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| | In a [[Parallel universe (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|parallel universe]] that the [[Eleventh Doctor]] once was stranded in, he discovered a [[Doctor Who (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|television series about his life]]. After meeting [[Matt Smith (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Matt Smith]], the Doctor recommended to him that '''Peter Capaldi''' should be the next actor to portray the Doctor. |
| |image = Peter Capaldi (A Letter from the Doctor).jpg
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| |affiliation = Doctor Who (N-Space) {{!}} BBC's ''Doctor Who''
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| |job = Actor
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| |first mention = A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story) {{!}} A Letter from the Doctor 464
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| |appearances = {{Il|[[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]''|
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| [[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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| }}{{counterparts |name=Peter Capaldi (A Letter from the Doctor)|2=Peter Capaldi (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|d2=Ally's universe}}
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| '''Peter Capaldi''' was an [[actor]] who portrayed the [[Twelfth Doctor (fictional character)|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]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] once claimed to have saved Capaldi from a [[Mandrel]], and that Capaldi would make a "a great [him]". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'')
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| == Biography ==
| | The Doctor also mentioned that he had once saved [[Peter Capaldi (A Letter from the Doctor)|Peter Capaldi]] in [[N-Space|his universe]] from a [[Mandrel]]. ([[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.
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| Capaldi was cast as the [[Twelfth Doctor (fictional character)|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]]'')
| | == Behind the scenes == |
| | The real [[Peter Capaldi]] later played the [[Twelfth Doctor]], taking over from [[Matt Smith]]'s Eleventh Doctor. |
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| [[: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]]")
| | It is not actually clear within [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'' if Peter Capaldi actually exists within Ally's world, as the Doctor only assumes that he does. |
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| 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]]'')
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| 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]]'')
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| === Undated events ===
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| The [[Eleventh Doctor]] once claimed to have saved Peter Capaldi from a [[Mandrel]], and that he would make a "great [him]". The Doctor told [[Matt Smith (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Matt Smith]] from a [[Parallel universe (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|parallel universe]] about this. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'')
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| == Alternate universes ==
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| [[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 to [[Matt Smith (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Matt Smith]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| [[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]]''.
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