Peter Capaldi isn’t giving up Doctor Who anytime soon (Picture: BBC)

Peter Capaldi seems to be enjoying his stint playing Doctor Who, as he’s pretty reluctant to give up the mantle anytime soon.

The 58-year-old actor took on the role following Matt Smith in 2014, with his third series as the time-travelling Doctor set for release next year, but Capaldi isn’t ready to stop yet.

In fact, speaking on The Andrew Marr Show (December 18), Capaldi revealed how he hopes he’ll be the Doctor ‘for a long time’ when quizzed by Sophie Raworth on leaving the role.


‘I don’t want to escape the idea that I’m Doctor Who. It’s finite. I won’t be Doctor Who forever, so there will be a day when people don’t come and say hello,’ Capaldi said.



‘It’s a really unique position to be in. There are only 12 people to have played this role and you become the focus of the affection for the role.

‘You stand on the shoulders of everybody else who has played it, and they’ve done all the work. I just turn up and look alarmed or be excited or blow up a Dalek here and there,’ he added.

To be honest, we wouldn’t want to be the one prying the title from Capaldi.

The 10th series of Doctor Who will see Capaldi teamed up with new sidekick Bill Potts played by Pearl Mackie, following the departure of Jenna Coleman’s Clara Oswald from the show.

He’s set to reappear in the role this Christmas in the annual Doctor Who Christmas special, which he hopes Prime Minister Theresa May will be paying particularly close attention too.

The Doctor Who Christmas Special titled The Return Of Doctor Mysterio will air Christmas Day, BBC One at 5.45pm.

MORE: WATCH: Matt Lucas takes fans behind the scenes of the Doctor Who Christmas special

MORE: Andrew Sachs’ one regret in life was not becoming a Time Lord on Doctor Who