A dad has praised Peter Capaldi for his kindness after the actor wrote to his son to reassure him about Doctor Who’s future.
Brian McGilloway’s nine-year-old son David had been dreading the ‘Twice Upon a Time’ episode of ‘Doctor Who’, which aired on Christmas Day, as he knew it was time for his favourite incarnation of the Doctor to regenerate.
What David didn’t realise was that his father had been in touch with Capaldi, and the twelfth Doctor had taken the time to write him a letter from way back in November 1963 (when the first ever episode of the show was broadcast).
“Regenerating is not completely good fun,” the Doctor wrote.
“And it usually happens about Xmas-time. But you know what? Even though it can be a little bit icky (like really bad flu) it has always, always turned out good for Dr. Who.”
#PeterCapaldi is my 9 year old son’s fav #DoctorWho and he was dreading his regeneration. And then he got this letter with some words of comfort from the Doctor himself among his Santa presents. Such a kind man. pic.twitter.com/Dki37Wt6Er
December 27, 2017
The letter continued: “The new Doctor always becomes your favourite and the one that goes… well, he never really goes, he is always there, somewhere in time and space, and if you think about him hard enough you’ll see him, and he’ll see you.
“It’s like The Doctor says, ‘everything ends and it’s always sad. But everything begins again, and that’s always happy. Be happy.’”
This isn’t the first time Capaldi has gone the extra mile for ‘Doctor Who’ fans, as other people on Twitter soon testified:
Love this! My daughter wrote for his autograph at age 10. She told him of her love for dinosaurs & his 1st episode. He drew a dinosaur! We met him in Oct at NY Comic Con. He explained how lucky she was. He scoops up as many requests as he can from the pile. Not all get answered. pic.twitter.com/5dJY8YGDJ9
December 28, 2017
When he was cast 4 the part, my kids wanted to send him a good luck letter. I wrote too & mentioned that 23/11/13 was my birthday as well as him having inspired me as an artist . Anyway, when the day came I received this birthday card. Absolutely floored me. My doctor ❤️ pic.twitter.com/5lKUHaywV9
December 27, 2017