Revisit Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi's epic Radio Times covers
The actor is celebrating his 66th birthday.
![Peter Capaldi Radio Times covers A composite image of two of Peter Capaldi's Radio Times covers. On the left, he poses in sunglasses with Jenna Coleman with a caption reading: "Rock n' Roll Doctor!" On the right, he poses in profile with a caption reading: "Goodbye to the Doctor"](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/Peter-Capaldi-Radio-Times-covers-81b7e79.jpg?quality=90&resize=980,654)
Peter Capaldi has had too many iconic roles to count, but to name just a few, he's been the Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who, the Thinker in The Suicide Squad, Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of it – and a sensational Radio Times cover star.
As the legendary actor turns 66, what better time to revisit his incredible covers – from announcing his arrival on Doctor Who, to celebrating Christmas with him, and his emotional departure from the BBC sci-fi.
While Capaldi's celebrated for many different roles, his performance as the Twelfth Doctor stands a league above the others.
Crash-landing onto the show in the 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor with the fiercest eyebrows in the game and accompanied by a belter of a line ("No sir, all 13!"), he certainly made quite an entrance.
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He starred alongside companions Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie) and Nardole (Matt Lucas), and is particularly loved for being one of the spikiest (but still incredibly kind-hearted) incarnations of the Doctor.
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Capaldi left the show in 2017, but his love for Doctor Who lives on (even if he's made it clear he won't return).
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-5-0c2a5f7.jpg?quality=90&fit=700,935)
Chatting to RadioTimes.com shortly before the 60th anniversary specials, he said: "I love Doctor Who and I look forward to watching the 60th and Ncuti [Gatwa], I think, is amazing. I'm so excited to see what he does."
He added of the bond he shares with his fellow Doctors: "There are only a few, well 14 people, who have done this and there are specific challenges to it and it's a specific world and there's only 14 people who have been at the heart of that. It's interesting to hear what they have to say about it.
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-9-cee964e.jpg?quality=90&fit=700,935)
"David [Tennant] and Matt [Smith] were very good at helping me with advice and chat and were always there if I wanted to talk to them and stuff. Ncuti was very open to hearing what it was like. I just think he'll be great."
Most recently, Capaldi starred in Criminal Record and will next reprise his role as the enigmatic Gideon in The Devil's Hour.
Check out the full gallery of Peter Capaldi's Radio Times covers below:
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![Peter Capaldi, Nicole Kidman, Keeley Hawes, James Norton and Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of Radio Times in 2024 Peter Capaldi, Nicole Kidman, Keeley Hawes, James Norton and Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of Radio Times in 2024](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-10-9f618d7.jpg?quality=90&fit=763,509)
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2014 Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2014. He's wearing a black coat and is doing the 'Doctor pose' with one arm outstretched](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-2-4f844bb.jpg?quality=90&fit=2621,1747)
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2014 Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2014 looking serious with a caption reading: "I am the Doctor"](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-3-1687ec2.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
![Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman on the cover of Radio Times in 2015 Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman on the cover of Radio Times in 2015. Capaldi is wearing sunglasses with the caption reading: "The Rock n](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-5-0c2a5f7.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2014 Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2014 with the caption reading: "A good Doctor"](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-4-8c2bebc.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2015 Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2015, wearing festive red reindeer antlers and wrapped in Christmas lights, with the headline reading: "What next for Who?"](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-11-0ce0023.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times Peter Capaldi and Pearl Mackie on the cover of Radio Times in 2017 with a caption reading: "New Who!"](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-7-f9300cf.jpg?quality=90&fit=753,502)
![David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2008 David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2008](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-1-45ca735.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
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![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2017 Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2017. It's a portrait shot of him, slightly smiling to camera.](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-9-cee964e.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2016Ch Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2016](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/Peter-Capaldi-Christmas-cover-4a87124.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
![Peter Capaldi, Nicole Kidman, Keeley Hawes, James Norton and Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of Radio Times in 2024 Peter Capaldi, Nicole Kidman, Keeley Hawes, James Norton and Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of Radio Times in 2024](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-10-9f618d7.jpg?quality=90&fit=763,509)
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2014 Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2014. He's wearing a black coat and is doing the 'Doctor pose' with one arm outstretched](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-2-4f844bb.jpg?quality=90&fit=2621,1747)
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2014 Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2014 looking serious with a caption reading: "I am the Doctor"](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-3-1687ec2.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
![Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman on the cover of Radio Times in 2015 Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman on the cover of Radio Times in 2015. Capaldi is wearing sunglasses with the caption reading: "The Rock n](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-5-0c2a5f7.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2014 Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2014 with the caption reading: "A good Doctor"](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-4-8c2bebc.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2015 Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2015, wearing festive red reindeer antlers and wrapped in Christmas lights, with the headline reading: "What next for Who?"](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-11-0ce0023.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times Peter Capaldi and Pearl Mackie on the cover of Radio Times in 2017 with a caption reading: "New Who!"](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-7-f9300cf.jpg?quality=90&fit=753,502)
![David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2008 David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2008](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-1-45ca735.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
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![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2017 Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2017. It's a portrait shot of him, slightly smiling to camera.](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-9-cee964e.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
![Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2016Ch Peter Capaldi on the cover of Radio Times in 2016](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/Peter-Capaldi-Christmas-cover-4a87124.jpg?quality=90&fit=767,511)
![Peter Capaldi, Nicole Kidman, Keeley Hawes, James Norton and Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of Radio Times in 2024 Peter Capaldi, Nicole Kidman, Keeley Hawes, James Norton and Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of Radio Times in 2024](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2024/04/peter-capaldi-radio-times-cover-10-9f618d7.jpg?quality=90&fit=763,509)
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