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Shouldn't it say Frank Capras "It's a Wonderful Life" rather than Franz Kafka? or is there a different later parody version callled Franz Kafkas It's a Wonderful Life? Benson85 02:17, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

didn't you click the link??????

unfortunately it still linked to Frank Capra’s film. Article for Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life wasn't created until March 2007. Benson85

No mention of ‘’The Cricklewood greats‘’ (mockumentary)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.169.168.165 (talk) 06:13, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We may need protection of some sort here due to recent events[edit]

--Addict 2006 18:30, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, there's already been four or five vandalism edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.165.95.73 (talk) 18:31, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was editing this page. Why was I not allowed to continue ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.17.96.76 (talk) 18:35, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There has been a surge of editing - including vandalism. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:38, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

New Doctor Who[edit]

Hi Could someone Please change "On 4 August 2013, it was announced in a live special that Capaldi would become the twelfth actor to portray the Doctor on Doctor Who, succeeding Matt Smith". The word should be "superseding" not succeeding. It's bugging the hell out of me that I can't correct it xD — Preceding unsigned comment added by KiyoTatsu (talk • contribs) 18:48, August 4, 2013

See [1]. DonQuixote (talk) 19:01, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You are correct, KiyoTatsu – I have just made the correction. Cheers! –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard|— 20:22, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Capaldi just got announced as the new Doctor Who live on the BBC. This page is going to see some major traffic (and maybe a few vandals). Big Mac (talk) 18:33, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I was correctly editing and was not amused that I was thrown out. That is just rude. I am a big donator to Wiki and do not appreciate this fascist approach to editors. I will no longer make financial donations to wiki !— Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.17.96.76 (talk • contribs) 18:37, August 4, 2013

Perhaps you could make your suggested changes here, and another editor can add them. Or consider registering and getting an account. Hope this helps. --‖ Ebyabe talk - Welfare State ‖ 19:59, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, I guess I want to vandalise it, just for a laugh. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aishasheeran (talk • contribs) 18:40, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The character's name is the Doctor, regardless of what he has been referred to off-screen and in credits :)
TheFartyDoctor Talk 18:45, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WHO doctor role -> Doctor Who role[edit]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who noticed that Capaldi actually plays a doctor for the WHO in World War Z - a movie that premiered a month before Matt Smith's exit from the series was officially announced and was obviously scripted and filmed long before that. Surely this can't be a coincidence? And if not, shouldn't it be mentioned in the article? dllu (talk) 06:56, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia doesn't do Trivia but I laughed at that too...ironically, the last Doctor, Matt Smith's, IMDb was Matt Smith (XI), XI is Roman for 11 and he was the 11th doctor...--Stemoc (talk) 07:05, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Definitely a coincidence and not worthy of talking about in the article, but still pretty amusing. MisterMorton (talk) 11:24, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
... and again this morning. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 10:13, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relocate a ref in the Early life section[edit]

In Peter Capaldi#Early life, move the guard060831 ref after the comma, to reflect the fact that it confirms only that he was in the Dreamboys. The end result should be something like the following:

Capaldi displayed an early talent for performance by putting on a puppet show in primary school. While at high school, he was a member of the Antonine Players, who performed at the Fort Theatre in Bishopbriggs. As an art student, he was the lead singer in a punk rock band called Dreamboys,<ref name="guard060831"/> whose drummer was future comedian Craig Ferguson.<ref name="fergbk3"/>

Thanks. 72.244.200.170 (talk) 08:47, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done Jackmcbarn (talk) 03:07, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ITN[edit]

A news item involving Peter Capaldi was featured on Wikipedia's main page in the In the news section on 5 August 2013.

When did this happen? I didn't see it, and it's not there now, nor is it in the non-mainpage long version. It should still be there, since this is the 6th, and things from before the 5th are still there. So obviously, the ITN template is wrong and should be deleted. Or did something very weird happen? -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 12:50, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It was, then it was removed...twice....apparently not good enough for the news section....American whistle-blower finding a temporary home was the better news :\ ...--Stemoc (talk) 12:57, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 13 October 2013[edit]

Please change 'and a transvestite in ITV's Prime Suspect 3.' to 'and a pre-operative transexual in ITV's Prime Suspect 3.' as it is incorrect. Gadgetfreakk (talk) 10:40, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When you make requests like this, you need to provide a reliable source. On this occasion, I've done that for you. The IMDb entry for Prime Suspect 3 lists the part as a female impersonator, so I've used that. --Stfg (talk) 11:52, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Request for Early Live re Current residence[edit]

Peter confirmed this morning in a short on-air interview with LBC 97.3 Presenter Steve Allen than he is is currently living in "a lovely little village just on the outskirts of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire and have been since 1994." Broadcast this morning at 05:13 on 97.3FM in London. Sadly the interview contained nothing on the new Who series. I suggest this is added to early life.

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.-- TOW  04:58, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

He has appeared[edit]

Can some make sure they put about him becoming the doctor in doctor who a few minutes ago. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Galifreyan (talk • contribs) 21:04, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It was already there — at the end of the opening paragraph of the Lead and the penultimate paragraph of the Career section. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 21:17, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism not corrected?[edit]

This edit seems to have reverted the article back to a much earlier version. I'm not sure subsequent edits have fixed the damage, would there be any objection to reverting back to the version immediately before the edit above? January (talk) 19:49, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There are a bunch of changes in that edit, which is why I didn't revert it. If you think the other version is indeed better, I have no objections to changing it back. --‖ Ebyabe talk - Attract and Repel ‖ 21:04, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at this further, the IP reverted back to a version from 4 August 2013 [2]. There was no valid reason to do this so I'll revert it back to the last clean version on 2 June. January (talk) 06:28, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I see I've been reverted by Gareth Griffith-Jones, although I don't understand why. This essentially means all edits between 4 August 2013 and 2 June 2014 have been lost. January (talk) 08:10, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Not so, January. Restoration is to this rev. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 11:14, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That rev is from 4 June 2014, the day after the IP edit which took the article back to August 2013, so we still have 10 months' edits lost. I reverted back to this version, which was immediately before the edit that took it back to August 2013. January (talk) 16:42, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 June 2014[edit]

I want to fill in the names for Peter's roles for the filmography section, and correct the Poirot episode from S03E05 to S03E05. Please respond as soon as possible. Mordantsupernova (talk) 23:19, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Poirot episode, "Wasp's Nest", needs to be corrected from S03E05 to S03E05. Mordantsupernova (talk) 23:21, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 01:46, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

www.PeterCapaldi.info[edit]

Please add www.petercapaldi.info Your site is broken and wont allow people to edit the page.... again. As usual! 101.169.255.245 (talk) 22:18, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done - the suggested link is nothing more than a redirect to Facebook community page, which is not an appropriate external link per WP:EL. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:32, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Note, the Facebook page to which this URL redirects was previously blacklisted due to inappropriate spamming. Multiple other URLs that redirected to this Facebook page have already been blacklisted as well. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:22, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

New article on viral video - From The Doctor to my son Thomas[edit]

I've created a new article on viral video From The Doctor to my son Thomas.

Help or suggestions with additional secondary sources would be appreciated on the article's talk page, at Talk:From The Doctor to my son Thomas.

Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 23:18, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Update Career![edit]

Much is in the past tense! Lythronaxargestes (talk) 05:50, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Who's his female companion?[edit]

Capaldi is the Doctor Who 12 , but who's the Ducte hoe Xii ? ;-) ( Tick e it , babe) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.116.77.121 (talk) 09:42, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Er...OK...(Can you even get Dr Who in Iran?) the current companion is Jenna-Louise Coleman, and will remain so next series. --Somchai Sun (talk) 12:16, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed that her on-screen credit has been a simple Jenna Coleman from at least sometime during the last season with Matt Smith. Does anyone have a date when the change first appeared on-screen? Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 05:46, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Twelfth Doctor not not twelfth incarnation[edit]

Sorry to nit-pick but the character he plays is referred to as the Twelfth Doctor, not the twelfth incarnation of the doctor, as he is technically the thirteenth (due to the War Doctor). It should be addressed as since the War Doctor's reveal there has been mass confusion on the numbering. We should strive for consistency. So Twelfth Doctor, not twelfth incarnation.

We could say "...and is known for his role as the Twelfth Doctor..."

Or

"...and is known for playing the incarnation of the Doctor known as the Twelfth Doctor..."

25willp (talk) 10:52, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 4 March 2015[edit]

Please amend Capaldi is a patron of the Association for International Cancer Research to Capaldi is a patron of Worldwide Cancer Research The charity changed its name from Association for International Cancer Research to Worldwide Cancer Research. Puirseal (talk) 11:48, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

 Done AlexTheWhovian (talk) 12:17, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 30 March 2015[edit]

In the Television section of the filmography the link for [[The Doctor]] links to Doctor a disambiguation page when it should direct to the Twelfth Doctor page so this needs to be edited to [[Twelfth Doctor|The Doctor]]. Thought this would help.

 Done Please. Please sign your talk page posts. Alex|The|Whovian 01:10, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 28 November 2015[edit]

The Doctor Who section (in 'Career') talks about Lego Dimensions in future tense, even though it already came out. 58.111.95.9 (talk) 20:19, 28 November 2015 (UTC) 58.111.95.9 (talk) 20:19, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done Sam Sailor Talk! 13:05, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Facebook.Com/PeterCapaldi[edit]

This ancient wikidictionary thing is so archaic it doesn't even know what social media is. I've tried several times to add Doctor Who's facebook page but the mindless autobot running this useless website just doesn't get it. Are you trying to tell me wackopedia won't accept the most popular webpages on the net as external links? What? That moron Jimbo scared of facebook? Get up to date you cabal fools running this laughable site. You risk becoming as outdated as Myspace. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.132.97.74 (talk) 01:26, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That's a fan page. Notice the lack of a blue tick, it's not a verified page run by Capaldi himself, hence the removals. Alex|The|Whovian? 01:33, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A cull of actors[edit]

In the Doctor Who section there is a quote in which Capaldi explains why he initially didn't want to play the Doctor. It reads: "I didn't go. I loved the show so much, and I didn't think I would get it, and I didn't want to just be part of a big [[Culling|cull]] of actors." And there's even a link to the word cull.

Now I can completely understand why Capaldi wouldn't want to be involved in a massacre of actors, a slaughter of actors. Self-preservation is after all a powerful incentive. But it's not very likely that that's what he actually said. In the context, he probably said a cult of actors, and it's just a typo in the quoted source.

I tried to correct it, but another Wikipedian changed it back and said that when we quote something we have to reproduce it exactly as it is in the source. Fair enough I suppose, but that's not a reason to write nonsense in a Wikipedia article. So I took out the last clause, so the quote ended at "I didn't think I would get it." I thought that was a reasonable solution, but it just started an edit war.

So I'd like to get a consensus here to remove an obvious error from a Wikipedia article. I realise that may be a bit of a tall order, but I'm ever the optimist. Richard75 (talk) 10:35, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How do you know it's a mistake? Did the magazine tell you? Because it sounds like you just think the source misunderstood Capaldi and that's why we should change it. TBH, I think the wording makes actually sense; check wikt:cull which says it means "a selection". So he didn't want to be part of a big selection of actors, nothing more. I think the link to culling is wrong though since that leads to the other meaning. Regards SoWhy 10:43, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Incorrect Classification of Relation to Lewis Capaldi[edit]

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The article lists Peter Capaldi and Lewis Capaldi as second cousins but in the source Lewis only states "I think we are second cousins", and in another interview [3] Peter states "my father's brother is his grandfather", which from my understanding from Cousin, would make Lewis and Peter first cousins once removed.

I am neither confident enough in my wikipedia editing skills, nor my understanding of family tree terminology to make the edit to Peter Capaldi or Lewis Capaldi, could a fellow wikipedian please confirm my understanding and make the edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BenedickBenedick (talk • contribs) 13:55, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The this source from Planet Radio says the father of Lewis is second cousin to Peter, making Lewis and Peter second cousin once removed. Cousins once removed are one generation apart from each other so I say the relation would be second cousins once removed. If they have it wrong in relation to the YouTube video they might need to have some clarification needed. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 21:29, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect statement about appearances in Doctor Who[edit]

Current article reads "...although he was shown briefly in the closing seconds of the 50th anniversary special, Day of the Doctor, on 23 November 2013...."

This is incorrect. He was shown briefly in the closing seconds of the 2013 Christmas special, Time of the Doctor, on 25th December 2013. He also appeared as a brief cameo in the 50th anniversary special, Day of the Doctor, on 23 November 2013.

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Do not disturb[edit]

Missed tv ghost story film, 1991, filmed in Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk, in 1990.

Neutron230 (talk) 21:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Filmography[edit]

We've got a discography and a list of awards, but not an actual filmography. Readers will have to rely on the opening section and hope it's complete. 2600:1702:27F0:1D40:7DB1:F3E5:EBA1:E554 (talk) 13:09, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

“Known for”[edit]

Should it also say that Capaldi is known for his portrayal of Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It? Certainly that’s the role that put him on the radar and still one that comes to mind for most British people.

His role as the Doctor is of course more widely known but I think it does him a disservice to suggest that’s all he’s known for. Jaredjeya (talk) 12:40, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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