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| | {{Merge|Peter Capaldi (in-universe)}} |
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| |name = | | |name = |
| |image = Peter Capaldi (A Letter from the Doctor).jpg | | |image = |
| |affiliation = Doctor Who (in-universe){{!}}BBC's ''Doctor Who'' | | |affiliation = |
| |species = Human
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| |origin = [[Earth]]
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| |job = Actor | | |job = Actor |
| |first = A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story) {{!}} A Letter from the Doctor 464 | | |first mention = The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who |
| |appearances = {{Il|[[TV]]: ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]''| | | |appearances = |
| [[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}} | | {{counterparts |name=Peter Capaldi (A Letter from the Doctor)|2=Peter Capaldi (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|d2=Ally's universe}} |
| '''Peter Capaldi''' was an [[actor]] who portrayed the [[Twelfth Doctor (fictional character)|Twelfth Doctor]] in the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] series, ''[[Doctor Who (in-universe)|Doctor Who]]''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|In the Forest of the Night (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|''A Letter from the Doctor'' 464}}, {{cs|A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)|''A Letter from the Doctor'' 500}}, [[WC]]: {{cs|The Zygon Isolation (webcast)}}) He thought that the Doctor was [[fiction]]al, but was ultimately uncertain. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)|''A Letter from the Doctor'' 500}})
| | 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. |
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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. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 464 short story)|''A Letter from the Doctor'' 464}})
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| The [[Eleventh Doctor]] once claimed to have saved Capaldi from a [[Mandrel]] and that Capaldi would make a "a great [him]". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)}}) 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]]: {{cs|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]]: {{cs|In the Forest of the Night (TV story)}}) in [[November]] [[2014]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Lord Letters (novel)|namedep=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. |
| [[File:Capaldi episodes.jpg|left|thumb|A series of ''[[Doctor Who (N-Space)|Doctor Who]]'' [[episode]]s which featured Peter Capaldi as the [[Twelfth Doctor (fictional character)|Twelfth Doctor]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Zygon Isolation (webcast)|The Zygon Isolation]]'')]]
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| Peter Capaldi played the Doctor in the [[Doctor Who Series 9 (in-universe)|ninth series]], specifically in the episodes ''[[New Series Prologue]]'', ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (in-universe)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'', ''[[The Witch's Familiar (in-universe)|The Witch's Familiar]]'', ''[[Under the Lake (in-universe)|Under the Lake]]'', ''[[Before the Flood (in-universe)|Before the Flood]]'', ''[[The Girl Who Died (in-universe)|The Girl Who Died]]'', ''[[The Woman Who Lived (in-universe)|The Woman Who Lived]]'', ''[[The Zygon Invasion (in-universe)|The Zygon Invasion]]'', ''[[The Zygon Inversion (in-universe)|The Zygon Inversion]]'', ''[[Sleep No More (in-universe)|Sleep No More]]'', ''[[Face the Raven (in-universe)|Face the Raven]]'', and ''[[Heaven Sent (in-universe)|Heaven Sent]]''. The ninth series was broadcast starting in [[October]] [[2015]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Zygon Isolation (webcast)}})
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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]]: {{cs|A Letter from the Doctor (DWM 500 short story)|''A Letter from the Doctor'' 500}})
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| == Other realities ==
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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]]: {{cs|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)}})
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| A version of Capaldi also existed in [[the Daft Dimension]], being among a number of actors to have played [[The Doctor (The Daft Dimension)|the Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Daft Dimension (DWM 510 comic story)|''The Daft Dimension'' 510}})
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| [[File:Peter Capaldi photo.jpg|thumb|An ambiguously in-universe [[photograph]] of Peter Capaldi. ([[WC]]: ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'')]]
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| * [[Lewis Capaldi]], Peter Capaldi's second-[[cousin]]-once-removed, also exists in-universe. He was mentioned in passing in the novel ''[[The Shadow Passes (short story)|The Shadow Passes]]''.
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| * At the end of the promotional video ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'', a screen featuring [[photograph]]s of each Doctor who would be present at the event, in-costume as "[[the Doctor]]", was featured. This may be taken as an in-universe representation of Capaldi.
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| The real [[Twelfth Doctor]] greatly enjoyed Capaldi's acting and thought he was "rather handsome for his age". He also knew about Capaldi acting as "the character of Doctor Who" and greatly enjoyed it; he found him to be "rather good" at the job. When Capaldi and other ''Doctor Who'' actors were coming together for a [[breakfast]], the Doctor considered arriving in person to meet his actors. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)}})
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