Look at this! Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor is going to be on the front cover of next week’s UK radio times magazine! – Looks like there’ll be an interview with Steven Moffat in it.
“The new Doctor, as played by Peter Capaldi, makes his debut as a Radio Times front cover this week – the second Doctor Who related one this year (so far) as the show once again promotes the BAFTA Television Awards, which take place live on BBC One this coming Sunday 18th May at 8:00pm. It is one of the nominees in the Radio Times Audience Award that is open to a public vote – The Day of The Doctor is up against Broadchurch, Breaking Bad, Educating Yorkshire, The Great British Bake-Off and Gogglebox. Voting closes at midday, 15th May. There is a 16 page guide to this year’s BAFTA TV awards, and the magazine also includes a feature on Doctor Who, with lead writer/executive producer Steven Moffat discussing writing The Day of the Doctor, revealing how it was the most “difficult” and “terrifying” thing he has ever written!
Speaking about how Capaldi came to be chosen as the new Doctor, he said: “When you choose a Doctor, you want somebody who is utterly compelling, attractive in a very odd way. None of the Doctors are conventionally attractive, but they’re all arresting. Handsome men don’t quite suit. Matt Smith’s a young, good-looking bloke from one angle but is actually the strangest looking man from another. You need that oddity; you need somebody who is carved out of solid star, really. Doctor Who is a whopping great star vehicle, despite the fact it changes star every so often.”
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