The Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi has given an extensive interview to The Times on Sunday, his first as the Doctor.
And Capaldi, 56, immediately ruled out any kind of romance involving the Doctor during his coming time on the show, exclaiming “there’ll be no flirting, that’s for sure”
“It’s not what he’s concerned with. It’s quite a fun relationship [with Clara] but no, I did call and say ‘I want no Papa-Nicole moments.’ I think there was a bit of tension with that at first, but I was absolutely adamant.”
Peter reveals how he made sets from cardboard boxes and collected the autographs of Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, contacting the production team who sent him back scripts as part of a magical childhood being a fan of the classic series.
“Everybody slags it off now, but these programmes weren’t made to be viewed over and over again. When you just consumed them in that way, at the time, they were magical… I knew i wanted to be part of this world”
The new Doctor also spoke on what inspired his interpretation of The Doctor, described as older, trickier and fiercer by show runner Steven Moffat:
“There was a large selection of people. I won’t name names, because it’s more fun for people to spot them. I started to collect images and quotes from people I thought were Doctor Who-ish. They might have a turn of phrase or a certain look that works… so i brought these things together.”
Capaldi also spoke on his thoughts behind accepting the role:
“I didn’t want to be Doctor Who in a Doctor Who i didn’t like. I had to be convinced the show was going in a direction I was interested in. I had to think carefully about the level of visibility. My life was blessed, but as soon as this happened I had paparazzi outside my house. People spoke to me before and recognised me, but nothing like this. I had to decide if i was ready to live with that, because once that genie is out of the bottle, it doesn’t go back in.”
Does Peter get the Doctor Who he’d like?
“It’s going to be a bit different from what we’ve seen over recent years,. A bit more gravity. Some situations are a bit more sombre and i think there are more rooted dramatic scenes. Over the past two or three years, which I’ve loved, there has often been a breathless vigour; we still have that attack, but we have another level of drama, another tone. And the scenes are longer.”
But very importantly…
“We still blow a lot of shit up”
The full interview with Peter Capaldi, where he also talks on adventures in Forbidden Planet, more on his love of the Classic Series, inspiration behind his costume, his early years of “sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll and much more can be found in today’s Sunday Times or online Here (paid registration required)
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