DOCTOR WHO FINDS NEW FOES AT THE BANK WHEN PETER CAPALDI’S SIGNATURE SPEEDS UP THROUGH TIME
The actor says his autograph has changed as he writes faster for waiting fans – and he also has some stirring words in support of the BBC.
Peter Capaldi got into bother with his bank over his new quicker signature.
The Doctor Who star has speeded up his writing so he can give more fans autographs.
But his bank reckoned it was a forgery when officials spotted it on a cheque.
The star, 57, said: “The signature has changed so much this year. I do a faster one now.
“The bank sent the cheque back: ‘This is not you!’
Talking in The Big Issue magazine, Capaldi also spoke out passionately in defence of the BBC and also criticised the lack of help to get working class kids through university.
Capaldi said: “I absolutely love the BBC, I think it is a fabulous organisation. It is not perfect, but it has given us so much more than it has taken.
“The idea that we would cash it in, in order to have broadcasting services that are run for profit like you see on your cable stations? No!
“I think it is vital to have a public service broadcasting service of this scale. The opportunities it brings to the country are immense.
“Do people think all these other television services are these great shakes, because they are simply not.
“Nobody else does what the BBC does. And it is an ethos, a way of thinking, a way of conducting themselves and viewing the world that is not about profit – when did that become bad news? When did that become uncool?
“Oh, I guess, yeah, about 1982 that started. And it has grown. And that is wrong. The world needs a more complex response than the response of businessmen.”
Capaldi was speaking ahead of the new series of Doctor Who, which starts on BBC1 on September 19.
The opening episode features Capaldi’s Time Lord fighting old foes the Daleks.
Capaldi said: “I think we had about 20 Daleks in the studio so that was very exciting.
“Once you had them all moving, it was very funny watching them directing them: ‘you’re getting upset at this moment, have a look at your friends’ – and they’d look at their friends and then she’d say – ‘you need to look nervous now’.
“And they’d actually be able to convey nervousness – it was actually very, very clever.
“It was like being in a Dalek theme park, with a free ticket, so that was fun.”
News Source: The Mirror