a clever attempt at trolling the whole world, teasing us with something that might never happen… On the other hand, remember that bit about payment with a “gold Dalek”? Well, towards the end of the sketch we see one of them trundling along, chasing the Doctor out of the house! Could that Dalek be PJ’s payment???

We can only hope so!

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