Peter Capaldi leaving DW and a big thank you to him & you
I have to write this post, because I don’t really have anyone to talk about this, and I need to tell someone, so please bear with me. About 10 minutes ago I stumbled across the news, that Peter will leave Doctor Who. I knew this moment would come eventually, still it makes me really sad. He was somehow my first Doctor, because the story how I started to watch Doctor Who is quite a particular one (or at least I think it is ;)), and it all started with him.
My friend told me a couple of years ago I should definitely start watch Doctor Who. I began with the first episode and in the middle I stopped. I didn’t really see the point of these alive dummies running around and causing trouble. A year later or so when I was very actively on tumblr, following all my favourite fandoms, I now and then stumbled across posts of the first episode of season 8 with Peter Capaldi. I particularly remember this nightgown he was wearing in the GIFs, and thinking, how ridiculous and at the same time how intriguing it looked. Honestly, I was somehow very fascinated – can’t really explain what it was – and started to look at more Gifs and pictures.
Then I decided: “Ok, I will try this again!” I started, again with the “Rose” episode, I so much disliked at first, because I couldn’t start in between with season 8. Of course I wanted to, but I’m in that matter a little complicated. It’s impossible for me to start somewhere in between. That’s my motto: all or nothing. Anyway, I knew, I had a long journey ahead of me till I reach the part with Peter, who intrigued me so much, but I was willing to do this, no matter what.
Watching the first three episodes of Season 1 I was absolutely hooked and started to enjoy Doctor Who very much. You could say, it was love at second sight. It took me nearly a year to watch all the episodes till season 8, and even though I enjoyed it immensely – I really did – I somehow waited the whole time for him to appear, and then he suddenly did after one year of watching and waiting, and I absolutely fell in love with his interpretation of the Twelfth Doctor.
I knew, right then and there after watching the first full episode with him, that someday he would leave, and I would be very sad about it. Now this day has arrived, and it’s true, on the one hand I’m quite miserable, on the other hand I’m deeply grateful for getting to know Doctor Who that way, for getting to know the Twelfth Doctor and of course for getting to know Peter Capaldi and all his wonderful films and series, I then started to watch. Even though I don’t know him personally (although who knows, maybe I am lucky enough to meet him one day) I wanted to thank him that way for all the times, when I felt out of place or didn’t feel very well because of university. When I watched one episode with his doctor he immediately cheered me up again. Thank you!
Of course I know that it’s not a goodbye forever. He will be part of other wonderful and new projects, which I’m sure all fans, including me, will enjoy very much, and I’m so happy for him, that he could play the Doctor, will play him for another season, and hopefully all the great things, that will happen afterwards. For that I wish him the best of luck and all the love and happiness in the world.
Also a big thank you to all of you, who make this fandom so great every day. I’m not a very creative or active person in terms of tumblr, but I am very attentive and enjoy all those arts and stories, many of you post every day. Thank you, thank you so much for all your work!
To end my ridiculous long post with something positive. There is still a whole season with Peter Capaldi ahead of us and I can’t wait to see it. I’m sure it will be amazing and absolutely mind blowing!
