Peter Capaldi reveals how he gave up swearing two years ago and was confronted by a man brandishing a sink plunger, pretending to be a Dalek, just hours after being announced as the Doctor during tonight’s edition of the Graham Norton Show.
The Radio Times reports that Capaldi, who is joined on the sofa by Denzel Washington and Gemma Arterton, reveals how he’s in the role 24/7:
“The day after I was announced as The Doctor, I went to buy a light bulb in an old hardware store - like the one in the Four Candles sketch - and a bloke came out from behind the counter with a sink plunger stuck to his head. I love being Doctor Who. I wake up in the morning and I’m Doctor Who, and when I go out to the shops and buy a pint of milk, I’m Doctor Who. Everywhere I go I am The Doctor and everyone smiles at me - they are pleased to see Doctor Who, who’s far more exciting than I am.”
Capaldi also reveals how he gave up swearing after The Thick of It:
“Fans of the show would come up to me and say, ‘swear at me, please, please swear at me,’ So I would have to stand in the street and abuse them with the worst possible language. I am squeaky clean [now]… I can of course swear on my own time obviously, but I haven’t sworn for about two years now!”
Co-guest Gemma Arterton meanwhile says she’d love to be on the show:
“I’d like to be an alien or something and not the typical kind of Doctor Who assistant.”
The Graham Norton Show with Peter Capaldi airs tonight, Friday September 26 at 10.35pm on BBC1 and BBC HD.
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