Monday, 30 December 2013

Peter Capaldi's accent

So it looks like Capaldi will be sticking with his Scottish accent for the next series, if you can trust the Mirror. Which you can't always, but they did get a quote from an actual BBC spokesperson: “The decision for Peter Capaldi to have a Scottish accent as the Doctor was a creative decision and it was not part of his contract.”

(Well, he's quite capable of playing parts without the accent, so a more Southern one would have been a possibility. The comment seems to have been sparked by an earlier rumour that it was genuinely written into his contract, so this is quality journalism for the Mirror.)

They spend most of the article talking about how disappointed David Tennant must be (he wasn't allowed to) and quote a "show insider". “But Peter is best at acting in a Scottish accent and he was delighted when he found out he could play the part with his own voice. It gives his character a stronger identity as well.” Quite possibly, they tried it out both ways and decided that the Scottish accent sounded better. 

4 comments:

Patty said...

Must see tv: Peter Capaldi, David Tennant and Steven Moffat on the Craig Ferguson show. Make it so, Craig.

Joe Shelby said...

throw in Sylvester McCoy as well, as being the first Doctor to have to deal with a scots accent (tamed down slightly).

Robert Black said...

Lots of planets have a Scotland...

Drake said...

This is very old news. I believe Moffat confirmed this about two weeks after Capaldi's casting was announced.