Peter Capaldi: I Turned Down Doctor Who | DVD Launch Q&A | Doctor Who

Peter Capaldi surprises fans (and Steven Moffat!) when he reveals that he turned down an audition to play the Doctor in the 1996 TV Movie - a role that ultimately went to Paul McGann.
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[@TARDISArchives]

"Think of the amount of Big Finish you would have done by now!" That's brilliant :')

[@7pitpat7]

I'm glad he wasn't in the movie as he would've been wasted

[@tomimpala]

"When you heard Eric Roberts was in it." "Think of the amount of Big Finish you would have done by now" Frank Skinner is the perfect host for this. We need more of him!

[@ApolloXL5]

Well Capaldi dodged a bullet with that decision. :)

[@Bumblebee647]

So in an alternate universe Paul McGann is the doctor now ? ....... awesome :D

[@Lythgoemania]

He made the right choice. I would feel sorry for him having to face off against the worst master ever and having to shout rubbish lines like "WHO.....AM.....IIIIIIIIII"

[@debonaire_nerd]

I'm glad Capaldi turned it down because it would mean that RTD would have gone straight onto Eccleston and deprived us of what is now pretty much one of the greatest Doctors ever. McGann has stated that he was never asked in 2005 to return, it was always RTD's plan to relaunch with a Ninth Doctor rather than Eighth.

[@OfficialCDJ]

That Eric Roberts comment...Frank is definitely a fan :-)

[@inkbery4473]

I will take a chance to guess that Jenna is the kind that can't stop moving. HER FEAT ARE SWINGING ALL THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO! But don't worry, that's exactly me XD

[@zoomer1979]

A proverbial bullet dodged there, remarkable foresight. He would of aced it though!

[@EmpressKaga]

Soo... Capaldi just assumed that he wasn't good enough to be the Doctor.

[@Mrs_Christa]

I knew he had turned down an audition for it but didn’t realize it was for the 8th! I’m kinda glad he came around to be 12 and we got to have him and Paul McGann!! ❤️❤️

[@msinvincible2000]

Paul McGann and John Hurt are the only actors who have played the Doctor, whom I've known before they became the Doctor. Actually, I knew and became a fan of McGann 20 years before I even knew he had played the Doctor. I would LOVE to see a series with him. All the others actoes, I knew them because they became the doctor.

[@realsgmusic]

Wonder if they'll make the whole Q&A available, this seems quite interesting.

[@theultimateomelette]

I'm so glad Peter got the part this season

[@JackLongbridge]

I would love to see the entire event.

[@malickfan991]

Glad he turned it down, McGann and Capaldi are my favourite Doctors...weird to think Capaldi could have voiced the Doctor in Scherzo and Dark Eyes...

[@CT-8024]

i am very happy he did so. I am a big fan of his other work and think it is awesome that he was in a band with Craig Ferguson back in the day. I must say that initially i was highly skeptical of his casting as The Doctor being a good fit, but he is a great fit and he is perhaps almost as huge a fan of the program and his take on The Doctor shows that he cares about the character as a whole.

[@royhay5741]

I miss Capaldi as the Doctor so much

[@MrMervyn]

Kinda funny how everyone seems to presume he would have absolutely gotten the part...:-) Not necessarily. It still might have gone to McGann (and anyway, as much as I enjoy Capaldi, I don't think he would have been better).