Peter Capaldi At Motormouth, It’s Good 2 Give Association

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Hello fellow Kasterborites! Welcome to an all Peter Capaldi edition of the New Blast! We’ve got news for you on some of the charitable work Mr. Capaldi has done recently as well as a lovely clip from one of his past television roles. Enjoy!

Capaldi’s First Convention as the Doctor

So it seems Peter Capaldi has survived his first convention of sorts as the Doctor – he was one of the guests at the recent Project Motormouth 3 event hosted by Janet Fielding. While on hand, Capaldi posed for photos with attendees and had a small q&a session. During the q&a, he let slip a few details about a number of things, including his feelings about that announcement of him as the new Doctor, how his costume came about and hanging out with Frank Skinner while filming Mummy On The Orient Express.

In short –

He wasn’t totally keen on the whole televised announcement thing.
He was in agreement with the costumer for the show in keeping his costume stark and simple, not something they could merchandise.
He says the people that worked on the classic era shows were “immensely creative”
He doesn’t have any of his DW memorabilia from childhood – he destroyed it all including autographs and a letter written by William Hartnell’s wife.
He and Frank Skinner talked all the time on set about the show; calls Skinner a “real expert”
Janet Fielding noted he will be part of Comic Relief 2015.
Fielding is a fan of the rebooted show and called Capaldi “wonderful”

Janet Fielding has posted an interview that Peter did with BBC South East Today about the event as well as some quick questions about the upcoming Christmas episode and his involvement in the new movie Paddington. Capaldi says the Christmas episode is scary!

Thankyou to everyone who came along yesterday. You can see a clip with Peter Capaldi from PMM3 here https://t.co/hazjTmogJv

— Janet Fielding (@jfmouthonlegs) December 1, 2014

Capaldi’s Charitable Endeavours

With great power comes great responsibility.

Given how popular Doctor Who is, how long the show has been on the air, and how many people have been a part of it, it’s not a surprise that many of those involved with the show have used their fame during and after their turns on the show to help others. Every year since the reboot began, the show itself has been involved in some way with the Children In Need specials as well as other worthy causes. The Project Motormouth event mentioned above is the brainchild of DW’s own Janet Fielding, as a way to raise money to overhaul a disused and derelict building in Thanet to help the area’s young people.

Peter Capaldi is no different in his want to use his fame to help others, and to that end, he is partnering with It’s Good 2 Give in Edinburgh to help raise £1 Million to help the charity build a retreat for cancer patients and their families.

Capaldi learned of what It’s Good 2 Give does for families and cancer patients after meeting a girl diagnosed with a rare cancer and seeing what the charity did for them. He has kept up with the family over the last two years, although unfortunately the girl passed away just last month.

“I was introduced to It’s Good 2 Give after the charity had helped a family I know. I was hugely impressed by their approach and ambition. By spreading the word I hope to help them raise the funds they need. It really is Good 2 Give, please help them by giving what you can.”

To find out more about It’s Good 2 Give and to help support them, please visit ItsGood2Give.co.uk – there are a number of ways to support them including their own online retail shop.

Capaldi Clip from Waking The Dead

The man currently thrilling us as the Doctor has had quite a long varied career as an actor. When it was announced that he’d be taking the role of the Doctor, many fans already knew him from his appearance on the show and from his series of Torchwood. He is also famous for his role as the foul-mouthed Malcom Tucker in The Thick Of It, among other tv shows he’s been a part of and had just recently been seen on the big screen in World War Z.

But along with those roles he has also done a number of one-off parts, including as a suspect on an episode of Waking The Dead. Below is a clip of his character being interrogated.

That’s all for now, folks! See ya next time!

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