Capaldi Didn’t Want Twelve to Be Likeable

Peter Capaldi has said that he didn’t want his Doctor to be likeable in his first series and even went as far as trying to remove scenes that may draw the viewer’s affection.

Speaking at the An Afternoon with Mark Gatiss panel he explained: “I think we’d all agreed that Matt had been so wonderful and so delightful that the only thing you could do was to try and make a contrast with that. Because Matt was so beloved and so open, I felt I had to be a bit more closed. I think Steven and myself had a hand in how far we could go with that.”

He adds: “I would certainly sometimes find some material that I found a little weepy, and seeking the audience’s affection – and I would try and remove them.”

“I don’t want them to like me!”