If they've got a good story to tell, this Doctor can be interesting.*
If they've just done this "because nobody's done it before!" ... then WHY are YOU doing it? What are you really bringing to the table?
There are so many dangling plot threads from the last few Doctors that they could tug on and see what develops; I hope they work on that a bit.
Ex: where is Gallifrey, what has been going on there, and can it return to "normal space-time" without immediately drawing that battle fleet back to it?
* I said the same thing about Capaldi-as-The-Doctor too, and was disappointed with the material and writing he had to struggle under.