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People look at them now and, understandably, mock the bargain-basement monsters, and the accidents and collisions that came from having virtually no time in the studio to shoot fantastically ambitious stories. But those old shows were only made to be watched once, on a flickering monochrome telly that smelled of valves and furniture polish.
In that context, they succeeded immeasurably. They were triumphs of imagination.
It may surprise you now, but something like The Web Planet [an episode from 1965] lived powerfully and expansively in my head for decades… until the DVDs came along and spoiled the party. But I’m glad to say that the Menoptra eventually flitted back into my dreams, where they belong.
Peter on why people shouldn’t mock the old Who episodes. More from the Doctor Who Monthly interview cribbed by The Mirror.
(Source: mirror.co.uk)

I started writing and directing as a means of developing more work for myself as an actor. I prefer acting. I always found writing difficult; I never thought I was a natural for it. I had a facility for directing, probably to do with my art-school training and acting experience. Once I started, people kept asking me to do more, but to be honest I never found the pleasure in it I found in acting, so I’ve been happy to concentrate on performing in recent years. I’ll probably direct something again at some point, probably another Cricklewood Greats, as I really enjoyed that experience.
Peter Capaldi on writing and directing - from DWM interview.
More Cricklewood Greats would be brilliant.

From when I was small, I always wanted to be involved in something creative. Around my teens, that began to form into the idea of being an actor. My family didn’t go to see Shakespeare or anything like that, nor did my school. There were no role models or contacts I could call upon, but as a teenager I got involved in amateur groups. When I was 17, I did a show at the Edinburgh Festival with a very good university group. I loved it, and thought, ‘I must do this’, but that didn’t fall into place the way I’d hoped it would either, so I had to take the long way round.
Peter Capaldi, on becoming an actor from the DWM interview.

When I was offered it, I was so excited I couldn’t actually read the script. I just wanted to phone my agent and say ‘Yes!’ but I was persuaded that the professional thing to do was to read it first. So I did, loved it, and off we went.
On being offered the role of Caecilius in Doctor Who.(from DWM)

I didn’t realise it was basically just my eyes, I thought it was my full face, so I was as surprised as everyone else by the brows.
Peter Capaldi on the 50th cameo (filmed after the regeneration scene). DWM

Funnily enough John Hurt was one of my idols. When I saw him in the Naked Civil Servant (ITV 1975) and I, Claudius (BBC 2 1976), I just thought he was so cool, so for a while I tried to be him. That didn’t work out.
Peter Capaldi on John Hurt from Doctor Who Magazine interview.

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