The act of passing on Doctor Who ’s lead roleis a weird one , since the thespian are stuck in a limbo where they know they ’re on the room out , but they do n’t know who ’s work to take their place yet . Peter Capaldi however deal to see out there was a monumental variety coming for his replacement … thanks to a pair of trouser .
mouth at his final New York Comic Con panel as the incumbent Doctor , Capaldi divulge that he unintentionally watch that the next Doctor would be distaff a few Clarence Day before he was speculate to , thanks to , weirdly enough , a sojourn to his sartor :
I went into Paul Smiths , which is a very wondrous clothes shop in London where I grease one’s palms my suits , and everybody knows me in there . And they said “ we just got a call , ” they said , “ from the physician Who position say ‘ Can we have a pair of [ Peter ’s ] trousers , but with a waist sizing thirty ? ’ ”
And I recollect ‘ I ’m finished , I do n’t need any more trousers!’—because MD Who wears Paul Smith trousers , for the fashionistas among you — so they they were patently seem for a duet of trouser for the novel Doctor Who to wear . And I think ‘ well , that ca n’t really be a gentleman with a thirty - column inch waist . That must be a lady then ! ’
Capaldi got confirmation of his intuition a few 24-hour interval later , when he was scream day beforethe announcementthat Jodie Whittaker would become the show ’s first female Doctor — and found out after calling the actress she ’d moved into a place a short walkway aside from him to set for take Who in Cardiff , but was unable to say hello without revealing she was his replacement .
So there you have it : One of the with child changes in Doctor Who story , nearly done in by a pair of pricy trousers .
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