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|portrayed=[[Peter Capaldi]]
|nth=Twelfth
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|start= "[[The Time of the Doctor]]" <!-- Do not change to "The Day of the Doctor"; see #Appearances below. -->
|period_start=25 December 2013
|period_end=present
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|no_series=2
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|series_list= [[Doctor Who (series 8)|Series 8 (2014)]]<br/>[[Doctor Who (series 9)|Series 9 (2015)]]<!--Do not add Series 10 until it has premiered-->
|preceding=[[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]] ([[Eleventh Doctor]])
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The '''Twelfth Doctor''' is an incarnation of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]], the protagonist of the [[BBC]] [[Science fiction on television|science fiction television]] programme ''[[Doctor Who]]''. He is portrayed by Scottish actor [[Peter Capaldi]].<ref name="Irish Times">{{cite news |title=Oscar winner Peter Capaldi unveiled as 12th Doctor |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/oscar-winner-peter-capaldi-unveiled-as-12th-doctor-1.1484427 |accessdate=4 August 2013 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=4 August 2013}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a [[time travel]]ling, [[humanoid]] [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] from a race known as the [[Time Lords]]. When the Doctor is critically injured, he can [[regeneration (Doctor Who)|regenerate]] his body, and in doing so gain a new physical appearance, and with it a distinct new personality; this plot mechanism has allowed the Doctor to be portrayed by a series of actors over the decades since the programme's inception in 1963. Capaldi's portrayal of the Doctor is a spiky, brusque, contemplative, and pragmatic character who conceals his emotions in the course of making tough and sometimes ruthless decisions, this often leading him to question his character and the value of his travels.
Capaldi made his first, very brief appearance as the Doctor in the show's fiftieth anniversary special "[[The Day of the Doctor]]" (2013), as one of the thirteen incarnations of the Doctor who are summoned to save [[Gallifrey]] from destruction. Capaldi's first full appearance as the Doctor was at the end of the 2013 Christmas special "[[The Time of the Doctor]]".<ref name="BBC Dr Who blog">{{cite web|author=The Doctor Who Team|title=Peter Capaldi exclusively revealed to the nation as the Twelfth Doctor|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Peter-Capaldi-exclusively-revealed-to-the-nation-as-the-Twelfth-Doctor|publisher=BBC|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="BBC reveal">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23570354|title=Peter Capaldi revealed as Doctor Who's new lead|date=4 August 2013|accessdate=4 August 2013|publisher=BBC}}</ref> He is accompanied in the [[Doctor Who (series 8)|eighth]] and [[Doctor Who (series 9)|ninth]] series by [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] [[Clara Oswald]] ([[Jenna Coleman]]).<ref name="series eight-2">{{cite web|first=Susanna|last=Lazarus|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-03-12/doctor-who-jenna-louise-coleman-confirms-her-return-for-series-eight|title=Doctor Who: Jenna-Louise Coleman confirms her return for series eight|work=[[Radio Times]]|date=12 March 2013|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref>
==Casting==
[[File:Peter Capaldi by Gage Skidmore.jpg|upright|thumbnail|left|[[Peter Capaldi]] portrays the Twelfth Doctor]]
[[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]], who played the [[Eleventh Doctor]], publicly announced his departure from ''Doctor Who'' on 1 June 2013.<ref name="BBC Smith leave">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Matt-Smith-to-leave-Doctor-Who |title=BBC – Blogs – Doctor Who – Matt Smith announces he is to leave Doctor Who – UPDATED |author=[[Doctor Who]] |publisher=BBC |date=1 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}</ref> Prior to the announcing of Capaldi as the next Doctor, there was extensive media speculation on the subject.<ref name="Speculation"/> On 3 August 2013, bookmakers [[William Hill (bookmaker)|William Hill]] suspended betting when Capaldi became the [[Fixed-odds betting#Fractional odds|five to six favourite]] to be cast.<ref name="The Age - 03Aug2013 - New Doctor Who may be Peter Capaldi from The Thick of It">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/box-seat/new-doctor-who-may-be-peter-capaldi-from-the-thick-of-it-20130803-2r5sq.html|title=New Doctor Who may be Peter Capaldi from The Thick of It|last=Gough|first=Deborah|date=3 August 2013|work=[[The Age]]|accessdate=3 August 2013}}</ref> Capaldi's casting was revealed on 4 August during a live broadcast on [[BBC One]], titled ''[[Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23567602|title=Doctor Who: Fans await announcement|publisher=BBC|date=4 August 2013|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref> The live show was watched by an average of 6.27 million in the UK, and was also simulcast in the United States, Canada and Australia.<ref>{{cite news|last=Glanfield|first=Tim|title=Doctor Who: Almost 7m watch Peter Capaldi revealed as 12th Doctor|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-08-05/doctor-who-almost-7m-watch-peter-capaldi-revealed-as-12th-doctor|accessdate=5 August 2013|newspaper=Radio Times|date=5 August 2013}}</ref>
While Capaldi was the first choice for the role, other actors were also approached in case Capaldi should turn the offer down. [[Ben Daniels]], who was an early favourite following the announcement of Matt Smith's departure,<ref name="Speculation"/> said that he had been approached with a view to assessing whether he would be interested in playing the Doctor, with his name remaining as a potential contender until just before the live BBC broadcast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/ben-daniels-was-considered-for-12th-doctor-54069.htm |title=Ben Daniels Was Considered for 12th Doctor |last1=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=17 October 2013 |website=doctorwho.tv |publisher= |accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref>
''Doctor Who'' head writer and executive producer [[Steven Moffat]] said that Capaldi "briefly flicked through [his] mind" while casting the Eleventh Doctor, but that he dismissed the idea, thinking he was not right for the part at the time.<ref name="BBC reveal" /> [[Ben Stephenson]], the BBC's drama commissioner, said that Capaldi was suggested months before the August revelation and that a secret audition was held at Moffat's home.<ref name="BBC Dr Who blog" /> Capaldi prepared for the audition by downloading old ''Doctor Who'' scripts from the Internet and practising in front of a mirror. He discovered he had been given the part during filming for [[Adrian Hodges]]' ''[[The Musketeers (2014 TV series)|The Musketeers]]'' in [[Prague]]; after missing a call from his agent, Capaldi rang back to be greeted with "Hello, Doctor!"<ref name="BBC reveal" /> At 55 years old when originally cast, Capaldi was only a few months younger than [[William Hartnell]] (the [[First Doctor]]) was, when he was cast in the role,<ref name="BBC reveal" /> and is the oldest actor since Hartnell to star as The Doctor<ref>{{cite news|last=Masters|first=Tim|title=Doctor Who: Is Peter Capaldi a good choice?|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23574098|publisher=BBC|date=5 August 2013|accessdate=5 August 2013}}</ref> and the third oldest to portray the character.<ref name="blastr">{{cite news| url=http://www.blastr.com/2013-12-9/peter-capaldi-explains-why-no-one-can-be-too-old-play-doctor |title=Peter Capaldi explains why no one can be too old to play The Doctor |last=Jackson |first=Matthew |date=9 December 2013 |accessdate=16 July 2015 |website=Blastr |publisher=[[Syfy]]}}</ref> Moffat felt that an older actor would work best following the youngest actor, as it would both provide a change and lessen comparisons. He commented, "I can absolutely believe that the strange old-young Matt Smith will turn into the strange young-old Peter Capaldi."<ref name="age">{{cite web|first1=Susanna|last1=Lazarus|first2=Paul|last2=Jones|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-08-05/doctor-who-we-needed-an-older-doctor-says-steven-moffat-because-matt-smith-was-perfect|title=Doctor Who: 'We needed an older Doctor' says Steven Moffat 'because Matt Smith was perfect'|work=[[Radio Times]]|date=5 August 2013|accessdate=19 August 2013}}</ref>
Capaldi has previously appeared playing other roles in the ''Doctor Who'' franchise. He portrayed Lobus Caecilius in the 2008 episode "[[The Fires of Pompeii]]" and [[John Frobisher]] in ''[[Torchwood: Children of Earth|Children of Earth]]'', the 2009 serial of the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off ''[[Torchwood]]''.<ref name="BBC reveal" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/childrenofearth_characters/john_frobisher.shtml|title=John Frobisher|publisher=BBC|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref> Moffat has stated that he plans on explaining over time why there are three characters in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] with the same appearance; his predecessor [[Russell T Davies]] had once explained to him a theory for the first two, and upon Capaldi's casting assured Moffat that the explanation would still work.<ref name="multiple">{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Jones|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-09-30/doctor-who-steven-moffat-has-an-explanation-for-peter-capaldis-earlier-appearances|title=Doctor Who: Steven Moffat has an explanation for Peter Capaldi’s earlier appearances|work=[[Radio Times]]|date=30 September 2013|accessdate=10 January 2014}}</ref> This situation was alluded to in "[[Deep Breath (Doctor Who)|Deep Breath]]", when a confused Doctor is reminded of Caecilius when he examines his face in a mirror.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/doctor-who-deep-breath-208476 | title = Doctor Who: "Deep Breath" | first = Alasdair | last = Wilkins | date = 24 August 2014 | accessdate = 25 August 2014 | publisher = [[A.V. Club]] }}</ref> In "[[The Girl Who Died]]", it is explained that the Doctor chose Caecilius' face to remind himself that he is the Doctor, and that he can always save people.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/go-watch-tonights-doctor-who-right-now-please-and--227020 | title = Doctor Who: "The Girl Who Died" | first = Alasdair | last = Wilkins | date = 17 October 2015 | accessdate = 19 October 2015 | publisher = [[A.V. Club]] }}</ref> While not explained in the episode, Moffat later said that he also shares a face with John Frobisher as Frobisher is Caecilius's descendant, and represents the end of Caecilius's bloodline, referencing the Doctor's "eternal battle with doom and destiny."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-11-15/doctor-who-steven-moffat-finally-reveals-why-the-twelfth-doctor-shares-the-same-face-as-torchwoods-john-frobisher|title=Doctor Who: Steven Moffat finally reveals why the Twelfth Doctor shares the same face as Torchwood's John Frobisher|author=Radio Times staff|work=RadioTimes}}</ref> Capaldi's casting marks the second time an actor has previously appeared in the series and then been cast as an incarnation of the Doctor, the first being [[Colin Baker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cultbox.co.uk/features/lists/15-actors-whove-appeared-in-doctor-who-as-different-characters|title=15 actors who’ve appeared in ‘Doctor Who’ as different characters|work=CultBox}}</ref>
Capaldi briefly appears in the 50th anniversary special. Moffat stated that it was his "plan from the start" that all the Doctors would fly in to save Gallifrey, and he knew there would be a new one at that time. He wrote it before knowing who would be cast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a533647/doctor-who-moffat-on-capaldi-cameo-it-was-the-plan-from-the-start.html |title='Doctor Who' Moffat on Capaldi cameo: "It was the plan from the start" |last=Jeffrey |first=Morgan |date=25 November 2013|publisher=[[Digital Spy]] |accessdate=25 November 2013}}</ref> Capaldi filmed his appearance on 3 October 2013, long after principal photography for the special had ended, and the same day he filmed his debut scene for "The Time of the Doctor".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cook |first=Benjamin |date=January 2014 |title=The Clock Strikes Twelve |url= |journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]] |location= |publisher= [[Panini Comics|Panini Magazines]] |issue=469 |page=19 |accessdate= }}</ref>
Capaldi kept his native Scottish accent for the role.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-peter-capaldi-keep-2971910 |title=Doc aye the Who - latest Doctor Who Peter Capaldi allowed to keep his Scottish accent |author=Halina Watts |date=30 December 2014 |website=[[The Daily Mirror]] |accessdate=14 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/10260201/Doctor-Who-Peter-Capaldi-will-keep-his-Scottish-accent.html |title=Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi will keep his Scottish accent |author=Alice Vincent |date=22 August 2014 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |accessdate=14 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/30/peter-capaldi-keeping-his-scottish-accent-for-doctor-who-was-creative-decision-4245075/ |title=Peter Capaldi keeping his Scottish accent for Doctor Who was ‘creative decision’ |author=Ann Lee |date=30 December 2014 |website=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |accessdate=14 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a508903/peter-capaldi-to-keep-scottish-accent-for-doctor-who-role.html#~oPQMCpgHrNKKup |title=Peter Capaldi to keep Scottish accent for 'Doctor Who' role |author=Zeba Blay |date=21 August 2014 |website=[[Digital Spy]] |accessdate=14 September 2014 }}</ref> Speaking on his decision, he said he did it so he could feel closer to the character.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-series-8-peter-4026726#.U-YxoOkg8eF |title=Doctor Who series 8: Peter Capaldi reveals why he made Time Lord Scottish |author=Mark Jefferies |date=8 August 2014 |website=[[Daily Mirror|The Mirror]] |accessdate=9 August 2014 }}</ref> A handful of tweets were reported in September 2014 in which it was claimed that some viewers struggled to understand Capaldi. A speech coach and linguistics expert both suggested that any problems with understanding Capaldi had more to do with delivery than accent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/sep/11/doctor-who-peter-capaldi-american-fans-scottish-accent|title=American Doctor Who fans befuddled by Capaldi's accent: 'He should be called Doctor What!?'|author=Melissa Locker|work=the Guardian}}</ref>
==Character==
===Costume===
The Twelfth Doctor's outfit consists of a signature dark blue short [[Crombie (clothing)|Crombie]]-style coat with a red lining, dark blue trousers, a long collared white shirt buttoned to the top with no tie, a navy cardigan or waistcoat, and brogue boots. His shirt varies from episode to episode, with a navy shirt, a dark purple shirt and a black shirt with white polka dots appearing, as well as a black holey jumper, all being worn under his coat. He also wears a hoodie over his jumper as of series nine, over his t-shirt all being worn under his coat. In "[[Time Heist]]", the Doctor describes his costume as "hoping for minimalism, but I think I came up with magician."
The look was created by ''Doctor Who'' costume designer Howard Burden who wanted to strip the Doctor back to the bare basics.<ref name="dailymail1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2547129/The-Time-Lord-dark-blue-Crombie-coat-BBC-unveils-costume-12th-Doctor.html |title=BBC unveils costume for 12th Doctor Who Peter Capaldi | Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date= |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> His design was described as "No frills, no scarfs, no messing, just 100% rebel Time Lord."<ref>{{cite web|author=The Doctor Who Team |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Peter-Capaldi-Doctor-Who-Costume-Revealed |title=Blogs – Doctor Who – Peter Capaldi’s Doctor Who Costume Revealed in First Look Picture |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> Capaldi said that the costume took a long time to find. The reason he settled on his final costume was because, "I think it’s quite a hard look. I always wanted him to be in black — I always just saw the Doctor in dark colours. Not tweed," in reference to his immediate predecessor's original costume. "Matt’s a really young cool guy — he can wear anything, but I wanted to strip it back and be very stark."<ref name="doctorwhotv1">{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/capaldi-was-adamant-about-no-flirting-in-series-8-64861.htm |title=Capaldi was Adamant About No Flirting in Series 8 |publisher=Doctor Who TV |date=27 July 2014 |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> He also described it as "back to basics."<ref name="dailymail1"/> Moffat described the look as "A stick-insect sort of thing". He also said that Clara calls him "a grey-haired stick-insect at one point".<ref>{{cite news|author=Antonia Molloy |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/doctor-who-series-8-peter-capaldi-wanted-a-stick-insect-look-9642040.html |title=Doctor Who series 8: Peter Capaldi wanted a 'stick insect' look – News – TV & Radio |publisher=The Independent |date=1 August 2014 |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> Capaldi also stated that he chose the Twelfth Doctor's costume so fans of the show who enjoy cosplay could easily emulate it without going to great expense.<ref>{{cite web|last=Holmes |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-08-07/peter-capaldi-i-wanted-a-doctor-who-costume-fans-could-copy |title=Peter Capaldi supports Doctor Who cosplay |publisher=Radiotimes.com |date=2014-08-07 |accessdate=2014-08-24}}</ref> Writing for [[Radio Times]], fashion columnist Anna Fielding described it as "a classic early skinhead look" and linked it to Capaldi's history as a punk musician.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fielding|first1=Anna|title=Deconstructing Doctor Who: a fashion expert analyses Peter Capaldi's new skinhead style|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-02-09/deconstructing-doctor-who-a-fashion-expert-analyses-peter-capaldis-new-skinhead-style|website=Radio Times|publisher=Immediate Media Company Limited|accessdate=26 December 2014}}</ref>
Capaldi's costume has varied in some episodes. In "Mummy on the Orient Express" he dons a period-appropriate tuxedo. In "The Magician's Apprentice", he wears [[Ray-Ban]] sunglasses (later revealed in "[[The Witch's Familiar]]" to be a wearable version of his [[sonic screwdriver#Sonic sunglasses|sonic screwdriver]]), a t-shirt and plaid baggy trousers along with the hoodie and Crombie coat. In "[[Face the Raven]]", the Twelfth Doctor sports a red velvet variant of his Crombie coat. After briefly ditching it in "[[Hell Bent (Doctor Who)|Hell Bent]]", Clara comments that it made him look more 'doctory'. At the end of the episode, he dons the red coat in honour of her, and is given a new sonic screwdriver by the TARDIS.
===Personality===
The Twelfth Doctor is, according to Capaldi, "more alien than he's been in a while."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/peter-capaldi-reveals-doctor-who-3932096|title=Peter Capaldi reveals his Doctor Who is more alien than he's been for a while|publisher=mirror.co.uk}}</ref> Whilst still defining himself as someone who "saves people,"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02wns22|title=Season 9 Trailer|publisher=BBC|date=2015-07-09}}</ref> the Twelfth Doctor cares little about being seen as a hero or even being liked by the people who he is trying to save.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-twelfth-doctor-a-bad-man-with-a-box-72224.htm|title=The Twelfth Doctor: A bad man with a box?|publisher=Doctor Who TV|date=2015-03-17}}</ref> Unlike his previous two incarnations who cared about humans and tried to understand them, Capaldi has confirmed that, this incarnation "doesn’t quite understand human beings or really care very much about their approval." Clara is put on the back-foot by him post-regeneration<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/aug/20/doctor-who-12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-12th-doctor|title=Doctor Who: 12 things you need to know about the 12th Doctor|publisher=The Guardian|date=2014-08-20}}</ref> initially not seeing through his 'Tough Exterior'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shadowlocked.com/201408293421/reviews/doctor-who-complete-reviews-deep-breath.html|title=DOCTOR WHO COMPLETE REVIEWS: DEEP BREATH|publisher=shadowlocked.com|date=2014-08-29}}</ref> Playing Clara, Jenna Coleman says of this Doctor, "He’s more removed, you can't quite access him in the same way", in comparison to his more friendly and accessible predecessor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/capaldis-doctor-more-alien-less-human-friendly-64917.htm |title=Capaldi’s Doctor More Alien, Less "human-friendly" |publisher=Doctor Who TV |date=2014-07-29 |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref> Capaldi also specifically requested that the Doctor will not flirt with his companion the way his previous incarnation did,<ref name="doctorwhotv1"/> though Moffat has teased that Capaldi's doctor may perhaps be more in love with Clara than he'd like to believe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blastr.com/2015-5-19/steven-moffat-says-peter-capaldis-twelfth-doctor-only-pretending-he-doesnt-fancy-clara|title=Steven Moffat says Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor is only pretending he doesn't fancy Clara}}</ref> He has also been described as a "total adrenaline junkie" and, according to Steven Moffat, "much fiercer, madder [and] less reliable".<ref>{{cite web|author=@CultBoxTV |url=http://www.cultbox.co.uk/features/guides/doctor-who-twelfth-doctor-news-summary |title='Doctor Who' news summary: Everything we know so far about Peter Capaldi's Doctor |publisher=CultBox |date= |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> "He’s not as immediately approachable and he’s not necessarily looking for your approval, when he says ‘Wait here, I’ll be back’, you’re not absolutely convinced... what he’s not doing is reassuring you very much."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/moffat-series-8-not-a-fairytale-there-are-consequences-64681.htm |title=Moffat: Series 8 Not A Fairytale, There Are Consequences |publisher=Doctor Who TV |date=21 July 2014 |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> [[Mark Gatiss]] said that Capaldi's Doctor was "sort of [[Tom Baker]], [[Jon Pertwee]] and even [[Christopher Eccleston]] style...it’s someone who’s not immediately going to be your best friend and can be quite abrupt and rude."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/31556/doctor-who-series-8-mark-gatiss-on-peter-capaldis-doctor |title=Doctor Who series 8: Mark Gatiss on Peter Capaldi's Doctor |publisher=Den of Geek |date=1 August 2014 |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> Moffat added to this analysis of the character by saying, "He has a tremendous ability with throwaway humour and a lot of it is around the fact that sometimes he is terribly rude. I think kids will think he is the rude Doctor [...] You might want to cuddle him but he really will resist."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://screenrant.com/doctor-who-rude-season-8-details-images/ |title=‘Doctor Who’: Steven Moffat Teases ‘Doctor Rude’; New Season 8 Images |publisher=Screenrant.com |date= |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref>
It has been said that part of the Doctor's personality will share "a certain acid wit" of [[Malcolm Tucker]], the role Peter Capaldi is most famous for, "specifically the attitude, the wisecracks and the energy...he can be edgy, volatile and dangerous".<ref>{{cite web|last=Methven |first=Nicola |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/spin-doctor-who-peter-capaldi-4022623#.U-SdAmd0zIV |title=The spin Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi on why he's bringing Malcolm Tucker to the Tardis - Mirror Online |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref><ref name="mirror1">{{cite web|last=Smith |first=Mikey |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-day-malcolm-tucker-4020425#.U-So7Wd0zIU |title=Doctor Who Day: Malcolm Tucker would be "incredibly envious" of Peter Capaldi becoming the Time Lord - Mirror Online |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=41864 |title=Empire Gets Our First Look At Peter Capaldi in Doctor Who | Movie News | Empire |publisher=Empireonline.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref>
Capaldi has stated that all of the previous actors who had played the Doctor were channelled in his portrayal<ref>{{cite web|last=Methven |first=Nicola |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/spin-doctor-who-peter-capaldi-4022623#.U-SqT2d0zIV |title=The spin Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi on why he's bringing Malcolm Tucker to the Tardis - Mirror Online |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref> and that his particular influences were Hartnell, Pertwee and [[Peter Davison|Davison]].<ref name="mirror1"/>
He has been described as an "older, fiercer, trickier Doctor".<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/older-trickier-fiercer-meet-peter-capaldi-the-new-doctor-who/story-e6frg8h6-1227017118427?nk=ddf038d44169e8a30f4df0ee7cf46334 ''The Australian''] {{subscription needed}}</ref>
In spite of his darker personality, Capaldi has said that the Doctor is still, "funny, joyful, passionate, emphatic, and fearless." While Jenna Coleman added that this time, the Doctor is more "enigmatic, mysterious, complex, worn, and unmannered" when compared to his immediate two predecessors. Steven Moffat has joked that he's "more Scottish than last time."<ref>{{cite web|last=Trenholm |first=Rich |url=http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/doctor-who-takes-a-deep-breath-in-season-8-premiere/ |title='Doctor Who' takes a 'Deep Breath' in season 8 premiere |publisher=CNET |date= |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref>
==Appearances==
===Television===
The Twelfth Doctor makes a first (and uncredited) appearance in the programme's fiftieth anniversary special, "[[The Day of the Doctor]]" (2013), when thirteen incarnations of the Doctor unite to save his home planet of [[Gallifrey]] from destruction during the [[Time War (Doctor Who)|Time War]]. At first, [[Time Lord]]s in Gallifrey's war room spot twelve blue [[TARDIS]]es approaching and encircling the planet. This count is then corrected to thirteen, and Capaldi's hands, eyes, and forehead are fleetingly shown.<ref name=TDOTD>{{cite episode|title=[[The Day of the Doctor]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=Steven Moffat, [[Nick Hurran]], Marcus Wilson|network=BBC|airdate=23 November 2013}}</ref> He then makes his full debut at the end of the next episode, "[[The Time of the Doctor]]", after the [[Eleventh Doctor]], about to die from old age, is given a new regeneration cycle from the Time Lords, who remain hidden in a [[pocket universe]].
In the [[Doctor Who (series 8)|series 8]] premiere "[[Deep Breath (Doctor Who)|Deep Breath]]" (2014), the Doctor arrives in Victorian London, where he recovers from the stress of his regeneration, initially under the care of the [[Paternoster Gang]]. After uncovering potential alien presence in London, the Doctor goes on the run as a homeless person for some time. While on the run, he believes he has seen his new face before, though does not recall from where. He and Clara are reunited by a third party, and realise that this third party has been conspiring to bring the two of them together for some time. The Doctor helps Clara overcome her reservations about his new personality and older physical appearance, and they begin travelling together once more.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-8-airdate-confirmed-new-trailer-image-64070.htm |title=Series 8 Airdate Confirmed, New Trailer & Image |date=27 June 2014 |website=Doctor Who TV |accessdate=10 July 2014 }}</ref> Over the course of the series, he and Clara have some ups and downs in their friendship caused both by the Doctor's callousness and because Clara wishes to keep her continued travelling a secret from her boyfriend, [[Danny Pink]] ([[Samuel Anderson (actor)|Samuel Anderson]]); she is not able to resolve the situation before Danny dies in a road accident in the first part of the series finale, "[[Dark Water (Doctor Who)|Dark Water]]"/"[[Death in Heaven]]". In the finale, he meets Missy ([[Michelle Gomez]]), the latest incarnation of his nemesis, [[the Master (Doctor Who)|the Master]], who reveals that she conspired to bring him and Clara together and has begun converting the Earth's dead into [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]; her plan is to compromise the Doctor's morality with the offer of an army with which to rule the universe. Missy's scheme is foiled, but not before many have died and Earth is in chaos. The Doctor takes a weapon from Clara, to spare his companion the burden of killing Missy herself. As the Doctor hesitates, a cyberconverted [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], retaining his humanity, appears to disintegrate Missy with a laser blast. After a traumatic ordeal, the Doctor and Clara part ways, seemingly for good, before they are reunited by a shared dream in "[[Last Christmas (Doctor Who)|Last Christmas]]" and agree to continue adventuring.
In the [[Doctor Who (series 9)|series 9]] premiere "[[The Magician's Apprentice]]"/"[[The Witch's Familiar]]" (2015), the Doctor is summoned to the planet [[Skaro]] by his archnemesis [[Davros]] ([[Julian Bleach]]), the creator of the evil [[Dalek]] race, who is dying. Davros plays on the Doctor's sympathies to trick him into revitalising a dying Dalek empire, siphoning some of the Doctor's [[regeneration (Doctor Who)|regeneration]] energy to do so. The Doctor also enlivens a mass of dying Daleks consigned to the sewers of Skaro, who begin to tear the city apart, and he makes his escape with Clara, but not before visiting Davros as a young boy on the battlefields of Skaro, and instilling in him a lesson about the virtues of mercy. In "[[The Girl Who Died]]," the Doctor finally remembers that he shares a face with a man [[The Fires of Pompeii|he was persuaded to save in Pompeii]], despite his initial reluctance to alter the timeline. He surmises that he subconsciously chose this face as a reminder that his job is to save lives. He is inspired to resurrect Viking girl Ashildr ([[Maisie Williams]]) with alien technology; he learns in "[[The Woman Who Lived]]" that she has become immortal and watches over his past companions. In "[[Face the Raven]]", Clara dies while trying to outsmart Ashildr, who stages an elaborate ploy to trap the Doctor, which he learns in "[[Heaven Sent (Doctor Who)|Heaven Sent]]" was on behalf of the Time Lords. Emerging from the trap on his home planet of Gallifrey, he sends a warning to his people of his return. In "[[Hell Bent (Doctor Who)|Hell Bent]]", the Doctor deposes Time Lord President [[Rassilon]] ([[Donald Sumpter]]) and uses Time Lord technology to save Clara from the moments before her death, and then proceeds to run away with her to the end of time in the hopes of cheating death permanently. He is then persuaded by Ashildr that he and Clara are a dangerous influence on each other, and perhaps together constitute the "Hybrid of two great warrior races" which is prophesied to destroy Gallifrey. The Doctor attempts to wipe Clara's memories of him using a device, but she alters it so that it affects his memories of her instead; she leaves him behind on Earth with his TARDIS to start adventuring again. She departs in her own stolen TARDIS, alongside Ashildr, promising to one day return to Gallifrey and accept her death.
===Literature===
In May 2014, it was revealed that New Series Adventures would release books starring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald, which were released in September 2014. The titles of the released books are ''Silhouette'', ''The Crawling Terror'', and ''The Blood Cell''. The next wave was released in September 2015, with the stories of ''Deep Time'', ''Royal Blood'' and ''Big Bang Generation''; the first two of these also feature the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, while ''Big Bang Generation'' sees the Twelfth Doctor reunited with the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s [[Virgin New Adventures]] companion [[Bernice Summerfield]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/first-12th-doctor-novels-detailed-63628.htm |title=First 12th Doctor Novels Detailed |date=3 June 2014 |website=Doctor Who TV }}</ref>
===Video games===
Capaldi voices the [[Lego]] counterpart of the Twelfth Doctor in the video game, ''[[Lego Dimensions]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/09/comic-con-2015-new-doctor-who-gameplay-from-lego-dimensions|title=COMIC CON 2015: NEW DOCTOR WHO GAMEPLAY FROM LEGO DIMENSIONS}}</ref>
==Reception==
Following the broadcast of his [[Deep Breath (Doctor Who)|first full episode]], Euan Ferguson of ''[[The Guardian]]'' called his performance "wise and thoughtful",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/23/doctor-who-capaldi-hype-plot-beyond-daft |title=Doctor Who: Capaldi's wiser, older Time Lord cuts through the hype |last=Ferguson |first=Euan |work=[[The Guardian]] |publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]] |date=23 August 2014 |accessdate=24 August 2014 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6S3PkP73S |archivedate=23 August 2014 |deadurl=no }}</ref> while Richard Beech of ''[[Daily Mirror|The Mirror]]'' agreed that Capaldi displayed "all the hallmarks of a great Doctor".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/peter-capaldi-doctor-who-verdict-4097099 |title=Peter Capaldi Doctor Who verdict: Deep Breath didn't need Matt Smith cameo, Capaldi debut was impeccable |last=Beech |first=Richard |work=[[Daily Mirror|The Mirror]] |publisher=[[Trinity Mirror|Trinity Mirror plc]] |date=23 August 2014 |accessdate=24 August 2014 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6S3PxgPhO |archivedate=23 August 2014 |deadurl=no }}</ref> Michael Hogan of ''[[Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' felt that Capaldi's portrayal "crackled with fierce intelligence and nervous energy".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11052720/Doctor-Who-Deep-Breath-review-Capaldi-crackles-with-fierce-intelligence.html |title=Doctor Who, Deep Breath, review: Capaldi crackles with fierce intelligence |last=Hogan |first=Michael |work=[[Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group]] |date=23 August 2014 |accessdate=24 August 2014 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6S3PgQwpQ |archivedate=23 August 2014 |deadurl=no }}</ref>
In January 2015, Capaldi became the first actor to portray the Doctor not be shortlisted for a [[National Television Award]] since the series revival in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/06/peter-capaldi-doctor-who-national-television-awards-nominations|title=Peter Capaldi’s Doctor snubbed by National Television Awards|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]|date=6 January 2015|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/tv-radio/peter-capaldi-s-dr-who-snubbed-by-tv-awards-1-3651900|title=Peter Capaldi’s Dr Who snubbed by TV awards|work=[[The Scotsman]]|date=6 January 2015|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/06/doctor-who-snubbed-by-national-television-awards-for-first-time-as-peter-capaldi-fails-to-secure-a-nomination-5010520/|title=Doctor Who snubbed by National Television Awards for first time as Peter Capaldi fails to secure a nomination|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|The Metro]]|last=Duncan|first=Amy|date=6 January 2015|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref> Ahead of the [[British Academy Television Awards]] that year, Paul Flynn of ''[[The Guardian]]'' noted that Capaldi's portrayal of the Doctor had the effect of "significantly reducing ''Doctor Who''{{’}}s glamour quotient".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/11592123/Baftas-battle-of-the-superwomen.html|title=Bafta's battle of the superwomen|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|last=Flynn|first=Paul|date=9 May 2015|accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref>
==See also==
*''[[From The Doctor to my son Thomas]]''
== References ==
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<ref name="Speculation" >Sources that refer to the extensive media speculation about the identity of the Twelfth Doctor include:
*{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/22754166 |title=CBBC Newsround – Dr Who – Who will be the next Doctor |author=[[Newsround]] |work=[[CBBC]] |publisher=BBC |date=3 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/who-new-doctor-who-rory-1928254 |title=Who will be the new Doctor Who? Rory Kinnear favourite to be new Time Lord |last=Boyle |first=Simon |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=3 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2013/06/04/who-should-replace-matt-smith-in-doctor-who |title=Who Should Replace Matt Smith in Doctor Who? |last=Tilly |first=Chris |publisher=IGN |date=4 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2334893/Doctor-Who-Who-Doctor-ANYONE-woman-Says-TV-critic.html |title=Doctor Who: Who should be the next Doctor? ANYONE but a woman! Says our TV critic |last=Stevens |first=Christopher |work=[[Daily Mail]] |date=2 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/01/matt-smith-to-leave-doctor-who-after-four-years-as-the-time-lord-3824933/ |title=Who is the next Doctor Who? Speculation mounts after Matt Smith quits |last=Westbrook |first=Caroline |publisher=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=2 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/26/doctor-who-who-should-be-the-next-doctor-3858165/ |title=Doctor Who: Who should be the next Doctor? |last=Prior |first=Vicki |publisher=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=26 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}
*{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2013/06/03/doctor-who-twelfth-matt-smith-leaving-replacement-hugh-laurie/#!1/nicholas_hoult/|title=The Next Doctor Who: Hugh Laurie, Rupert Grint, a First Female and 17 Other TVLine Reader Ideas|author=Associated writers|work=[[TV Line]]|publisher=Blogger|date=3 June 2013|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref>
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The '''Twelfth Doctor''' is an incarnation of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]], the protagonist of the [[BBC]] [[Science fiction on television|science fiction television]] programme ''[[Doctor Who]]''. He is portrayed by Scottish actor [[Peter Capaldi]].<ref name="Irish Times">{{cite news |title=Oscar winner Peter Capaldi unveiled as 12th Doctor |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/oscar-winner-peter-capaldi-unveiled-as-12th-doctor-1.1484427 |accessdate=4 August 2013 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=4 August 2013}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a [[time travel]]ling, [[humanoid]] [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] from a race known as the [[Time Lords]]. When the Doctor is critically injured, he can [[regeneration (Doctor Who)|regenerate]] his body, and in doing so gain a new physical appearance, and with it a distinct new personality; this plot mechanism has allowed the Doctor to be portrayed by a series of actors over the decades since the programme's inception in 1963. Capaldi's portrayal of the Doctor is a spiky, brusque, contemplative, and pragmatic character who conceals his emotions in the course of making tough and sometimes ruthless decisions, this often leading him to question his character and the value of his travels.
Capaldi made his first, very brief appearance as the Doctor in the show's fiftieth anniversary special "[[The Day of the Doctor]]" (2013), as one of the thirteen incarnations of the Doctor who are summoned to save [[Gallifrey]] from destruction. Capaldi's first full appearance as the Doctor was at the end of the 2013 Christmas special "[[The Time of the Doctor]]".<ref name="BBC Dr Who blog">{{cite web|author=The Doctor Who Team|title=Peter Capaldi exclusively revealed to the nation as the Twelfth Doctor|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Peter-Capaldi-exclusively-revealed-to-the-nation-as-the-Twelfth-Doctor|publisher=BBC|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="BBC reveal">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23570354|title=Peter Capaldi revealed as Doctor Who's new lead|date=4 August 2013|accessdate=4 August 2013|publisher=BBC}}</ref> He is accompanied in the [[Doctor Who (series 8)|eighth]] and [[Doctor Who (series 9)|ninth]] series by [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] [[Clara Oswald]] ([[Jenna Coleman]]).<ref name="series eight-2">{{cite web|first=Susanna|last=Lazarus|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-03-12/doctor-who-jenna-louise-coleman-confirms-her-return-for-series-eight|title=Doctor Who: Jenna-Louise Coleman confirms her return for series eight|work=[[Radio Times]]|date=12 March 2013|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref>. He was accompanied in the 2015 Christmas Special by [[River Song (Doctor Who)|River Song]] which saw the return of his time travelling wife. >{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/32369834-a751-4dca-8829-b1a9ec3fb1cb}}</ref>.
==Casting==
[[File:Peter Capaldi by Gage Skidmore.jpg|upright|thumbnail|left|[[Peter Capaldi]] portrays the Twelfth Doctor]]
[[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]], who played the [[Eleventh Doctor]], publicly announced his departure from ''Doctor Who'' on 1 June 2013.<ref name="BBC Smith leave">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Matt-Smith-to-leave-Doctor-Who |title=BBC – Blogs – Doctor Who – Matt Smith announces he is to leave Doctor Who – UPDATED |author=[[Doctor Who]] |publisher=BBC |date=1 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}</ref> Prior to the announcing of Capaldi as the next Doctor, there was extensive media speculation on the subject.<ref name="Speculation"/> On 3 August 2013, bookmakers [[William Hill (bookmaker)|William Hill]] suspended betting when Capaldi became the [[Fixed-odds betting#Fractional odds|five to six favourite]] to be cast.<ref name="The Age - 03Aug2013 - New Doctor Who may be Peter Capaldi from The Thick of It">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/box-seat/new-doctor-who-may-be-peter-capaldi-from-the-thick-of-it-20130803-2r5sq.html|title=New Doctor Who may be Peter Capaldi from The Thick of It|last=Gough|first=Deborah|date=3 August 2013|work=[[The Age]]|accessdate=3 August 2013}}</ref> Capaldi's casting was revealed on 4 August during a live broadcast on [[BBC One]], titled ''[[Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23567602|title=Doctor Who: Fans await announcement|publisher=BBC|date=4 August 2013|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref> The live show was watched by an average of 6.27 million in the UK, and was also simulcast in the United States, Canada and Australia.<ref>{{cite news|last=Glanfield|first=Tim|title=Doctor Who: Almost 7m watch Peter Capaldi revealed as 12th Doctor|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-08-05/doctor-who-almost-7m-watch-peter-capaldi-revealed-as-12th-doctor|accessdate=5 August 2013|newspaper=Radio Times|date=5 August 2013}}</ref>
While Capaldi was the first choice for the role, other actors were also approached in case Capaldi should turn the offer down. [[Ben Daniels]], who was an early favourite following the announcement of Matt Smith's departure,<ref name="Speculation"/> said that he had been approached with a view to assessing whether he would be interested in playing the Doctor, with his name remaining as a potential contender until just before the live BBC broadcast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/ben-daniels-was-considered-for-12th-doctor-54069.htm |title=Ben Daniels Was Considered for 12th Doctor |last1=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=17 October 2013 |website=doctorwho.tv |publisher= |accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref>
''Doctor Who'' head writer and executive producer [[Steven Moffat]] said that Capaldi "briefly flicked through [his] mind" while casting the Eleventh Doctor, but that he dismissed the idea, thinking he was not right for the part at the time.<ref name="BBC reveal" /> [[Ben Stephenson]], the BBC's drama commissioner, said that Capaldi was suggested months before the August revelation and that a secret audition was held at Moffat's home.<ref name="BBC Dr Who blog" /> Capaldi prepared for the audition by downloading old ''Doctor Who'' scripts from the Internet and practising in front of a mirror. He discovered he had been given the part during filming for [[Adrian Hodges]]' ''[[The Musketeers (2014 TV series)|The Musketeers]]'' in [[Prague]]; after missing a call from his agent, Capaldi rang back to be greeted with "Hello, Doctor!"<ref name="BBC reveal" /> At 55 years old when originally cast, Capaldi was only a few months younger than [[William Hartnell]] (the [[First Doctor]]) was, when he was cast in the role,<ref name="BBC reveal" /> and is the oldest actor since Hartnell to star as The Doctor<ref>{{cite news|last=Masters|first=Tim|title=Doctor Who: Is Peter Capaldi a good choice?|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23574098|publisher=BBC|date=5 August 2013|accessdate=5 August 2013}}</ref> and the third oldest to portray the character.<ref name="blastr">{{cite news| url=http://www.blastr.com/2013-12-9/peter-capaldi-explains-why-no-one-can-be-too-old-play-doctor |title=Peter Capaldi explains why no one can be too old to play The Doctor |last=Jackson |first=Matthew |date=9 December 2013 |accessdate=16 July 2015 |website=Blastr |publisher=[[Syfy]]}}</ref> Moffat felt that an older actor would work best following the youngest actor, as it would both provide a change and lessen comparisons. He commented, "I can absolutely believe that the strange old-young Matt Smith will turn into the strange young-old Peter Capaldi."<ref name="age">{{cite web|first1=Susanna|last1=Lazarus|first2=Paul|last2=Jones|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-08-05/doctor-who-we-needed-an-older-doctor-says-steven-moffat-because-matt-smith-was-perfect|title=Doctor Who: 'We needed an older Doctor' says Steven Moffat 'because Matt Smith was perfect'|work=[[Radio Times]]|date=5 August 2013|accessdate=19 August 2013}}</ref>
Capaldi has previously appeared playing other roles in the ''Doctor Who'' franchise. He portrayed Lobus Caecilius in the 2008 episode "[[The Fires of Pompeii]]" and [[John Frobisher]] in ''[[Torchwood: Children of Earth|Children of Earth]]'', the 2009 serial of the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off ''[[Torchwood]]''.<ref name="BBC reveal" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/childrenofearth_characters/john_frobisher.shtml|title=John Frobisher|publisher=BBC|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref> Moffat has stated that he plans on explaining over time why there are three characters in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] with the same appearance; his predecessor [[Russell T Davies]] had once explained to him a theory for the first two, and upon Capaldi's casting assured Moffat that the explanation would still work.<ref name="multiple">{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Jones|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-09-30/doctor-who-steven-moffat-has-an-explanation-for-peter-capaldis-earlier-appearances|title=Doctor Who: Steven Moffat has an explanation for Peter Capaldi’s earlier appearances|work=[[Radio Times]]|date=30 September 2013|accessdate=10 January 2014}}</ref> This situation was alluded to in "[[Deep Breath (Doctor Who)|Deep Breath]]", when a confused Doctor is reminded of Caecilius when he examines his face in a mirror.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/doctor-who-deep-breath-208476 | title = Doctor Who: "Deep Breath" | first = Alasdair | last = Wilkins | date = 24 August 2014 | accessdate = 25 August 2014 | publisher = [[A.V. Club]] }}</ref> In "[[The Girl Who Died]]", it is explained that the Doctor chose Caecilius' face to remind himself that he is the Doctor, and that he can always save people.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/go-watch-tonights-doctor-who-right-now-please-and--227020 | title = Doctor Who: "The Girl Who Died" | first = Alasdair | last = Wilkins | date = 17 October 2015 | accessdate = 19 October 2015 | publisher = [[A.V. Club]] }}</ref> While not explained in the episode, Moffat later said that he also shares a face with John Frobisher as Frobisher is Caecilius's descendant, and represents the end of Caecilius's bloodline, referencing the Doctor's "eternal battle with doom and destiny."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-11-15/doctor-who-steven-moffat-finally-reveals-why-the-twelfth-doctor-shares-the-same-face-as-torchwoods-john-frobisher|title=Doctor Who: Steven Moffat finally reveals why the Twelfth Doctor shares the same face as Torchwood's John Frobisher|author=Radio Times staff|work=RadioTimes}}</ref> Capaldi's casting marks the second time an actor has previously appeared in the series and then been cast as an incarnation of the Doctor, the first being [[Colin Baker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cultbox.co.uk/features/lists/15-actors-whove-appeared-in-doctor-who-as-different-characters|title=15 actors who’ve appeared in ‘Doctor Who’ as different characters|work=CultBox}}</ref>
Capaldi briefly appears in the 50th anniversary special. Moffat stated that it was his "plan from the start" that all the Doctors would fly in to save Gallifrey, and he knew there would be a new one at that time. He wrote it before knowing who would be cast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a533647/doctor-who-moffat-on-capaldi-cameo-it-was-the-plan-from-the-start.html |title='Doctor Who' Moffat on Capaldi cameo: "It was the plan from the start" |last=Jeffrey |first=Morgan |date=25 November 2013|publisher=[[Digital Spy]] |accessdate=25 November 2013}}</ref> Capaldi filmed his appearance on 3 October 2013, long after principal photography for the special had ended, and the same day he filmed his debut scene for "The Time of the Doctor".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cook |first=Benjamin |date=January 2014 |title=The Clock Strikes Twelve |url= |journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]] |location= |publisher= [[Panini Comics|Panini Magazines]] |issue=469 |page=19 |accessdate= }}</ref>
Capaldi kept his native Scottish accent for the role.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-peter-capaldi-keep-2971910 |title=Doc aye the Who - latest Doctor Who Peter Capaldi allowed to keep his Scottish accent |author=Halina Watts |date=30 December 2014 |website=[[The Daily Mirror]] |accessdate=14 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/10260201/Doctor-Who-Peter-Capaldi-will-keep-his-Scottish-accent.html |title=Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi will keep his Scottish accent |author=Alice Vincent |date=22 August 2014 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |accessdate=14 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/30/peter-capaldi-keeping-his-scottish-accent-for-doctor-who-was-creative-decision-4245075/ |title=Peter Capaldi keeping his Scottish accent for Doctor Who was ‘creative decision’ |author=Ann Lee |date=30 December 2014 |website=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |accessdate=14 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a508903/peter-capaldi-to-keep-scottish-accent-for-doctor-who-role.html#~oPQMCpgHrNKKup |title=Peter Capaldi to keep Scottish accent for 'Doctor Who' role |author=Zeba Blay |date=21 August 2014 |website=[[Digital Spy]] |accessdate=14 September 2014 }}</ref> Speaking on his decision, he said he did it so he could feel closer to the character.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-series-8-peter-4026726#.U-YxoOkg8eF |title=Doctor Who series 8: Peter Capaldi reveals why he made Time Lord Scottish |author=Mark Jefferies |date=8 August 2014 |website=[[Daily Mirror|The Mirror]] |accessdate=9 August 2014 }}</ref> A handful of tweets were reported in September 2014 in which it was claimed that some viewers struggled to understand Capaldi. A speech coach and linguistics expert both suggested that any problems with understanding Capaldi had more to do with delivery than accent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/sep/11/doctor-who-peter-capaldi-american-fans-scottish-accent|title=American Doctor Who fans befuddled by Capaldi's accent: 'He should be called Doctor What!?'|author=Melissa Locker|work=the Guardian}}</ref>
==Character==
===Costume===
The Twelfth Doctor's outfit consists of a signature dark blue short [[Crombie (clothing)|Crombie]]-style coat with a red lining, dark blue trousers, a long collared white shirt buttoned to the top with no tie, a navy cardigan or waistcoat, and brogue boots. His shirt varies from episode to episode, with a navy shirt, a dark purple shirt and a black shirt with white polka dots appearing, as well as a black holey jumper, all being worn under his coat. He also wears a hoodie over his jumper as of series nine, over his t-shirt all being worn under his coat. In "[[Time Heist]]", the Doctor describes his costume as "hoping for minimalism, but I think I came up with magician."
The look was created by ''Doctor Who'' costume designer Howard Burden who wanted to strip the Doctor back to the bare basics.<ref name="dailymail1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2547129/The-Time-Lord-dark-blue-Crombie-coat-BBC-unveils-costume-12th-Doctor.html |title=BBC unveils costume for 12th Doctor Who Peter Capaldi | Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date= |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> His design was described as "No frills, no scarfs, no messing, just 100% rebel Time Lord."<ref>{{cite web|author=The Doctor Who Team |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Peter-Capaldi-Doctor-Who-Costume-Revealed |title=Blogs – Doctor Who – Peter Capaldi’s Doctor Who Costume Revealed in First Look Picture |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> Capaldi said that the costume took a long time to find. The reason he settled on his final costume was because, "I think it’s quite a hard look. I always wanted him to be in black — I always just saw the Doctor in dark colours. Not tweed," in reference to his immediate predecessor's original costume. "Matt’s a really young cool guy — he can wear anything, but I wanted to strip it back and be very stark."<ref name="doctorwhotv1">{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/capaldi-was-adamant-about-no-flirting-in-series-8-64861.htm |title=Capaldi was Adamant About No Flirting in Series 8 |publisher=Doctor Who TV |date=27 July 2014 |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> He also described it as "back to basics."<ref name="dailymail1"/> Moffat described the look as "A stick-insect sort of thing". He also said that Clara calls him "a grey-haired stick-insect at one point".<ref>{{cite news|author=Antonia Molloy |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/doctor-who-series-8-peter-capaldi-wanted-a-stick-insect-look-9642040.html |title=Doctor Who series 8: Peter Capaldi wanted a 'stick insect' look – News – TV & Radio |publisher=The Independent |date=1 August 2014 |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> Capaldi also stated that he chose the Twelfth Doctor's costume so fans of the show who enjoy cosplay could easily emulate it without going to great expense.<ref>{{cite web|last=Holmes |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-08-07/peter-capaldi-i-wanted-a-doctor-who-costume-fans-could-copy |title=Peter Capaldi supports Doctor Who cosplay |publisher=Radiotimes.com |date=2014-08-07 |accessdate=2014-08-24}}</ref> Writing for [[Radio Times]], fashion columnist Anna Fielding described it as "a classic early skinhead look" and linked it to Capaldi's history as a punk musician.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fielding|first1=Anna|title=Deconstructing Doctor Who: a fashion expert analyses Peter Capaldi's new skinhead style|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-02-09/deconstructing-doctor-who-a-fashion-expert-analyses-peter-capaldis-new-skinhead-style|website=Radio Times|publisher=Immediate Media Company Limited|accessdate=26 December 2014}}</ref>
Capaldi's costume has varied in some episodes. In "Mummy on the Orient Express" he dons a period-appropriate tuxedo. In "The Magician's Apprentice", he wears [[Ray-Ban]] sunglasses (later revealed in "[[The Witch's Familiar]]" to be a wearable version of his [[sonic screwdriver#Sonic sunglasses|sonic screwdriver]]), a t-shirt and plaid baggy trousers along with the hoodie and Crombie coat. In "[[Face the Raven]]", the Twelfth Doctor sports a red velvet variant of his Crombie coat. After briefly ditching it in "[[Hell Bent (Doctor Who)|Hell Bent]]", Clara comments that it made him look more 'doctory'. At the end of the episode, he dons the red coat in honour of her, and is given a new sonic screwdriver by the TARDIS.
===Personality===
The Twelfth Doctor is, according to Capaldi, "more alien than he's been in a while."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/peter-capaldi-reveals-doctor-who-3932096|title=Peter Capaldi reveals his Doctor Who is more alien than he's been for a while|publisher=mirror.co.uk}}</ref> Whilst still defining himself as someone who "saves people,"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02wns22|title=Season 9 Trailer|publisher=BBC|date=2015-07-09}}</ref> the Twelfth Doctor cares little about being seen as a hero or even being liked by the people who he is trying to save.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-twelfth-doctor-a-bad-man-with-a-box-72224.htm|title=The Twelfth Doctor: A bad man with a box?|publisher=Doctor Who TV|date=2015-03-17}}</ref> Unlike his previous two incarnations who cared about humans and tried to understand them, Capaldi has confirmed that, this incarnation "doesn’t quite understand human beings or really care very much about their approval." Clara is put on the back-foot by him post-regeneration<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/aug/20/doctor-who-12-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-12th-doctor|title=Doctor Who: 12 things you need to know about the 12th Doctor|publisher=The Guardian|date=2014-08-20}}</ref> initially not seeing through his 'Tough Exterior'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shadowlocked.com/201408293421/reviews/doctor-who-complete-reviews-deep-breath.html|title=DOCTOR WHO COMPLETE REVIEWS: DEEP BREATH|publisher=shadowlocked.com|date=2014-08-29}}</ref> Playing Clara, Jenna Coleman says of this Doctor, "He’s more removed, you can't quite access him in the same way", in comparison to his more friendly and accessible predecessor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/capaldis-doctor-more-alien-less-human-friendly-64917.htm |title=Capaldi’s Doctor More Alien, Less "human-friendly" |publisher=Doctor Who TV |date=2014-07-29 |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref> Capaldi also specifically requested that the Doctor will not flirt with his companion the way his previous incarnation did,<ref name="doctorwhotv1"/> though Moffat has teased that Capaldi's doctor may perhaps be more in love with Clara than he'd like to believe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blastr.com/2015-5-19/steven-moffat-says-peter-capaldis-twelfth-doctor-only-pretending-he-doesnt-fancy-clara|title=Steven Moffat says Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor is only pretending he doesn't fancy Clara}}</ref> He has also been described as a "total adrenaline junkie" and, according to Steven Moffat, "much fiercer, madder [and] less reliable".<ref>{{cite web|author=@CultBoxTV |url=http://www.cultbox.co.uk/features/guides/doctor-who-twelfth-doctor-news-summary |title='Doctor Who' news summary: Everything we know so far about Peter Capaldi's Doctor |publisher=CultBox |date= |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> "He’s not as immediately approachable and he’s not necessarily looking for your approval, when he says ‘Wait here, I’ll be back’, you’re not absolutely convinced... what he’s not doing is reassuring you very much."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/moffat-series-8-not-a-fairytale-there-are-consequences-64681.htm |title=Moffat: Series 8 Not A Fairytale, There Are Consequences |publisher=Doctor Who TV |date=21 July 2014 |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> [[Mark Gatiss]] said that Capaldi's Doctor was "sort of [[Tom Baker]], [[Jon Pertwee]] and even [[Christopher Eccleston]] style...it’s someone who’s not immediately going to be your best friend and can be quite abrupt and rude."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/31556/doctor-who-series-8-mark-gatiss-on-peter-capaldis-doctor |title=Doctor Who series 8: Mark Gatiss on Peter Capaldi's Doctor |publisher=Den of Geek |date=1 August 2014 |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref> Moffat added to this analysis of the character by saying, "He has a tremendous ability with throwaway humour and a lot of it is around the fact that sometimes he is terribly rude. I think kids will think he is the rude Doctor [...] You might want to cuddle him but he really will resist."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://screenrant.com/doctor-who-rude-season-8-details-images/ |title=‘Doctor Who’: Steven Moffat Teases ‘Doctor Rude’; New Season 8 Images |publisher=Screenrant.com |date= |accessdate=5 August 2014}}</ref>
It has been said that part of the Doctor's personality will share "a certain acid wit" of [[Malcolm Tucker]], the role Peter Capaldi is most famous for, "specifically the attitude, the wisecracks and the energy...he can be edgy, volatile and dangerous".<ref>{{cite web|last=Methven |first=Nicola |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/spin-doctor-who-peter-capaldi-4022623#.U-SdAmd0zIV |title=The spin Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi on why he's bringing Malcolm Tucker to the Tardis - Mirror Online |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref><ref name="mirror1">{{cite web|last=Smith |first=Mikey |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-day-malcolm-tucker-4020425#.U-So7Wd0zIU |title=Doctor Who Day: Malcolm Tucker would be "incredibly envious" of Peter Capaldi becoming the Time Lord - Mirror Online |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=41864 |title=Empire Gets Our First Look At Peter Capaldi in Doctor Who | Movie News | Empire |publisher=Empireonline.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref>
Capaldi has stated that all of the previous actors who had played the Doctor were channelled in his portrayal<ref>{{cite web|last=Methven |first=Nicola |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/spin-doctor-who-peter-capaldi-4022623#.U-SqT2d0zIV |title=The spin Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi on why he's bringing Malcolm Tucker to the Tardis - Mirror Online |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref> and that his particular influences were Hartnell, Pertwee and [[Peter Davison|Davison]].<ref name="mirror1"/>
He has been described as an "older, fiercer, trickier Doctor".<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/older-trickier-fiercer-meet-peter-capaldi-the-new-doctor-who/story-e6frg8h6-1227017118427?nk=ddf038d44169e8a30f4df0ee7cf46334 ''The Australian''] {{subscription needed}}</ref>
In spite of his darker personality, Capaldi has said that the Doctor is still, "funny, joyful, passionate, emphatic, and fearless." While Jenna Coleman added that this time, the Doctor is more "enigmatic, mysterious, complex, worn, and unmannered" when compared to his immediate two predecessors. Steven Moffat has joked that he's "more Scottish than last time."<ref>{{cite web|last=Trenholm |first=Rich |url=http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/doctor-who-takes-a-deep-breath-in-season-8-premiere/ |title='Doctor Who' takes a 'Deep Breath' in season 8 premiere |publisher=CNET |date= |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref>
==Appearances==
===Television===
The Twelfth Doctor makes a first (and uncredited) appearance in the programme's fiftieth anniversary special, "[[The Day of the Doctor]]" (2013), when thirteen incarnations of the Doctor unite to save his home planet of [[Gallifrey]] from destruction during the [[Time War (Doctor Who)|Time War]]. At first, [[Time Lord]]s in Gallifrey's war room spot twelve blue [[TARDIS]]es approaching and encircling the planet. This count is then corrected to thirteen, and Capaldi's hands, eyes, and forehead are fleetingly shown.<ref name=TDOTD>{{cite episode|title=[[The Day of the Doctor]]|series=[[Doctor Who]]|credits=Steven Moffat, [[Nick Hurran]], Marcus Wilson|network=BBC|airdate=23 November 2013}}</ref> He then makes his full debut at the end of the next episode, "[[The Time of the Doctor]]", after the [[Eleventh Doctor]], about to die from old age, is given a new regeneration cycle from the Time Lords, who remain hidden in a [[pocket universe]].
In the [[Doctor Who (series 8)|series 8]] premiere "[[Deep Breath (Doctor Who)|Deep Breath]]" (2014), the Doctor arrives in Victorian London, where he recovers from the stress of his regeneration, initially under the care of the [[Paternoster Gang]]. After uncovering potential alien presence in London, the Doctor goes on the run as a homeless person for some time. While on the run, he believes he has seen his new face before, though does not recall from where. He and Clara are reunited by a third party, and realise that this third party has been conspiring to bring the two of them together for some time. The Doctor helps Clara overcome her reservations about his new personality and older physical appearance, and they begin travelling together once more.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-8-airdate-confirmed-new-trailer-image-64070.htm |title=Series 8 Airdate Confirmed, New Trailer & Image |date=27 June 2014 |website=Doctor Who TV |accessdate=10 July 2014 }}</ref> Over the course of the series, he and Clara have some ups and downs in their friendship caused both by the Doctor's callousness and because Clara wishes to keep her continued travelling a secret from her boyfriend, [[Danny Pink]] ([[Samuel Anderson (actor)|Samuel Anderson]]); she is not able to resolve the situation before Danny dies in a road accident in the first part of the series finale, "[[Dark Water (Doctor Who)|Dark Water]]"/"[[Death in Heaven]]". In the finale, he meets Missy ([[Michelle Gomez]]), the latest incarnation of his nemesis, [[the Master (Doctor Who)|the Master]], who reveals that she conspired to bring him and Clara together and has begun converting the Earth's dead into [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]; her plan is to compromise the Doctor's morality with the offer of an army with which to rule the universe. Missy's scheme is foiled, but not before many have died and Earth is in chaos. The Doctor takes a weapon from Clara, to spare his companion the burden of killing Missy herself. As the Doctor hesitates, a cyberconverted [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], retaining his humanity, appears to disintegrate Missy with a laser blast. After a traumatic ordeal, the Doctor and Clara part ways, seemingly for good, before they are reunited by a shared dream in "[[Last Christmas (Doctor Who)|Last Christmas]]" and agree to continue adventuring.
In the [[Doctor Who (series 9)|series 9]] premiere "[[The Magician's Apprentice]]"/"[[The Witch's Familiar]]" (2015), the Doctor is summoned to the planet [[Skaro]] by his archnemesis [[Davros]] ([[Julian Bleach]]), the creator of the evil [[Dalek]] race, who is dying. Davros plays on the Doctor's sympathies to trick him into revitalising a dying Dalek empire, siphoning some of the Doctor's [[regeneration (Doctor Who)|regeneration]] energy to do so. The Doctor also enlivens a mass of dying Daleks consigned to the sewers of Skaro, who begin to tear the city apart, and he makes his escape with Clara, but not before visiting Davros as a young boy on the battlefields of Skaro, and instilling in him a lesson about the virtues of mercy. In "[[The Girl Who Died]]," the Doctor finally remembers that he shares a face with a man [[The Fires of Pompeii|he was persuaded to save in Pompeii]], despite his initial reluctance to alter the timeline. He surmises that he subconsciously chose this face as a reminder that his job is to save lives. He is inspired to resurrect Viking girl Ashildr ([[Maisie Williams]]) with alien technology; he learns in "[[The Woman Who Lived]]" that she has become immortal and watches over his past companions. In "[[Face the Raven]]", Clara dies while trying to outsmart Ashildr, who stages an elaborate ploy to trap the Doctor, which he learns in "[[Heaven Sent (Doctor Who)|Heaven Sent]]" was on behalf of the Time Lords. Emerging from the trap on his home planet of Gallifrey, he sends a warning to his people of his return. In "[[Hell Bent (Doctor Who)|Hell Bent]]", the Doctor deposes Time Lord President [[Rassilon]] ([[Donald Sumpter]]) and uses Time Lord technology to save Clara from the moments before her death, and then proceeds to run away with her to the end of time in the hopes of cheating death permanently. He is then persuaded by Ashildr that he and Clara are a dangerous influence on each other, and perhaps together constitute the "Hybrid of two great warrior races" which is prophesied to destroy Gallifrey. The Doctor attempts to wipe Clara's memories of him using a device, but she alters it so that it affects his memories of her instead; she leaves him behind on Earth with his TARDIS to start adventuring again. She departs in her own stolen TARDIS, alongside Ashildr, promising to one day return to Gallifrey and accept her death.
===Literature===
In May 2014, it was revealed that New Series Adventures would release books starring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald, which were released in September 2014. The titles of the released books are ''Silhouette'', ''The Crawling Terror'', and ''The Blood Cell''. The next wave was released in September 2015, with the stories of ''Deep Time'', ''Royal Blood'' and ''Big Bang Generation''; the first two of these also feature the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, while ''Big Bang Generation'' sees the Twelfth Doctor reunited with the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s [[Virgin New Adventures]] companion [[Bernice Summerfield]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/first-12th-doctor-novels-detailed-63628.htm |title=First 12th Doctor Novels Detailed |date=3 June 2014 |website=Doctor Who TV }}</ref>
===Video games===
Capaldi voices the [[Lego]] counterpart of the Twelfth Doctor in the video game, ''[[Lego Dimensions]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/09/comic-con-2015-new-doctor-who-gameplay-from-lego-dimensions|title=COMIC CON 2015: NEW DOCTOR WHO GAMEPLAY FROM LEGO DIMENSIONS}}</ref>
==Reception==
Following the broadcast of his [[Deep Breath (Doctor Who)|first full episode]], Euan Ferguson of ''[[The Guardian]]'' called his performance "wise and thoughtful",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/23/doctor-who-capaldi-hype-plot-beyond-daft |title=Doctor Who: Capaldi's wiser, older Time Lord cuts through the hype |last=Ferguson |first=Euan |work=[[The Guardian]] |publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]] |date=23 August 2014 |accessdate=24 August 2014 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6S3PkP73S |archivedate=23 August 2014 |deadurl=no }}</ref> while Richard Beech of ''[[Daily Mirror|The Mirror]]'' agreed that Capaldi displayed "all the hallmarks of a great Doctor".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/peter-capaldi-doctor-who-verdict-4097099 |title=Peter Capaldi Doctor Who verdict: Deep Breath didn't need Matt Smith cameo, Capaldi debut was impeccable |last=Beech |first=Richard |work=[[Daily Mirror|The Mirror]] |publisher=[[Trinity Mirror|Trinity Mirror plc]] |date=23 August 2014 |accessdate=24 August 2014 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6S3PxgPhO |archivedate=23 August 2014 |deadurl=no }}</ref> Michael Hogan of ''[[Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' felt that Capaldi's portrayal "crackled with fierce intelligence and nervous energy".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11052720/Doctor-Who-Deep-Breath-review-Capaldi-crackles-with-fierce-intelligence.html |title=Doctor Who, Deep Breath, review: Capaldi crackles with fierce intelligence |last=Hogan |first=Michael |work=[[Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group]] |date=23 August 2014 |accessdate=24 August 2014 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6S3PgQwpQ |archivedate=23 August 2014 |deadurl=no }}</ref>
In January 2015, Capaldi became the first actor to portray the Doctor not be shortlisted for a [[National Television Award]] since the series revival in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/06/peter-capaldi-doctor-who-national-television-awards-nominations|title=Peter Capaldi’s Doctor snubbed by National Television Awards|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]|date=6 January 2015|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/tv-radio/peter-capaldi-s-dr-who-snubbed-by-tv-awards-1-3651900|title=Peter Capaldi’s Dr Who snubbed by TV awards|work=[[The Scotsman]]|date=6 January 2015|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/06/doctor-who-snubbed-by-national-television-awards-for-first-time-as-peter-capaldi-fails-to-secure-a-nomination-5010520/|title=Doctor Who snubbed by National Television Awards for first time as Peter Capaldi fails to secure a nomination|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|The Metro]]|last=Duncan|first=Amy|date=6 January 2015|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref> Ahead of the [[British Academy Television Awards]] that year, Paul Flynn of ''[[The Guardian]]'' noted that Capaldi's portrayal of the Doctor had the effect of "significantly reducing ''Doctor Who''{{’}}s glamour quotient".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/11592123/Baftas-battle-of-the-superwomen.html|title=Bafta's battle of the superwomen|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|last=Flynn|first=Paul|date=9 May 2015|accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref>
==See also==
*''[[From The Doctor to my son Thomas]]''
== References ==
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<ref name="Speculation" >Sources that refer to the extensive media speculation about the identity of the Twelfth Doctor include:
*{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/22754166 |title=CBBC Newsround – Dr Who – Who will be the next Doctor |author=[[Newsround]] |work=[[CBBC]] |publisher=BBC |date=3 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/who-new-doctor-who-rory-1928254 |title=Who will be the new Doctor Who? Rory Kinnear favourite to be new Time Lord |last=Boyle |first=Simon |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=3 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2013/06/04/who-should-replace-matt-smith-in-doctor-who |title=Who Should Replace Matt Smith in Doctor Who? |last=Tilly |first=Chris |publisher=IGN |date=4 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2334893/Doctor-Who-Who-Doctor-ANYONE-woman-Says-TV-critic.html |title=Doctor Who: Who should be the next Doctor? ANYONE but a woman! Says our TV critic |last=Stevens |first=Christopher |work=[[Daily Mail]] |date=2 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/01/matt-smith-to-leave-doctor-who-after-four-years-as-the-time-lord-3824933/ |title=Who is the next Doctor Who? Speculation mounts after Matt Smith quits |last=Westbrook |first=Caroline |publisher=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=2 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/26/doctor-who-who-should-be-the-next-doctor-3858165/ |title=Doctor Who: Who should be the next Doctor? |last=Prior |first=Vicki |publisher=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=26 June 2013 |accessdate=4 August 2013 }}
*{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2013/06/03/doctor-who-twelfth-matt-smith-leaving-replacement-hugh-laurie/#!1/nicholas_hoult/|title=The Next Doctor Who: Hugh Laurie, Rupert Grint, a First Female and 17 Other TVLine Reader Ideas|author=Associated writers|work=[[TV Line]]|publisher=Blogger|date=3 June 2013|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref>
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