Departing Doctor tells nine-year-old: ‘The new Doctor always becomes your favourite, and the one that goes ... well, he never really goes’One young Doctor Who fan worried about the impending change of lead actor in the BBC One show got an unexpected Christmas surprise from the Doctor himself. As he departed, Peter Capaldi, who has played the Doctor since taking over from Matt Smith in 2013, wrote to nine-year-old David McGilloway to reassure him about the character’s future. And then he got this letter with some words of comfort from the Doctor himself among his Santa presents. Be happy.”He signs off the note “Peter Capaldi – Doctor?” and dates it 23 November 1963, the date that the very first episode of Doctor Who was transmitted on the BBC. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The envelope containing the letter sent by Capaldi to the nine-year-old.

Source: The Guardian December 28, 2017 10:02 UTC