The Scot sold his family home in north London and moved to a suburb after local schoolkids learned that the sci-fi icon was living nearby.

Star Peter Capaldi has been forced to move house after Doctor Who teenage fanatics kept turning up on his doorstep, reports the Sunday People.

The 57-year-old Scot has sold his family home in north London and moved to a suburb several miles away.

His old house was near a local school , where pupils had learned that the sci-fi icon was living nearby.

But once the youngsters began banging at his door, Capaldi said he had to move away for the sake of he and his family’s privacy.

The Glasgow-born actor, who found fame playing foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It , admitted fronting Doctor Who has had a dramatic affect on him and his family life.

He explained: “I was well known in certain quarters for being Malcolm Tucker but I wasn’t famous to this degree, like when you are walking down the street people look at you and shout at you.

“I wasn’t quite prepared for that… I always wanted to be an actor but I didn’t want to be a famous actor.

“Now I cannot go through a day without people coming up and talking, asking for autographs.

“Don’t get me wrong , it is very pleasant but it is very different to what I have known before.
“I don’t think it is natural for human beings to be famous… I think it is an unnatural situation because the animal part of you always would like the capacity to disappear and hide if necessary – which is hard if everyone knows you.”

Peter, who is married to TV producer Elaine Collins – a former actress – and has a grown-up daughter, Cecily, admitted after three years and 26 episodes he has begun looking towards the exit door of the TARDIS.

“Someone – I won’t say who – said to me the other day ‘this could be your last break, this could be your final year’ and that is terrifying.

“I am doing next year … then I don’t know. It depends what the show is. It’s important if you continue to do the show that you are committed to it.

“Playing Doctor Who is a once in a lifetime experience and one day it will be over but I knew that from day one – almost the first thing that occurred to me when I got the part was my own regeneration…”

Peter admitted he was frustrated at the show going out at 8.25pm on the BBC – too late for many children.

He said: “I think it is being used as a pawn in Saturday night warfare. I feel it should go out earlier time slot – around 7.30pm maybe.”

Peter admitted being badly hurt by criticism that he’s too old to play Doctor Who.

But he confesses that currently having to hobble around with a walking stick after a knee op isn’t helping win over cynics.

He joked: “I’m suffering from Doctor’s knee – the curse of the Doctor. I’m more Crock-tor Who than Doctor Who at the moment.

“I was on crutches two weeks ago so am doing fine.”

News Source: The Mirror