August 4th, 2013
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12th Doctor Revealed – What do you Think?
12th Doctor Revealed – What do you Think?
The new Doctor is Peter Capaldi!
So the wait is over and we now know who will take over from Matt Smith in the Christmas Special – so what do you think?
In a special live broadcast, the BBC today announced that the role of Doctor Who would next be played by Peter Capaldi.
Amid much hype and speculation, Peter Capaldi was unveiled as the next Doctor during a special live television event on BBC ONE tonight.
Widely regarded as one of the biggest roles in British television, Capaldi will be the Twelfth Doctor and takes over from Matt Smith who leaves the show at Christmas.
Peter Capaldi says: “Being asked to play The Doctor is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and delight. I can’t wait to get started.”
Steven Moffat, lead writer and executive producer says : “It’s an incendiary combination: one of the most talented actors of his generation is about to play the best part on television. Peter Capaldi is in the TARDIS!”
Doctor Who companion, Jenna Coleman says “I’m so excited Peter Capaldi is the man taking on the challenge of becoming the Twelfth Doctor. With Steven’s writing and his talent I know we’ll be making an amazing show with an incredible incarnation of number 12. I can’t wait to start this new adventure!”
Charlotte Moore, Controller BBC One says : “Peter Capaldi has all the genius and versatility needed to take on the mantel of the great Time Lord and make the role his own. He’ll bring his own particular wisdom, charisma and wit to the Twelfth Doctor and take the show into an exciting new era.”
Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning says : “We started thinking Peter Capaldi might be the right person to take on this iconic part a few months ago. But it was only when he did a secret audition at Steven’s house under the cover of darkness that we knew we had our man. He’s an extraordinarily talented actor who can seemingly turn his hand to anything. We can’t wait to premiere his unique take on the Doctor on Christmas Day and we are sure he’s going to become one of the all-time classic Doctors.”
Rankin exclusively shot Peter Capaldi this morning, picture available from www.bbcpictures.com
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BIOGRAPHY
Peter Capaldi is an award winning actor, film maker and lifelong Doctor Who fan.
He has enjoyed an illustrious career to date in both film and television.
Before securing the coveted role of the Twelfth Doctor, Peter first appeared in Doctor Who in 2008, playing Caecilius in the episode “The Fires of Pompeii”.
Peter grew up in Glasgow and attended the Glasgow School of Art, while studying there he secured his first breakthrough role in Local Hero (1983). He has also had roles in Dangerous Liaisons, The Crow Road, The Devil’s Whore and Torchwood: Children of Earth.
It is his role as Government spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in the BBC comedy series, The Thick of It , that has earned Peter both international and award success. In 2010 he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Role and the BPG Best Actor Award. In both 2010 and 2012, Peter won the British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor. A film spin-off from The Thick of It, entitled In the Loop, was released in 2009.
As well as appearing in front of the camera, Peter is an award winning film maker. In 1995, he won the Oscar for Best Short Film (Live Action) for Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life. He also wrote Soft Top, Hard Shoulder, which won the audience award at the London Film Festival, and wrote and directed Strictly Sinatra. Peter’s stage credits include Professor Marcus in The Ladykillers at the Liverpool Playhouse, which saw the play transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in London.
2013 has been a busy year for Peter who has been seen on screen in the film World War Z and in BBC Two drama series The Hour, for which he was BAFTA nominated. Not only will Peter film his first scenes for Doctor Who this Autumn, but he will appear in the forthcoming film The Fifth Estate and the Disney film Maleficent.
Peter is currently filming new BBC One drama series The Musketeers, in which he plays Cardinal Richelieu which will launch in early 2014.
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Ian
August 5th, 2013 - 8:20amPeter Capaldi is a fine actor. But he is just that, an actor. People just give him the words to say and tell him what to do.
He will have a hard time of it if the scripts and storylines continue on the downward spiral they have been on for a while now. He lacks the style to carry off the comedic and, frankly, magical (in a bad sense) approach that Smith had the physical talent for. So he has to have some decent material to get his teeth into, otherwise his acting talent will make all too clear the paucity of ideas and lack of internal logic that has been a feature of so many recent episodes.
Good luck to him.
The TARDIS
August 5th, 2013 - 8:20amHow long do people think Peter’s going to be around for? I’m hoping for more than three series.
josh smith
August 5th, 2013 - 8:20amwhy have all my comments been deleted?
josh smith
August 5th, 2013 - 8:18amthe valyard is an amalgamation of the dark side of the doctors mind.
the watcher is just the doctor longing out his death it was actually the 5th doctor
and john hurt isnt the doctor
josh smith
August 5th, 2013 - 8:17amthe doctor should be a teenager.
josh smith
August 5th, 2013 - 8:16amyes! the doctor is supposed to look younger but is getting older. what is the point of regeneration into someone woes nearly dead
Liason Ice
August 5th, 2013 - 8:15amCouldn’t agree more
Liason Ice
August 5th, 2013 - 8:14amOnly things I have seen him in are Fires of Pompeii and Children of Earth so I’ll have to make my judgement when he actually starts the series. He looks alright so far
Side note: I did actually think he was great in Children of Earth
The TARDIS
August 5th, 2013 - 8:12amI’d love a new title sequence – the one we’ve got currently is FOUL.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 5th, 2013 - 7:23amSo glad it’s an actor I know for a change, cos when Chris, David and Matt where announced in times gone by, all I said what “Who the hell is he ?” when each one was announced in 2004, 2005 and 2009 respectively, but not this time, FINALLY !! an actor I know for a change !! 😀
Plus I read online today that his won an Oscar winner so his no doubt Oscar winning material.
Thankfully at least his older then Chris, David and Matt, as so many of us where getting fed up of the Doctor getting younger and younger, his also now the 2nd actor to play the Doctor after having played another role in Doctor Who just like Colin Baker [Commander Maxil / the 6th Doctor, while Peter was a guy who’s name eludes me right now in ‘The Fires of Pompeii], his also the 2nd actor to play the lead role with his first name being ‘Peter’ since Peter Davison [can’t include Peter Cushing thou, he don’t really count], and his now, along with Sylvester McCoy and David Tennant, Doctor Who 3rd Scottish Doctor.
I look forward to the 12th Doctor years. Welcome [back] Peter Capaldi !! 😀
Anonymous
August 5th, 2013 - 6:30amseriously wished for someone a little younger
KEITH PHILIP SOLLEY
August 5th, 2013 - 1:23amthink daniel rigby should be the 13th docter!
KEITH PHILIP SOLLEY
August 5th, 2013 - 1:20ami was thinking exactly the same thing!
KEITH PHILIP SOLLEY
August 5th, 2013 - 1:17amhe has simlar hair and the same ‘piercing’ eyes as tom
Harold Saxon
August 5th, 2013 - 1:08amjUST HEARD THE NEWS!aVOIDED ALL social media and the news while at work so i could see the big reveal,very pleased with this choice i think he will be good as our nxr timelord.
Anonymous
August 5th, 2013 - 12:59ami know down hill now
KEITH PHILIP SOLLEY
August 5th, 2013 - 12:57amabsolutely brilliant choice for the 12th docter!the guy is so talented!i absolutely loved that little ‘mockumentary’ he made ‘cricklewood greats’-one of the funniest things i have ever seen!
grouchyoldman
August 5th, 2013 - 12:55amI, for one, am glad the show will finally shed those fangirls who only tuned in to see if David Tennant was going to snog Billie Piper.
Lee Llewellyn-Thornhill
August 5th, 2013 - 12:28amCongratulations Peter Capaldi you ARE the Doctor, looking forward so much to enjoying your adventures & learning more about your Doctor, Older, Wiser, Darker, and excellent! I’m really sure you’ll show the haters & turn them into lovers! And make the doubters humbly eat their words. Each Doctor has his habits, his ways, his DIFFERENCES that’s what makes him the Doctor & I can see he will be a Doctor many many will love, I already see a bit of Eccleston mixed with Tom Baker, he has his toothy grin and I see a darker Doctor, a fatherly like figure protective of Clara, an adventurous Doctor who will enchant & engross Adults & Children alike in his amazing adventures to new worlds, familiar worlds, new enemies & old ones, a man who will look Daleks in the eye like no Doctor before & show them who is the boss, a man with no fear, fighting for Earth, humanity & the good people of all the universe, spreading fear into the hearts & minds of those who commit harm to the good. So haters beware you may not like Doctor in his 12th? regeneration right now but he IS going to WIN OVER YOUR HEARTS! You just wait & see! OUR DOCTOR! Peter Capaldi we TRUE WHOVIANS love you & WE know your going to show the doubters, the haters!, Peter is the same age as Hartnell, NOT too old, so get over your ageism he’s gonna prove you wrong!
Scott
August 5th, 2013 - 12:16amBut he won’t be revealed in the 50th anyway
Sam Bentley
August 5th, 2013 - 12:14amIf you switch off for a certain Doctor’s era, do you know what that makes you? A dweek.
That isn’t a good thing. True Whovians stick by the programme no matter who the front man is or who is writing the stories.
Sorry if I seem harsh – but that’s basically fact at the end of the day.
Da Big Freindly Button
August 4th, 2013 - 11:55pmMy thoughts……….seeing as that I have been with the show since its revival it is safe to say that I have found my Tom Baker.
Peter Capaldi IS the 12th Doctor!!
Anonymous
August 4th, 2013 - 11:51pmwhat the hell noooooooooooo why did it have to be him.
Da Big Freindly Button
August 4th, 2013 - 11:46pmThat is not true,you can still be a real fan of Doctor Who even if you do not watch a certan actors run.
You’re a fan if you like the lore of the show or even the monsters, you cannot expect everyone to like everything in a show.
Moodbeam
August 4th, 2013 - 11:36pmSeries seven did absolutely fine and once iPlayer views are counted (which is coming into effect) the overnights will increase. There really is no need to worry at all. DW is one of the BBC’s best performing shows, there is no way they’d axe it in it’s current state.
Sam Bentley
August 4th, 2013 - 11:31pmI’ll be honest – I specifically didn’t want it to be him. Not because he wouldn’t make a good Doctor – he’s going to do a fantastic job – but because he has been in Who, Torchwood and he was the bookies favourite.
I’m sure he is going to be brilliant, however, and I can’t wait to meet Twelve. I’m hoping he brings the Sonic Cane back to use all the time – as well as the Sonic Screwdriver. It’d also be nice to see the return of the Question Mark collared shirt.
Doctor.Who-the 15thDoctor
August 4th, 2013 - 11:23pmIs everyone forgeting capaldi’s role as john frobisher in doctor who spin off torchwood children of earth, he was so dark and passionate in the way he took that role. He will Be a perfect doctor……also completely off the point, in an episode (I can’t remember which one) the doctor said he had 100’s of regenerations left so capaldi isn’t the last doctor, there will Be many more to come Δ§Δ.
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stone
August 4th, 2013 - 11:03pmThe new Doctor Who is Glaswegian.
The first episode will see him in his hometown, fighting hordes of Cidermen.
Scott the Raptor
August 4th, 2013 - 11:02pmTo all you haters out there, listen to this please;
1. Peter Capaldi is a well known actor. He has been chosen for many roles which means he will play it brilliantly. They wouldn’t cast him if he wasn’t good enough.
2. I’m not sure how people can say that they don’t like him. They’ve seen him in an interview, that’s all. Matt’s Doctor is nothing like Matt in an interview!
3. He is the same age as William Hartnell when he first got the job. So he’s not too old. The Doctor’s can’t keep getting younger unless we want a 5 year old eventually playing the part!
4. How can you not picture him with Daleks and Cybermen? He is The Doctor, darker, fresher, and newer.
In a nutshell; Peter Capaldi is the Twelfth Doctor, so you’ll have to get used to him!
Matt parker
August 4th, 2013 - 10:58pmGreat choice. Capaldi is same age now as Hartnell was when he started as Doctor Who. If stories are good we may return to a golden age of Who. Hope so!