{"id":43337,"date":"2024-01-09T13:57:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T12:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1956560"},"modified":"2024-01-09T15:34:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:34:04","slug":"doctor-who-throwback-snap-as-peter-capaldi-films-first-scene-10-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-throwback-snap-as-peter-capaldi-films-first-scene-10-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who throwback snap as Peter Capaldi films first scene 10 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you remember where you were when this episode aired? <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 09 January 2024 at 12:57 PM<\/p>

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Steven Moffat has shared a behind-the-scenes image from his tenure as Doctor Who<\/a> boss, marking 10 years since Peter Capaldi filmed his first full scene as the Twelfth Doctor.<\/p>\n

The former Thick of It<\/a> star inherited the role from Matt Smith, making a dramatic cameo in 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor<\/a> and a brief appearance at the end of Smith\u2019s final story The Time of the Doctor<\/a>, before kicking off his own era with Deep Breacaoaldith<\/a> \u2013 an episode set in Victorian London.<\/p>\n

The image (seen below) is taken from the set of the latter episode, with Moffat noting that this was Capaldi\u2019s first full scene as the Twelfth Doctor.<\/p>\n

The prolific screenwriter expressed his shock at how time flies, captioning the Instagram photo<\/a>: \u201cSomehow this is ten years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A photo from Peter Capaldi\u2019s first day as the Twelfth Doctor.<\/span><\/figcaption> Steven Moffat\/Instagram<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Current showrunner Russell T Davies, who returned from a long absence for the recent 60th anniversary specials and subsequent Fifteenth Doctor adventures, commented: \u201cThat set!!\u201d<\/p>\n

The elaborate creation sees a rather beaten-up TARDIS on the muddy banks of the River Thames, where the Twelfth Doctor and companion Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) would soon encounter the creepy Half-Face Man.<\/p>\n

Moffat and Capaldi would ultimately bow out of Doctor Who together in the 2017 episode Twice Upon a Time<\/a>, which ended with the Twelfth Doctor regenerating into the Thirteenth (Jodie Whittaker), whose stories would be handled by Chris Chibnall.<\/p>

Doctor Who was recently named the second most-viewed scripted programme<\/a> to air over Christmas in the UK, coming in just behind fellow BBC drama Call the Midwife<\/a> with a seven-day consolidated figure of 7.4 million.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a promising start to Davies\u2019s bold reinvention of the long-running show, which now stars Sex Education<\/a> alum Ncuti Gatwa and former Coronation Street<\/a> favourite Millie Gibson in the lead roles. Season 14 arrives in May.<\/p>