Peter Capaldi is filming his new movie - and he looks like he's still in Doctor Who
The actor is wearing an outfit that looks very familiar indeed on his new time-travelling adventure to the Dickensian era
- Ellie Harrison
Published: Wednesday, 11 July 2018 at 12:37 pm
Former Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi is stepping back in time once more – visiting the 1800s not as the Time Lord, but as Mr Micawber for his new role in The Personal History of David Copperfield.
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Capaldi stars opposite Dev Patel’s Copperfield in Armanda Iannucci’s film adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel.
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Some photos of Capaldi on set have made it to Twitter, showing the actor wearing a top hat, a high-neck ruffled shirt and a burgundy velvet coat. The outfit looks very familiar indeed, and could easily be mistaken for ones worn by the Doctor.
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Here is Capaldi also wearing a high-neck ruffled shirt and top hat in Doctor Who...
And here he is again outside the Tardis, sporting a burgundy velvet coat...
Maybe Doctor Who was just one long audition for this after all...
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The Personal History of David Copperfield, which also stars Gwendoline Christie, Benedict Wong, Paul Whitehouse and Daisy May Cooper, is currently filming in Hull.
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Ellie HarrisonWriter, RadioTimes.com
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