How has he done so far? (Picture: Andrew Toth/FilmMagic)

Now that Peter Capaldi has well and truly settled in as the Doctor with the latest series of Doctor Who drawing to a close, fans can cast a wider glance over his work to date and pick out their highlights.

It’s time to cast our mind back in time just a little and think of some of the show’s best bits since Capaldi took over the TARDIS.

1. Everytime his eyebrows are mentioned


The very first glimpse we had of Capaldi as the Doctor was back in the fiftieth anniversary episode and focused just on his eyes – and those eyebrows!



And the jokes just keep coming.

2. When Clara got really mad at him

The Doctor is used to people just going along with his thought process and even when they do get annoyed they don’t tend to appear quite as hurt as Clara did after he abandoned her on the moon.

Things got really emotional, really heated and even the Doctor seemed taken aback by Clara’s reaction and seemed to wonder if he’d perhaps gone one step too far – even for him.

For a while there, it looked like it might be the end of a beautiful friendship but his charm won her over the end.

Or perhaps it was just the thought of more trips in the TARDIS.

3. The monsters

OK so we returned, again, to the Daleks which was a bit hit and miss for fans but we’ve also had some really chilling, less obvious monsters in this series, from the monster under the bed to The Boneless, the two-dimensional monsters which sort of wobbled along in a really menacing way and proved that you don’t have to be 3D to be scary.

4. When he flirted with a dinosaur

As you do.

5. His general awkwardness with shows of affection

After Matt Smith, we knew there’d be no flirting but we perhaps hadn’t realised just how very ‘alien’ Capaldi’s Doctor would be.

He struggles to tell the difference between the genders and certainly is not one for hugs, despite Clara’s best efforts.

6. When he tried to be human

He put on a different coat and assumed nobody would notice his disguise. So perhaps not a great person for Halloween originality.

What have been your Capaldi highlights in this Doctor Who series?

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