In a special charity event run to raise money for the London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard (LLGS), Mark Gatiss (of Doctor Who, Sherlock and League of Gentlemen) invited a few of his friends along for a pretty informal but entirely hilarious Q&A.
On the panel were Sue Perkins, Andrew Scott, Amanda Abbington, Miranda Richardson (who Gatiss often called ‘Randy’), Derren Brown and Peter Capaldi (who appeared after Brown prepared the audience for a transforming trick and walked off stage).
Taking the afternoon off from flying the TARDIS, Capaldi was only too happy to speculate about future adventures for the Timelord, saying that he’d love to have the Doctor meet Martin Luther King Jr. At this revelation, Gatiss jokingly started taking down notes.
When asked later in the Q&A about what was on his bucket list, Capaldi answered: ‘Not to regenerate for a while.’ He also told an engaged couple in the audience to enjoy their wedding as he had seen into the future and things looked good.
Using real people for Doctor Who storylines is nothing new – we’ve already had William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth and Winston Churchill, among others – but Gatiss said it is a challenge exploring real human events without trivializing them.
Though he did go on to say – amidst laughter – that he once drunkenly pitched an idea to Steven Moffat about the Doctor going to a certain starry starry night many years ago.
Doctor Who meets Jesus would certainly make for an interesting Christmas special…
Who would you like the Doctor to meet?
