Doctor Who Opinion: Three Emmys this season would win

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Doctor Who hasn’t made the Emmy list, if it did, what would it win?

Despite the recent weather tragedies throughout the country and the world, nothing stops Hollywood from putting on a show. In this case, it’s the 69th Emmys, airing on Sunday. However, like most years, Doctor Who didn’t make it onto the official nominee list. The reason for why is a completely different post — but what if it had?

Many people argue about Season 10 and what parts of it, if any, were good, especially good enough for an award show. But let’s say the show had made it onto the nominee list. What actors, directors, or writers would have a chance at taking home the statue?

Granted, I realize with the list of people on the nominee lists, it wouldn’t make it, but that doesn’t stop us from dreaming.

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Outstanding Actor in a Drama – Peter Capaldi

This is a no-brainer for me. Whatever the qualms about the season are, I haven’t seen anyone judge Peter Capaldi’s acting. Nor should we! If given the opportunity, I truly believe that Capaldi would be an outstanding contender for the season. If we’re looking at the season, the chances that he had to shine as the Doctor were never missed.

He constantly gave an outstanding performance as the Doctor throughout the season, into what culminated as one of the best moments in The Doctor Falls. In both the penultimate and final episodes of this season, Capaldi truly showed everything he had and brought an amazing ending to his arc.

All the same, if we’re looking at how the character has evolved throughout Capaldi’s arc, that’s even more important. Seeing the Doctor in throughout the past three seasons, from a dark and angry Doctor to a more open and fun Doctor shows the talent even more. The change was slow enough that it wasn’t a whiplash, but enough that we can how versatile Capaldi is playing one specific character.

Isn’t that what Doctor Who is all about?

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Best Supporting Actress in a Drama – Michelle Gomez

This isn’t something that is hard to think about. If the Emmys would give Doctor Who a chance, I think they would absolutely see the talent that Michelle Gomez has. It’s no secret that she’s one of my favorite actresses, but she’s by far one of the best actresses we’ve seen in the New Series.

First of all, let’s start with how she was brought on to play a character that had always been played by a male. Not only did she have to prove herself, she had to give a performance great enough to be thought of as her own character. Not measured by the people before her. And she did that so well that by season nine, or even before, she became a fan favorite.

By season ten, Missy had become just as synonymous with Doctor Who as the Master. Michelle Gomez’s ability to show an unprecedented change in the Master would make her perfect for the award. Besides Capaldi, she made us believe everything she was feeling right to our hearts and broke us in the end with her death. Throughout the series, she showed us how the character was willing to change for her friend and brought us right along with her. Her death played out better than any Game of Thrones character, laughing until she died, alone.

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Best Direction – Rachel Talalay

Rachel Talalay has given us the best series finales we’ve seen in the entire New Series. It culminated in The Doctor Falls, which was probably the best work we’ve seen from the director. The most poignant moment that she created had to be the “death” of the Doctor, after he blew up the Cybermen.

When he’s lying there, staring up at the sky, looking at the Cybermen burning, slowly dying, it’s a beautiful and heartbreaking sight. Following that, in the TARDIS where the Doctor is trying to fight off his regeneration, finalizing in meeting the first Doctor. None of these moments would have been as poignant without an amazing director behind it.

While I don’t know the ins and out of directing, Rachel Talalay hands down would win an Emmy for giving us the best work throughout Twelve’s era.