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PETER CAPALDI had to move house after Doctor Who fans kept materialising outside.

Teenagers discovered that the star of the BBC1 sci-fi hit lived near their school and started knocking on his door regularly.

The Glasgow dad of one said he had no choice but to leave for the sake of his

family’s privacy.

He has now sold his home in north London and moved to a suburb several miles away.

Peter, 57, said: “I was quite well known for playing Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It.

“But I wasn’t famous to the degree playing the Doctor brings.

“You walk down the street and people look and shout. I wasn’t prepared for that.

“I always wanted to be an actor but not a famous one. Now I can’t go a day without people coming up.

“Don’t get me wrong, it’s very nice – but so different to before.”

Peter, married to TV producer Elaine Collins from Motherwell , admitted looking towards the Tardis exit door after three years and 26 episodes.

He said: “Someone I won’t name told me the other day, ‘This could be your final year’.

“That’s terrifying. But I’m doing next year – then I don’t know.”

The star also revealed he is hobbling about with a walking stick after a knee operation.

Peter joked: “I’m more Crock-tor Who at the moment.”

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