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'''Peter Capaldi''' was an actor in [[London]]. The Doctor once saved him from a [[Mandrel]], and considered that he would have "made a great [him]".
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|affiliation  = Doctor Who (N-Space) {{!}} BBC's ''Doctor Who''
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|first mention = A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story) {{!}} A Letter from the Doctor 464
|appearances  = {{Il|[[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]''|
[[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 500]]''|[[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]''}}
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{{you may|Peter Capaldi|n1=the real world actor|Peter Capaldi (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|n2=the actor from a parallel universe}}
'''Peter Capaldi''' was an [[actor]] who portrayed the [[Twelfth Doctor]] in the [[BBC]] series, ''[[Doctor Who (N-Space)|Doctor Who]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 464]]'', ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 500]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'') He thought that the Doctor was [[fiction]]al, but was ultimately uncertain. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 500]]'')


== Biography ==
After slipping into a [[parallel universe (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|parallel universe]] where [[the Doctor]]'s life was a TV show called ''[[Doctor Who (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Doctor Who]]'', the [[Eleventh Doctor]] met [[Matt Smith (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Matt Smith]], and asked Matt to suggest that universe's Peter Capaldi as Matt's replacement to [[Steven (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Steven]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'')
Capaldi was born in the [[1960s]], and he grew up reading issues of [[Doctor Who Weekly (A Letter from the Doctor)|DWM]]; this magazine was a treat in particular, due its inclusion of [[picture]]s and [[fact]]s, which were rare among other magazines of the period.<br>Capaldi was cast as the [[Twelfth Doctor]] in [[2013]], where he attended a [[meeting]] with [[Steven Moffat (Afterword)|Steven Moffat]]. He prepared for this meeting by reading previous issues of DWM. Soon, he wrote [[Letter (A Letter from the Doctor)|a letter]] to the readers of DWM, going over his positive views of DWM. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 464]]'')
 
[[:File:Doctor Who bus.jpg|An advertisement]] for ''Doctor Who'' (with images of Capaldi, a female co-star, and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]) was applied to the side of a bus ([[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'') in [[November]] [[2014]]. ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Assessing the Risk]]")
 
Peter Capaldi played the Doctor in at least the [[Doctor Who Series 9|ninth series]], specifically in the episodes ''[[New Series Prologue]]'', ''[[The Magician's Apprentice]]'', ''[[The Witch's Familiar]]'', ''[[Under the Lake]]'', ''[[Before the Flood]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Died]]'', ''[[The Woman Who Lived]]'', ''[[The Zygon Invasion]]'', ''[[The Zygon Inversion]]'', ''[[Sleep No More]]'', ''[[Face the Raven]]'', and ''[[Heaven Sent]]''. The ninth series was broadcast starting in [[October]] [[2015]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'')
 
On [[26 April]] [[2016]], Peter Capaldi wrote a [[Letter (A Letter from the Doctor)|letter]] for and requested by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine (periodical)|Doctor Who Magazine]]'', which they printed in their [[Doctor Who Magazine Issue 500|five-hundredth issue]]. Capaldi was also asked to write a letter for another issue, but he couldn't remember which one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)|A Letter from the Doctor 500]]'')
 
== Alternate universes ==
An actor called [[Peter Capaldi (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Peter Capaldi]] also existed in a [[Parallel universe (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|parallel universe]] where the adventures of the Doctor were solely fictional. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] suggested he play the Doctor. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
[[Lewis Capaldi]], Peter Capaldi's second-[[cousin]]-once-removed, also exists in-universe. He was mentioned in passing in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow Passes (short story)|The Shadow Passes]]''.
The real [[Peter Capaldi]] later played the [[Twelfth Doctor]], taking over from [[Matt Smith]]'s Eleventh Doctor.
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Revision as of 02:29, 22 May 2021

Peter Capaldi was an actor in London. The Doctor once saved him from a Mandrel, and considered that he would have "made a great [him]".

After slipping into a parallel universe where the Doctor's life was a TV show called Doctor Who, the Eleventh Doctor met Matt Smith, and asked Matt to suggest that universe's Peter Capaldi as Matt's replacement to Steven. (COMIC: The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)

Behind the scenes

The real Peter Capaldi later played the Twelfth Doctor, taking over from Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor.