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Former Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi has claimed the show has a ‘B-movie, cobbled together quality’ due to budget constraints.
Peter, 63, who played the 12th Time Lord from 2013 to 2017, told Digital Spy props on the BBC show ‘fall to pieces’ and praised his newest movie, The Suicide Squad. for having the funds to ‘make the monsters look scary.’
Comparing Doctor Who to blockbuster, The Suicide Squad, in which he plays The Thinker and stars alongside Margot Robbie, Idris Elba and Sylvester Stallone, he said: ‘I mean that everything about [The Suicide Squad} was bigger. And also, you know, we had this incredible cast.”
Oh dear: Former Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi has claimed the show has a ‘B-movie, cobbled together quality’ due to budget constraints’ (pictured in 2015 with the Daleks)
‘Also there was more money, you know… [at] Doctor Who, we don’t really have enough — everything on Doctor Who falls to pieces, all of the props fall to pieces and the costumes have to be stuck together with duct tape and velcro and stuff… I like the kind of B-movie, kind of cobbled together, quality of it.
‘You know that there’s never really quite enough money, but the ideas are often very special — that’s what I like. But it’s also nice to be somewhere where they do have enough money to make the monsters look… scary.’
Peter handed over the Tardis to Jodie Whittaker in 2017 – the show’s first ever female Doctor.
Peter’s latest role in The Suicide Squad sees him transform into the terrifying, highly-intelligent supervillain, Gaius Grieves / The Thinker – who wears a metal hat that can project mental force.
Change of pace: Peter, 63, who played the 12th Time Lord from 2013 to 2017, praised his newest movie, The Suicide Squad. for having the funds to ‘make the monsters look scary’ (above as The Thinker in the film)
He has reunited with former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat for the project – who himself has taken shots at the show’s budget.
Speaking on the Sitcom Geeks podcast in 2018 the former TV writer – who held the Who reins from 2010 to 2017 – admitted that producers should put more money in the sci-fi mainstay so it can keep up with the lavish productions of Netflix and Amazon.
It came as the interviewer recalled the Doctor Who days of old, back in the 1960s and 1970s when the show was known for its wobbly sets and fake-looking characters.
He said of Doctor Who: ‘You know that there’s never really quite enough money, but the ideas are often very special — that’s what I like. But it’s also nice to be somewhere where they do have enough money to make the monsters look… scary’ (above with Alex Kingston)
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He said: [At] Doctor Who, we don’t really have enough — everything on Doctor Who falls to pieces, all of the props fall to pieces… I like the kind of B-movie, kind of cobbled together, quality of it’ (pictured 2017 on the show)
Steven responded: ‘That is the big challenge of Doctor Who now… running the risk of looking as cheap now as it did then, compared to what the rest of TV is doing, unless they put a whole lot more money into it. And it’s still an inexpensive show.
‘A show that generates as much money as Doctor Who should be getting more of it back, frankly.
‘Television didn’t use to look the way it looks now. When we watch now, we watch something that’s quite often better than cinema.’
New role: Comparing Doctor Who to blockbuster, The Suicide Squad, in which he plays The Thinker and stars alongside Margot Robbie, Idris Elba and Sylvester Stallone, he said: ‘ I mean that everything about [The Suicide Squad} was bigger’
What drama? Peter brushed aside his recent comments to promote his newest film on Wednesday
There he is: The star put on a dapper display for the photocall in London
Speaking out: He has reunited with former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat for the project – who himself has taken shots at the show’s budget in 2018
Steven took over from Russell T Davies as the Doctor Who showrunner in 2010, taking the show in a whole new direction following the departure of Tenth Doctor David Tennant.
The acclaimed writer – who was known for writing some of Who’s most loved episodes including Blink and The Girl In The Fireplace – oversaw both Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi’s time in the TARDIS, along with 2013’s 50th Anniversary Special.
Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall took over from Moffat.
The full interview(s) with Peter Capaldi is available now on the Digital Spy website
Controversial: Moffatt said admitted Jodie Whittaker’s series ‘ran the risk of looking cheap’ when compared to big-budget streaming hits in 2018
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