Doctor Who show runner Steven Moffat has spoken on casting Peter Capaldi in the role of the Twelfth Doctor, revealing that Peter was his only choice for the role.
Speaking in a new short interview to What’s on TV, The Moff revealed Capaldi arose early in his thoughts:
“When it came to choosing the right actor to take over from Matt Smith, I never contemplated anyone other than Peter. I’d known him for quite a long while, and he would often loom at me from the dark at BBC parties, so he popped quite quickly into my head.”
Moffat also reveals how Capaldi already had the role when he auditioned for it:
“I wondered if I’d gone mad, so I tried it out on everyone else, and everyone thought it was a brilliant idea. We elected not to tell Peter that he was the only person under consideration. It’s quite fun to invite a famous actor to your house and give them some rather random scenes and make them perform it on video tape and think, ‘He doesn’t even know he’s got it!’”
The Moff also told the tale of Peter accepting the role
“He instantly accepted. He was on set of The Musketeers in the Czech Republic when he heard and was not allowed to tell anyone. So he found himself wandering the streets of Prague secretly humming the Doctor Who theme tune to himself.”
The full interview where Moffat speaks on the process of casting anew Doctor and Capaldi being happy with the role can be found Here.
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