Nearly a decade after his run as the Twelfth Doctor ended, Peter Capaldi is defending his fellow Time Lords in the Doctor Who franchise.
The Oscar-winning actor recently called out fans who take the BBC show “so seriously,” expressing his support for successors Jodie Whittaker and Ncuti Gatwa, who played the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Doctors.
“It reflects its times and it’s a good thing in the world, though it’s become a bit too big, too important for the BBC or whoever. When I was a kid and watched it, it was just a monster show in the corner of the room,” Capaldi told The Times. “I dunno why people take it so seriously.”
Following Capaldi’s three-season run as The Doctor from 2014 to 2017, Whittaker took over the role until 2022. While her casting as the first female Doctor ruffled some feathers, the actress said, “There
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