(AUDIENCE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
Welcome to Hall H! Welcome!
Hey, Mike. How's it going?
Hey, guys!
Thank you for, uh...
Welcome... First of all welcome
to the first official day of Comic Con!
- It's nice to see you all. - (MAN SCREAMING)
(AUDIENCE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
I'm wearing, uh,
appropriate shoes for this panel.
I don't know if you could see it properly.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
Little Dalek.
This is the Doctor Who panel and I'm very excited to
show you people that you are very excited to see,
and also some never seen footage
that we're gonna show you.
- (CHEERING CONTINUES) - Um, so...
But let's, uh...
Everyone caught up with Doctor Who? Is everyone caught up, I assume?
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING) - Good.
Uh, but just in case you're not,
or just in case it's been a couple of months
that you watched, uh...
Let's take a look back at Series Eight really quickly,
and then we'll get into panel.
Series Eight highlight, Doctor Who!
DOCTOR: I'm the Doctor.
I've lived for over 2,000 years,
and not all of them were good.
I've made many mistakes,
and it's about time that I did something about that.
Then what're you waiting for? Let's go.
- (FIRING) - (SCREAMS)
Exterminate.
(SCREAMING)
Help me, help me, Doctor.
Draw your sword and prove your words.
I don't need a sword.
Because I am the Doctor.
And this is my spoon.
I will do something amazing.
(EXCLAIMS)
CLARA: Doctor, it's working!
(GRUNTS)
(SCREAMING)
Now we're getting somewhere.
- (WOMAN GRUNTS) - (WHIRRING)
DALEK: Doctor!
MAN: Who are you?
I'm the man that stops the monsters.
A lot of time, a lot of space
sitting out there.
Let's see what we're made of.
You and I.
(DOCTOR WHO THEME PLAYING)
Ladies and Gentlemen, Comic Con,
please welcome to the stage
executive producer and lead writer, Steven Moffat!
(AUDIENCE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
The long walk.
Also, playing Missy this season, Michelle Gomez.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
And a person who went by the name of Clara Oswald,
Jenna Coleman.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
(AUDIENCE HOOTING)
And, guys, this is his first appearance,
at a Comic Con.
Peter Capaldi!
(AUDIENCE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
Over here, next to me.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
I didn't miss him. (CHUCKLES)
This is...
You, guys, Doctor Who. Here they are.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
This is your very first Comic Con.
You haven't been in one of these before.
No, it's cosmic.
(LAUGHING)
How do you feel? There are about 7,000 people here
who, uh, came out to see...
You can't even see the back.
Oh, I didn't even... I've never been in front of 7,000 before in my life.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING AND HOOTING)
I can't, I can't hear them all though properly.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING LOUDLY)
I can't hear you, at the back.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING LOUDLY)
All those year of pantomime.
(LAUGHING)
This is, uh...
Series eight was amazing.
I absolutely loved it.
I love the tonal shift in the show,
uh, you are phenomenal,
as the Doctor.
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING) - Uh, I love...
I love that you're kinda cranky and intense,
and you sort of don't know if he's a good guy or not.
And did you...
Did you and Steven talk about all that stuff going into the season?
How we're gonna... How did you arrive at this guy?
Uh, I think he just saw those qualities in me.
(LAUGHING)
He just casted me that way.
Is that true, Steven?
Uh, but in partly.
It's partly maximising what you've got
with a new Doctor.
- CHRIS HARDWICK: Yeah. - Uh, and what we thought...
I thought Peter could bring to it.
But, it's a lot, you know, uh...
The truth about this is and no one ever quite believes me,
but the difference in the way you write the doctor,
isn't that great!
It's what the actors bring to it,
uh, that changes it.
The changes in emphasis
come from the actors.
And you've kind of got to
get out of the way of that and facilitate it a bit.
And as you start to see what Peter's doing with it,
and can do with it,
you start writing towards it.
It's just that on paper
the Doctors are surprisingly similar.
It's what you, uh...
It's what each of these brilliant actors bring to it.
HARDWICK: And how far into shooting
do you start noticing,
"Uh, there is quirk or there's something.
"I think I kind of like what they're doing with this,
"so, I'm gonna sort of go in this direction with it."
Like, how long does it take for you to go,
"A-ha! This is the guy that we've arrived at."
It's pretty quick, actually.
Because you're seeing it.
And there's a massive shock at the beginning.
- 'Cause it's somebody else. - HARDWICK: Yeah.
You know, those first rushes, which were,
for his first appearance in Deep Breath,
where he pops out of the Tardis.
That is the first thing that he shot,
apart from the regeneration.
I see it very, very quickly, uh,
seeing what, uh... You know, how it's sounds,
how it feels coming out of that new mouth.
But in a way,
you always want to sort of blind yourself to
what it is that you're doing.
You just start writing for that voice.
And Peter has a very, very distinct voice.
And he's Scottish, which is just automatically better.
(ALL LAUGHING)
And for some reason easier for me. I don't know.
HARDWICK: And you just, you just went...
You just let him be Scottish this season?
Well...
We'd let him be English before.
What difference is it?
It doesn't make any sense.
I mean, why would he have an English accent,
American accent, a Scottish accent, why?
HARDWICK: Because a lot places have a north!
- (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - Uh, not you apparently.
HARDWICK: Not me. No, I didn't say I was good at it.
Um, you, uh...
You people already knew, you were going into this?
Which...
But did you feel the weight of Doctor Who immediately?
I mean, has it been unlike any other
experience, any other show that you've worked on before?
Well, it's...
It's the only show that I think is, uh,
in my bones very deeply.
It's the only show that I have, uh,
followed since I was six years old.
So, although...
You know, I always think people have a very
intimate relationship with the programme Doctor Who.
Even though it, it now exists on this scale.
Which is huge and wonderful.
Um, it's the only show that I've ever been in,
and I really knew and loved.
And even when I went and I did an episode with, uh...
- David Tennant... - Mmm-hmm.
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING) - It was...
It was fantastic.
And I was so excited to be there,
and I thought that would be my only contribution.
The only time that I would get to be in Doctor Who.
And I remember turning up on the set and saying to him,
"David, David, where's the Tardis?"
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
And he took me over to the police box in the corner,
and I got quite teary.
- And I thought "Wow..." - HARDWICK: You're like,
(HOARSELY) "Someday."
No. You know, I never thought that.
I never thought that that would be a direction
that we would be going in the game with Doctor Who.
Um, so I was thrilled that, uh,
Steven did decide to go in that direction. And here I am.
HARDWICK: Yeah. Uh, Jenna,
wonderful companion.
- I mean, it's even so... - (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
I even feel like it's weird to even
use the term "companion" because
I feel like you kind of dommed the Doctor
this season a little bit.
I mean it wasn't...
It felt like he was...
There was some slapping. I could feel a little... Some staged.
HARDWICK: It kinda felt like there were some episodes where it sort of feels like,
"He's her companion right now!"
So, you know, coming from the previous seasons,
did you guys figure out like,
"Well, let's, you know, let's take a little bit of turn with Clara,
"Let's kind of make her more this character."
No, not really, I mean...
Um, we saw the school teacher, side of Clara.
And, um, I think maybe like the Earth bound side of Clara.
And then, actually,
I think, I think a lot of last series
was about them working each other out,
and working how this new dynamic is gonna work.
Um...
Which is great actually cause with shooting,
we're mid-shooting at the moment.
And in a way, we're kind of...
We've found our groove together.
And I feel like they are on really equal kind of terms.
They both help drive the Tardis.
-Well, I help drive the Tardis. -HARDWICK: Yeah. Of course.
I press a lot of buttons and Peter look at me.
HARDWICK: You stick your hands into that jelly psychic stuff.
I try to. I get really overexcited,
and then I just see Peter being very cool
just staring at me across the console like, "No!"
(LAUGHING)
But this also...
You know, you're managing a relationship this season,
and so how do you...
How did your relationship with Danny Pink...
How did that factor in with your role?
What is the relationship with you and the Doctor at this point?
- Now? - Yeah.
-Of what we're filming right now? -Yeah.
Well, I mean, obviously, you probably can't really say.
- In series eight... - That's right, Steven.
In series eight,
what was your guys' relationship?
I think we were figuring it out.
It was kind of quite experimental.
It was... I mean, it's kind of like getting to know
your best friend all over again.
And the rules are different and, um,
the dynamic is totally different.
So, it was a case of it all being thrown up in the air
and us exploring it together and seeing how it falls.
- I suppose. - HARDWICK: Yeah.
Well, one of the questions, like over on Walking Dead, it's like,
"Well, can you have a relationship in the zombie apocalypse?"
And it seems like, is it...
How hard is it to maintain a relationship,
when you are a companion to this man who
snaps you up at a moment's notice and...
How do you manage a personal life in that world?
Um, well, she has a rule that she has to be dropped off
like thirty seconds after she left the Tardis.
After she left.
- HARDWICK: Right. - That was kind of a thing.
-Cause she doesn't actually live on the Tardis. -MOFFAT: No.
She saying, "I'll come and travel
"through all the time in space with you.
"But only if
"you'll drop me off 30 seconds after I've left."
So, you know, I don't miss like,
- maths class or something. - HARDWICK: Right.
Why do you think she does it?
Um, I think she's a bit of a control freak.
And I think she's trying to,
trying to have both lives at once.
HARDWICK: Yeah. 'Cause she was...
She basically lied to Danny a couple of times.
Like, "Oh, he says it's fine."
No. It was like bending the truth.
(LAUGHING)
I'm in a big tangle of lies last series.
But, um, this series it's much more...
She's head-first in the Tardis with the Doctor.
Right.
Uh, I wanna talk to Michelle for a sec, about, uh,
- her wonderful... - (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
I mean...
You should be caught up by now if you're here.
But, uh, mistress...
(STAMMERS) This...
Seeing the ark of her,
and seeing all the speculation from that first episode,
and then seeing, oh, heaven afterlife weird Missy,
what was your approach to this character,
as we got crumbs of her throughout the season
and then finally paying off?
Well, luckily I never know,
why I'm saying, what I'm saying.
So, it kind of helped to kind of
arrive fresh.
And, um,
just trying to
stay as present as I could on the day.
And, uh, and obviously the writing is...
It's all there for me.
It's, it's kind of
one of the easiest jobs I've ever had.
Because it's just, um...
It's just a thrill to turn up,
and be given this opportunity to...
to be the master.
So, it's all sort of a "pinch me" moment really.
Um, so I would just hope that, you know, um,
as long as I knew my lines and I could turn up on the day
that some little magic would happen and it just...
You know, we're really lucky that the dynamic
between the three of us was sort of, um,
instantly, really seemed to work.
So, um...
HARDWICK: Who do you, who do you think the master is?
And what do you think she wants ultimately?
I think, "He" or "She" or "It",
um, is everybody's idea of the kind of, uh,
the best villain, you could have maybe.
It's like the kind of...
Like, it's kind of like the best friend, um,
that you love to hate, I suppose in a way.
And, uh, she gets to say all the stuff that we think,
but we are not allowed to say.
And, um...
She just has the kind of attitude where,
the rules don't apply to her.
And it's... That makes it really fun to play.
HARDWICK: But there is a really nice moment at the end,
where it just seemed like
she just wants her friend.
Like, it just seemed to be about friendship.
Where you would think, well, there are these two opposing forces,
and they're constantly at odds with each other,
but at the end it just seemed like,
"No. I just, you know..."
Like, "What happened to us?"
I mean, yeah, if you really break it down it's like, uh...
It's this great friendship,
that just went wrong, you know,
and we've all had them.
And, um...
So, it just sort of seems to be like her life's purpose
to kind of you know,
chase after the Doctor,
and try and make him understand that you know,
"No, you started it. I'm right."
- (LAUGHING) - So...
"As long as... But you're not getting that."
So, uh...
"And you're also getting in the way of me trying to, um, destroy the Universe."
- Which, you know... - (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
Well, we've all been there.
"And I really, really have to do. But, you're just..."
The Doctor's just a bit of an irritant when it comes to that.
HARDWICK: Steven, how do you define their relationship with regard to...
Oh, they are friends.
That's the terrifying thing. That's what's interesting.
Well, they're not enemies at all.
She isn't his arch enemy.
The Master's always been the Doctor's best friend.
They just unfold... It's a friendship
between a vegetarian and a hunter.
(ALL LAUGHING)
If you were to talk to Missy right now,
and indeed you just have,
uh, she, uh...
-She would say, "What do you mean, I kill people." -GOMEZ: Yeah.
"What do you think is in your bacon sandwich right now."
- HARDWICK: Right. - "I mean, so what?
"The Doctor's a bleeding heart Liberal.
"And I like to kill people for fun.
"That doesn't mean we don't have a lovely time together."
(ALL LAUGHING)
GOMEZ: I mean, that's the difference right there.
We both do the same thing.
We both kill a lot of people.
He feels bad about it. I don't.
- HARDWICK: Right. - (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
She meant in character.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Broadly speaking.
HARDWICK: How do you see it, Peter? How do you see their relationship?
- Doctor and Master? - HARDWICK: Yeah.
I think she distresses him terribly.
HARDWICK: (CHUCKLING) Yeah.
I think she's... He's pleased to see her.
Um...
And I have to say, really, a lot of biz has been made of the gender change.
But I think, people should really applaud Michelle for coming into this role.
-Just embracing it and filling it so completely. -HARDWICK: Yeah.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
So, yeah, I think he finds her...
His heart kind of sinks. (LAUGHS)
-You know, when someone walks into the room and you go, -(GOMEZ LAUGHING)
"I'm pleased to see." Then you go,
"Oh, I remember. Now, I'm gonna have to go through all this shit."
- Something... - (ALL LAUGHING)
Something really bad is going to happen now.
And I'm going to have to put up with all of this.
- HARDWICK: Yeah. - Um, that's what it's like.
HARDWICK: Yeah, because, basically, you know, up until...
He spends so much of his time thinking
"I'm alone, I'm alone in the universe, I'm the last of my kind.
"Oh, I'm not! Oh, that's the one that survived, crap!"
- You know? - (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
Life is shit. Business as usual.
(ALL LAUGHING)
But the idea... There seems to be this...
- There seems to be this... - (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
GOMEZ: Scottish and all.
That's Scottish philosophy.
(ALL LAUGHING)
But, this idea,
where it seemed like that they were trying this season to show...
Do you think the Doctor understands who he is,
do you think he's able to admit what he is?
And do you agree with the assessment of a lot of the story going,
"No, no, no, you're a soldier, like, you kill people,
"you're not, you know, you may not be a good guy"?
No, I think the Doctor is... I think the process of regeneration
is one that as much of a shock to incumbent as it is to everyone else.
So, I think he doesn't know who he is.
So, he spends a lot of the time scrambling around
trying to find out what his character is, what his nature is.
And obviously in season eight, I think he struggled a lot with the fact
that he knew he was compelled from within
to pursue the greater good.
Which would often mean that he would leave wreckage in his path.
And he would do that, but he wasn't comfortable with it.
He didn't know that was a good thing to do or to be.
So, he's a constantly growing character.
I think he... He's not a soldier.
He's a good guy. He'd rather there was no violence.
He'd rather there was peace.
He'd rather sit in the car park at night, looking at the stars,
you know, than have to go out and blow up Daleks.
- I like blowing up Daleks. - (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
And I think he enjoys it as well once it gets going.
But, yeah, I don't think he sees him as...
- He's not a military figure. - HARDWICK: Right.
He's a sort of Bohemian/Philosopher/ Rebel Time Lord.
HARDWICK: Great.
Jenna, it seemed like Clara was sort of struggling
with who he was this season a lot too.
And it seemed like, there was one particular episode where it seemed like
"Oh, they're gonna break up." Like, there was a break up episode
which genuinely made me sad, at the time of the episode, we were like,
"Well this is our last, you know..."
'Cause it felt very much like,
oh, when you're in a relationship, you have a 'one more time'.
- And maybe this is it. - Yeah.
Did she really believe that was gonna be it?
I think... I think she got scared actually.
I think it was the Kill The Moon episode, you're talking about
that they had the big barney at the end.
- HARDWICK: Yes. - Yeah.
Um, I think she got scared and suddenly didn't feel safe. Maybe for a moment.
Cause she was so used to having the eleventh Doctor,
she was familiar with how it was working.
And then suddenly, your best friend changes his face,
and who know what to trust any more. (LAUGHS)
So, I think it was um...
It was just getting to know each other all over again.
Getting to know somebody who, uh...
You described it to me as, "Imagine going in to see someone who's had,
"who's had an operation, who looks different and you go to see them..."
And it's trying... It's like changing all the rules, basically.
HARDWICK: Yeah.
And do you think she's starting to get to a comfortable place?
Oh yeah, they're very much a team.
I think after the end of last series,
they're kind of, they've found their groove.
And they're very united in the Tardis,
kind of eating up all of time and space with reckless abandon.
-HARDWICK: Excellent. -CAPALDI: What could possibly go wrong?
(ALL LAUGHING)
- Uh... - (OMINOUS TONE) The Finale.
We are gonna take some questions in a few minutes
but, right now, we're talking about series eight,
but, I think now is a good time to spin a little bit
and start talking about series nine.
- We happen to... - (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
We happen to have a first look,
never before seen trailer of series nine,
which seems like this is the appropriate place to show that.
So, let's roll the preview for series nine, Doctor Who.
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING) - MAN: Thank you!
(WHOOSHING)
DOCTOR: Every time I think it couldn't get more extraordinary,
it surprises me.
It's impossible. I hate it. It's evil. It's astonishing.
I wanna kiss it to death.
(INAUDIBLE)
I'm the Doctor, and I save people.
You?
What took you so long, old man?
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING) - Oh, interesting.
Very interesting.
MAN: Oh, my God!
Oh, my God?
So, we got an airdate for the next series, September 19th.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
We see that you're all in it, so that's good.
And then a little Maisie Williams cameo at the end there.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
What can you say about that, Steven?
Well, nothing.
HARDWICK: Damn it!
- (ALL LAUGHING) - MAN: I knew it!
I think it's gonna be surprising what she gets up to.
But, honestly, I can't say a single thing about it.
I would spoil it all.
-HARDWICK: I guess that's right, yeah. -She's great.
HARDWICK: So, going into this season
from the transition from the last season to this season,
how did you feel? Was there anything different that you...
Any direction that was different that you wanted to go
or just, now that you've been in his skin for a while...
- Yeah. - What's series nine been like?
It's been a gas, you know. It's just been so much fun.
I think it's great feeling that, you know, the writers all know me now.
And sort of want to write for me.
And I think because Clara and the Doctor feel more in a groove,
I think that they're really enjoying
being the luckiest people in all of history.
Because they get to play with this immense toy box
which is time, space and the universe.
And they throw themselves recklessly, you know, into the pursuit of a venture.
Which is lovely, that's a whole kind of different tone.
That's a whole kind of, you know, it's daredevil.
It's fun, it's witty and it's clever.
We also have men in rubber suits pretending to be monsters.
Which is one of the great things about Doctor Who.
You will always have... There's a B movie element that still survives
along with the philosophical Freudian elements.
HARDWICK: Yes, but he effects did get a lot better.
- (LAUGHTER) - The original...
The effects are fabulous, but I think one of the great...
You know, one of my most... People say, "What was it like?"
"When did you first feel like Doctor Who?"
I think it was when they threw a rubber spider at my face
and said, "Fight it."
(ALL LAUGHING)
I was like, "Doesn't it work? Where's the operator?"
They said, "There is no operator. It's just a big rubber spider.
"Fight it."
(ALL LAUGHING)
So, yeah. It was great.
How's series nine been for you?
- Uh, me? - HARDWICK: Yeah.
Oh. Uh... (CHUCKLES)
It's been, uh, it's been good.
It's been this kind of freedom, I think, to us both, being in our...
It's our glory years.
And it's kind of really adrenaline fuelled
and all about living in the moment and, uh,
pushing the adventure right up to the edge.
And obviously with that comes quite extraordinary danger.
But, it's been, it's just been very fun.
HARDWICK: Do you think she's running at all from,
I mean, you know, there was a...
She's suffered a pretty great tragedy at the end of last season.
I think so. I think it's a change of perspective
and a change of, you know the idea that,
"Life is short and I want to live it and feel it and feel alive
"and eats up time and space
"and hang out with my best mate in the Tardis."
And I think that's all she wants.
HARDWICK: It's just that, the idea that you can do that and still have been a teacher
at the same time.
I mean can you... Do think a companion can ever have a normal life again
once their lives have been touched in that way?
She's a multitasker.
(LAUGHING)
I think that's part of the problem is,
is that once you've kind of eked open and opened that cupboard
and seen all the time and space,
how do you go back?
How do you go back to living on Earth
and living a normal life?
I think that's, I think it becomes addictive.
And I think that's probably part of the problem.
HARDWICK: Yeah.
For you, Michelle, at the end of last season, we saw you vanish.
You seemed sad, not that the plan didn't work so much as just like,
"Oh, I guess I don't get to have my friends after all."
So, what type of renewed energy do you feel like
is taking you into series nine?
Like, where is she gonna be coming from now?
She has to come at it from a different angle.
And, um...
Which is kind of surprising and exciting to play as well.
It's just like a different dynamic to her.
And to be honest, I still can't quite believe that they've asked me back.
And I'm still kind of, you know, relishing that.
And, um, so she's...
Yeah, there's something that's slightly different to her
I don't know whether it's because in the time it's taken to finish
the last series and then come to this one,
what she's been doing in between.
We can only imagine.
Probably taking tea with the Queen.
(ALL LAUGHING)
She does quite like tea.
So, I don't know. You just wait and see.
It's all very good.
HARDWICK: Am I crazy for thinking that...
It feels like with his Doctor, he just lets anyone on the...
There were so many different people where it was just like,
"Sure, come on. I'm like a time traveller of time and space.
"You know, whatever."
I feel like in previous seasons, they were little...
They were trying to guard a little more.
Now, they're more like, "Door's open, come in. Let's all..."
"You got to school here? Get in here, come on. We'll take you." You know?
I mean it seemed like there was much more of an open door policy
with the Tardis, in series eight.
Well, Peter's got such a friendly face.
(ALL LAUGHING)
MAN: It's the eyebrows.
I didn't particularly, I wasn't particularly aware of it.
I think the Doctor's gotten more relaxed.
Meaning, in the old series, at the beginning,
he was very, very strict about who got on-board the Tardis.
Yeah, it's true, but for quite a long while, now.
He's just basically, "Yes, it's bigger on the inside, get over it."
- Right. - Let's get on with the story.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
I mean, if you think about it, unless,
I used to think about this when I was a kid
watching the show and I bet I'm not the only one.
I used to wonder why the Doctor, didn't more often
use that as a,
"No, I really am an alien from Mars. You don't believe me?
"Okay, look at that.
"That's an alien from outer space, isn't it?
"Okay, it's bigger on the inside."
"Why didn't he ever do that?" is what I always use to wonder when I was a kid.
- Yeah. - I see it was only me.
(ALL LAUGHING)
My mom was right, I should've gotten a girlfriend, instead.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Applause from my imaginary girlfriend.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
(SCATTERED APPLAUSE)
Virginity kept me pure.
Peter do you feel like...
Do you think he's becoming gentler?
Do you feel like it's passion or do you feel like...
I mean, do you think he's a super nice guy?
- Do you think he's a nice guy? - Yeah.
'Cause he comes off kind of abrasive, sometimes to people and he seems...
Fabulous, he's a wonderful guy.
He's a guy you really wanna hang around with.
He's incredible. He's a laugh.
He's, uh, he's great looking.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
He's terrifically live for his age.
- HARDWICK: Yeah. - (ALL LAUGHING)
Um.
You know, I think he's, you know we sort of live in a world
where everybody's supposed to be so...
Everybody's so easy, everything's so accessible.
So, you know, the Doctor's mysterious.
He's a Time Lord, he's not a guy.
You know, he's a special creature.
I don't even know, whether he even has a corporeal being.
He may present this to everyone,
but, he may exist in a totally different plane.
So, he's not a guy.
Uh, but if he was a guy,
um, he'd have my face and he'd be really nice.
(ALL LAUGHING)
HARDWICK: But even just...
COLEMAN: Tons more about, this year, the social situations.
Clara teaches him how to interact with humans a little bit more this season.
So, he knows the right things to say in the right situations.
HARDWICK: What do you think he thinks when he's with a human one on one?
Like, what is he thinking, like is he thinking,
"Oh, they're an interesting. They're like adorable pets."
Or do you think he...
Don't you think he feels like they're on the same level in some way or...
I think he thinks, "Do I look bored?"
(ALL LAUGHING)
-My first instinct there was "Hurry up." -Yeah.
But, it's great to see, cause actually Clara does help him with his social skills.
Tries to make him more, more of a welcome party guest.
(ALL LAUGHING)
You know, what kind of a... You know, it's amazing.
I think that the, you know, with the Doctor I play,
what I, with regard to that Tardis question,
I always felt he was the kind of guy who'd say, you know,
"You walk through these doors, this is bigger on the inside,
"you come with me and the whole of time and space
"will be available to you.
"Come with me."
And if you blink and you don't go, "Yeah."
- He's gone. - HARDWICK: Right.
He doesn't wait for you, if you don't wanna come, you know,
get on with your own life.
HARDWICK: I think we can open the floor to some questions now.
I'm sure that the people have questions that they wanna ask.
So let's shine a light over there.
- Hello! - WOMAN 1: Hello!
-What is... Your microphone's... -WOMAN 1: Hello!
Are you there?
(LAUGHTER)
Hello.
Steven, it's a puppet of you.
(ALL LAUGHING)
What is, what is your name?
WOMAN 1: Uh, Puppet Laura. (GIGGLES)
Hello, Puppet Laura. Do you have a question?
WOMAN 1: Yes, well,
with the new Doctor and the new Missy, the Mistress...
I'm sorry, I was talking to Puppet Laura.
WOMAN 1: With the new Doctor and the new Mistress,
with the new season coming along and how they interacted in the last season.
How will the dynamics be now
since we know she's trying to be his best friend
and he's awkward and different.
So, how will that dynamic change for season nine?
I think that's a Steven question.
Well, I mean it's a... The way Missy comes back into the Doctor's life
is not something that you're probably going to predict.
It's very, very different.
I don't think this is a new idea, by the way,
the Doctor and the Master being good friends.
One of the first things I did when I started writing this
was go back and look at the John Pertwee, Roger Delgado version.
- And they... - (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
The sound of elderly fans clapping.
- It's a little bit slower. - (ALL LAUGHING)
The first thing I did is that, they absolutely play it as best friends.
You know, one of them wants to blow up the world
one of them wants to stop it blowing up.
But, hey, you can't let those little things get in the way, can you?
And you imagine yourself, going to a gentleman's club
and share some brandy afterwards.
So, that's not new.
That's so... We do play on it, but don't worry,
she's just as vile and psychopathic as ever.
In a lovely way.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
HARDWICK: Excellent, thank you, Puppet Laura.
And I assume human Laura as well.
That's a very convincing human you've got with you.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Hello.
Oh, my God.
BOY: Hi, I just... First, I wanted to see if
Jenna and Steven remember me from my Make-A-Wish in 2013.
Oh, yes, hello again.
BOY: Hi.
And that has really helped me get through a lot
and what I wanted to ask and this is for everyone,
that every villain, hero, companion,
even Ryder, has something iconic about them.
About their character, about the way, about the tone to the,
that they put to the story.
What do you think is yours?
That is a way better question that anything I said.
(ALL LAUGHING)
-What do you think is iconic about... -(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
What do you think is iconic about your Doctor?
-Um, you mean, mine specifically or... -HARDWICK: Yeah.
Eyebrows. I just heard eyebrows.
(ALL LAUGHING)
MOFFAT: You can't just say "Because of his eyebrows."
This eyebrow thing, apparently is iconic.
I don't get it myself.
Jenna, what about you?
Oh, my goodness, uh, I have, I have no idea.
MOFFAT: Eyes.
- Eyes? - MOFFAT: Eyes. Huge eyes.
- Big eyes. - (HOST LAUGHING)
Eyebrows, eyes, Michelle?
- The lips. - COLEMAN: Lips.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
Obviously.
HARDWICK: Yeah.
When she plants, when she absolutely plants on him
- in that episode... - Yeah.
And, was it, I almost kind of wondered,
if I were to watch back,
is there even a second where he was like,
"Oh, I know who this is. Or it's still..."
'Cause it freaks him out whenever someone shows him affection.
(LAUGHING)
Yeah, the question is who kissed who.
(ALL LAUGHING)
And who hung on.
And just didn't let go.
And I think if you do play it back
and a few of you, I imagine, have often,
you'll see that Peter is really...
There's some suction there.
- HARDWICK: Yeah. Yeah. He's... - (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
HARDWICK: He's definitely pulling her in.
There was one take where Michelle held my hand...
- Yes. - Throughout the kiss.
What you didn't see was that I was actually also holding Clara's hand
as I...
HARDWICK: That answers a lot about the dynamics of season nine now.
Did somebody just say, "That's odd?"
HARDWICK: No.
"That's hot."
'Cause I don't think it's odd at all.
HARDWICK: No, she said, "That's hot." She thought that was hot, yeah.
Yes, what is your name?
WOMAN 2: Hi, my name is Bridget.
And what's your question, Bridget?
BRIDGET: Uh, my question's for Jenna.
Um, I was wondering how you transitioned from working with Matt Smith
to Peter Capaldi and how you felt about it.
Well, it's pretty, um, roller coaster day.
I think this is fair to say, there aren't many shows
where you switch the lead actor mid-scene.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Literally with a handshake and a swap of the costume watch,
cause there was only one of them.
But, it was a... It was... It just happened.
And we came back and began to shoot a whole new Doctor Who
in January. But, um...
Yeah, it was a... It was a roller coaster.
It was feeling... Saying goodbye to one dear friend
and a very excited hello to another.
All at the same time.
HARDWICK: Yeah, it is sort of the magic of the show
that I think as, you know, if you're a die-hard fan of the show,
it's always heart breaking when you watch a regeneration episode.
And you cry about it for a couple of days.
And then you're a little...
Yeah, I cried, okay?
- (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - MAN: So did I!
And so... Mike knows what I'm talking about.
- MAN: Yeah. - And so...
Then, after a couple of episodes, you're like,
"I don't know who this new guy is. I don't know if I like him.
"But I can kinda let him in, maybe."
And after like each episodes, you're like "Okay, he's pretty good."
And, then by, you know, the half of the series you're like,
"Don't go anywhere!"
It's just this interesting... This is like loss,
but, getting new people and accepting new people.
I mean, it's just life, you know.
The show's just life.
Uh, what is your name and question?
WOMAN 3: Hi, my name is Ally.
And my question is for everyone.
Um, what are your opinions on eventually having a female doctor?
(AUDIENCE CHEERING LOUDLY)
You said everyone, but I don't think I get a say.
Uh, I'll start with Steven.
Well, there is no vacancy.
It's worth pointing out, you just met Peter Capaldi and said,
"When you leave..."
Um, there is no vacancy.
Um, well my opinion is fairly obvious from the show.
Isn't it?
What I think about the possibility and whether it would work or not?
I think I've expressed myself about as clearly as I could
in the context of the show.
If you're not reading the subtext,
then I urge you.
But, believe me, some people aren't reading that subtext.
'Cause it's too subtle.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Yeah, and I'm not going to reveal myself as a man today.
(ALL LAUGHING)
That would be such a disappointment, especially for Jack Davenport.
HARDWICK: Jenna, how do you... Do you wanna take a shot?
Um, I'm sure it'll happen at some point, but, um,
like Steven says, it's just about casting the right actor.
And, um, I don't, I don't think Peter's gonna change costume or anything.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Well, maybe I should do a drag episode, once, just to try it out.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
COLEMAN: Don't say that with Steven here. It will happen.
HARDWICK: You totally have to do like a Doctor Doubtfire episode.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
HARDWICK: (IN FALSETTO) Hello!
I think the Doctor's sister should appear. (LAUGHS)
HARDWICK: Oh, hello, you guys look amazing.
(CROWD CHEERING)
They both are doing a...
Fantastic.
MAN 1: Yeah. In a thousand years,
when Doctor Who is found again,
everyone will remember all of you.
Steven Moffat, I have a question for you, as a writer,
what is your greatest inspiration in literature
and what do you pull most from in time?
Oh, this is such a depressing answer.
Um, probably Doctor Who.
(ALL LAUGHING)
It's, uh, it's what made me want to be a writer, it is.
I'm not making this up for the sake of this panel.
Uh, I saw Doctor Who and said, "That's Amazing.
"One day I shall run that show."
(ALL LAUGHING)
My parents were surprised, I hadn't spoken until then.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Uh, so, it was... I was so inspired by Doctor Who.
I remember, what got me interested in television
was the fact that the Doctor changed
and I couldn't understand why.
I was like, "Why would they do that?"
And eventually, my dad explained to me
because one actor wanted to leave and another one wanted to come in.
And I thought, "That's interesting."
I didn't know they could do that.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
I mean, I had to deal with the idea
that somebody would be Doctor Who,
and then chose not to be Doctor Who.
And I've had to live through that as an adult, as well.
It was quite frightening.
Um, but no. I mean, it sort of is...
I mean, the other influences as a writer, uh...
If you ever want to know how to write a screen play,
forget all those "How to write a screenplay" books
and just read William Goldman.
Uh, everything, every screenplay William Goldman's ever written
is amazing. So, that's worth reading.
Neil Simon is a God of comedy,
if one is to understand how comedy works,
read Neil Simon.
But really, above all, I think Horror of Fang Rock is really cool.
Ah, that's a Doctor Who story for those of you who, uh, who are new.
So, so...
It's a slightly boring asset, but that's the one.
HARDWICK: Pass it on, for good measure.
- Uh, do you have a question? - WOMAN 4: I do, I do.
Um, my question is for Peter.
So, with your expert experience
in all of the previous seasons,
do you think that the twelfth Doctor
would ever want to travel
with any other companion and who would it be?
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING LOUDLY)
(CLEARS THROAT)
She didn't mean that.
Um, I think that, uh...
- Donna, Donna. - I think that he would like...
He loves travelling with Clara. I think that's, uh,
the special bond he has is with Clara.
COLEMAN: This is because we're going back to work on Monday.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
I've got to say that.
But I think he'd like to see his grand-daughter again.
- HARDWICK: Aw, good answer. - (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
Oh, that was a perfect answer.
You sly dog.
No one can get mad at that.
Usually, people are like "Uh, Kylie Minogue."
- No, but you went... - (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
You went grand-daughter.
Hi, what is your name?
MAN 2: Hello, my name is Christopher.
And you've come to the wrong panel, haven't you?
(ALL LAUGHING)
We're all in the ballroom in about half an hour.
MAN 2: Ah, my question is for all the three actors,
but in particular Ms Gomez.
- It's 'cause he said that. - HARDWICK: Mmm-hmm.
MAN 2: Could you give us a brief description
of what your character's ideal
or perfect day would be?
- Day? - MAN 2: Yeah.
HARDWICK: Yeah, like a perfect Sunday.
Like, what's a perfect day starting with Michelle.
For... Oh, okay.
Oh, just like squashing big bugs, and,
and probably in the shape of...
Ooh, let me see, the biggest bug of all, um...
I think she could probably... Her perfect day would be starting with some tea,
um, maybe a little croissant and then
slapping Wonder Woman in the face.
(ALL LAUGHING)
Just...
HARDWICK: Jenna?
I suppose it's, um,
teaching a bit of Jane Austen,
followed by walking into Stationery Cupboard,
opening the doors to Tardis.
-Um, and then jetting off to like, Jupiter. -HARDWICK: Mmm-hmm.
-Or Uranus, or some strange planet from far. -HARDWICK: Oh, my.
- Never do! - (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
-HARDWICK: So, Jupiter. So, then, Jupiter, then. -Jupiter, that's what it is.
Jupiter.
Uh, kill some octopus shaped aliens,
save the world, have a cup of tea with the Doctor,
and get an early night.
-HARDWICK: Nice. You two do that a lot. Peter. -Yeah.
Ah, I think I'll probably get up, have a nice big pot of coffee,
read the papers, think this is really relaxing. I really like this thing.
Get really bored.
And look up into the night sky,
which would be odd because it's in the morning, but I could be
on another planet where morning is night.
And I'll think, "Yes, let me go to a planet where morning is night."
And, yes, I think he would just...
Every day, he just starts off wanting to have a nice quiet time,
and then thinks, "Oh, this is dull, it's all out there.
"Let me go out there and go to the planet Skaro and see where they're at."
HARDWICK: No, don't go there!
Why do you think he is so enamoured of humans?
Budgetary reasons.
(ALL LAUGHING AND APPLAUDING)
Thank you, Christopher.
Hello.
What is your name?
WOMAN 5: Uh, my name's Chloe.
And what is your question?
Given the opportunity that the Doctor and Sherlock
have an episode together,
which should happen, just saying,
how do you, Peter, think that the personalities would work out?
Like, how would you react?
Uh, more cleverly.
(ALL LAUGHING)
MOFFAT: It would be a long conversation about billing. Trust me.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
HARDWICK: Yeah. 'Cause, when I think of the first time...
One of the first times I met Steven,
I thought I was very clever and I was like,
"Whoa! I mean the Doctor's just Space-Sherlock?"
And he was like, "No, he's not."
- (ALL LAUGHING) - Because the...
And then I immediately shrank down,
because I just said a dumb thing to someone I admired.
And then, uh...
So, the Doctor has compassion for everyone,
and Sherlock has compassion for no one,
- basically. - MOFFAT: Yeah.
- Yeah, they're very different. - So...
- MOFFAT: Yeah. - Yeah.
MOFFAT: I'm not sure how well they'd get along.
Uh, but for the record,
just for the record because no one believes this,
I have no problem with the idea of them meeting,
it's all the rest of them that've got problem with it.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
I'd do anything for a laugh or tart.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING AND APPLAUDING)
No, an actual tart. No olives.
Hi, what's your name?
MAN 3: Hey, my name is Ethan.
Uh, I have a question for probably Moffat or Jenna.
- Um, Jenna... - Moffat.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
I see you, it's fine. Moffat, then.
ETHAN: Uh, Jenna's character has been divided into
multiple versions, as we saw with the two previous,
before her character came on.
Will we ever see maybe more version of Clara's character
from time and space?
Well, we'd never tell you what we're gonna do in advance, would we?
But, uh, Doctor Who magazine has done, uh...
A rather good, uh,
comic strip version of that.
Uh, so if you want to see that it's actually available there.
It's really quite good.
HARDWICK: Good answer, Moffat!
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING AND APPLAUDING)
Everybody in my family is called Moffat.
It doesn't feel very specific.
HARDWICK: Hello.
-MAN 4: Hi. -HARDWICK: Hi, what's your question?
MAN 4: Uh, my question is for Jenna.
Um...
Is... Okay.
Sorry, I just got nervous for a second.
No. Don't be nervous.
They're very normal. I'm poking him right now.
(LAUGHING)
You're safe.
This is the safest place in the world right now.
MAN 4: Um, this is for Jenna.
Was being a companion something you've always, like dreamed of doing
or was it like a happy accident?
It was a very happy accident.
Um, I was... I was one of the denied children
??? so, it was never in my childhood.
Um...
So, my, uh, my first experience
was literally just getting Steven Moffat's sides
of playing three different characters in one audition.
And, um...
I just had so much fun. I loved it.
And, uh, had a couple of meetings with Matt and, uh...
It was, uh...
It was so surprising
how many different versions of one scene you can play with
and how sharp and witty and just fun and funny the writing was.
And is. (CLEARS THROAT)
- Um... - (AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
Uh, so it was an extremely happy and very lucky accident.
HARDWICK: How did you... Did you feel your life changed
from the second it started airing,
with you on the show?
I mean, it changed, it changed really from that first audition.
But it's the storytelling that you get to do,
and the inventions and the sets that you will come to,
and the mad old stunts and, um...
aliens and green screen...
You know, the whole experience is really like nothing else.
And then you step out of it for a second,
and come to places like this.
And, um, you get greeted by lots of very cool people.
It's just, it's just incredible storytelling at its best with...
Somebody described it to me as an imagination explosion.
And I like that description.
HARDWICK: Yeah, because you guys shoot in a bubble,
and you work most of the year, and so you probably...
I'd imagine it's very difficult for you to see the effect,
that the show is having on people
until you come to an event like this.
What's it like over in England?
Is it similar?
Is it... Are people similar?
Are they kind of similar over there?
- MOFFAT: Yeah. I mean... - (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
What did you imagine, they were like?
HARDWICK: Well, because when...
Because when... I remember when Matt and Karen and Arthur first came over...
-Yeah. -It completed melted their brains.
Because people, you know, I think in New York,
where people waited in line for two days outside.
And they were like, "Oh, my God!
"People in England aren't like this."
And it really... Like they were excited,
but it also freaked... Like, and they were like jolted by it a little bit.
Oh, I see what you mean. In terms of reaction, yeah.
You know, America's much more generous and outgoing and you know...
The way British people, um, enjoy themselves in public
is secretly.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
We try not to let it show.
I do that too.
I mean, you know, I can't move my face.
It never... People will think I'm grumpy all of the time.
It's just, I don't know how they work.
(LAUGHING)
That's what playing to a room full of British people is.
They come out and saying, "That was absolutely hilarious."
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
"I couldn't stop laughing."
So, yeah. There is that.
But people are very excited about Doctor Who in Britain too.
- HARDWICK: Yeah. - Yeah, they are. But also...
We get blocked from this, um, bubbling Cardiff to here.
You know, in Cardiff, we're just making a show. We're working.
And then suddenly we're here,
and there's a room full of 7,000 people
and that lady with all those badges.
And it's certainly... It's certainly incredibly exciting
and strange and...
Why she got so many badges?
-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) -HARDWICK: Is that Button Lady? Yeah.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
- Oh, there she is. - Look at those badges.
BUTTON LADY: This is my friend Karen.
ALL: Hi!
Um, my question is for Mr...
Well, first of I want to mention to Mr Capaldi.
'Cause I just wanted to show that I can say it right.
Um...
Did you like the bun that I gave you yesterday?
It was great. I got a fabulous badge that says
"Not a Hugger."
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
BUTTON LADY: And my question is for Mr Moffat.
Uh, Steven...
MOFFAT: Hello. Mr Moffat's fine.
You will not take me over!
BUTTON LADY: I noticed that you made Matt's Doctor very special
by having his face for the longest amount of years.
How you gonna show the love to Peter?
Well, you mean I showed my love to Matt
by trapping him for 1,000 years,
in a village?
BUTTON LADY: Yes.
You have a very, very strange way of expressing love.
I aged him to death.
That is not how you express you affection.
Well, marriage I suppose.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
Do you know what? Do you know what?
I'm not gonna answer you.
Because there's an answer coming up in the show.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
HARDWICK: Excellent. Thank you.
BUTTON LADY: What a tease!
Did you have another question, Button Lady, or are you all set?
It's good to see you again.
Bye.
HARDWICK: Hello.
WOMAN 6: I was wondering if you had any tips for aspiring actors?
Just to all of you.
For aspiring actors.
Go into hosting. It's what I did.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
'Cause I'm a crappy actor.
Read a lot.
Read a lot of books and read as much as you can.
As somebody whose endured a lot of rejection,
and as somebody whose nicknamed by their agent as The Roach,
as in The Cockroach,
because I'm now an inspiration to the younger clients,
because I keep getting squashed like a bug out there,
and I keep coming back.
So, um, my...
My tip would be just never give up.
And this world is abundant and there's enough for everyone,
and if you do give up,
somebody else was going to take your spot anyway,
so if you really just believe in yourself,
and you keep going you'll get your five minutes of fame.
-(APPLAUSE) -HARDWICK: Peter, do you have an answer for that?
-Do you have an answer for that? -Me?
For aspiring actors, yeah.
- Learn your lines. - HARDWICK: Learn your lines.
HARDWICK: I got to say just really quickly,
I know you didn't want to seriously ask me,
but I do have a suggestion for you.
Which is that technology has made it possible,
for you to just make the thing that you want, you know.
So, just make stuff. Make stuff. Don't be afraid to make stuff.
Don't be afraid to fail. Make stuff with your friends.
Find someone who's like a writer and a producer and form a group.
Put it on YouTube.
Put your stuff out in the world and...
When you start pursuing that path like,
answers will start to reveal themselves to you.
So, there are no excuses any more.
Just make the stuff that you want to see exist in the world,
and then if the business catches up with you, great.
And if not you're making the stuff you want.
And that should make you happy. So that's my advice.
-(CROWD CHEERING) -I'm not trying to... Don't do that.
I turned it into an Oprah moment.
And you get a car! And you get a car!
I know someone who's taken that path.
Hello!
MAN 5: Um, my name is Jeriko Salazar,
- and I'm the Grinch. - (ALL LAUGHING)
I love that that's how you say hi. "I am the Grinch."
I wanna ask this... Well, for starters, I love all you guys.
Thank you for coming here. You're amazing.
Sir, can you just wake that lady up?
Is she authentic?
(ALL LAUGHING)
Get on. Get on.
She loves Doctor Who.
What I'm asking you, Peter...
Whenever you become Doctor, like, not now...
Whenever you're the Doctor,
do you ever feel all the other doctors
- inside of you burning... - (CLEARS THROAT)
Like some residue they left?
A sensation? Their souls, I guess?
HARDWICK: First of all, that's a very sexy question.
Second of all, I can't stop watching your fingers.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
"You're a mean one."
Do I feel the other doctors?
- (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) - HARDWICK: Inside you?
Inside me?
Deep, deep inside you.
Well, I often feel Tom Baker appearing.
From time to time. Um...
Yeah, sometimes you do something, you think,
that's very Tom or David or John.
But I don't subconsciously try to, uh,
to emulate any of them.
I think they're all wonderful,
but certainly, they...
They echo throughout the show,
so we do, in the script, there are moments of resonance.
When there are bits and pieces of things that I know
have begun with another Doctor.
And I'm always very happy to play those moments.
HARDWICK: Excellent. Thank you, Mr Grinch.
Um, we have time for one more question which is you.
What is your name, sir?
MAN 6: Hi, my name is Gabe.
And I just want to say, you guys are all wonderful people,
and everything. I appreciate you guys coming down here.
And, Jenna, I just want you to know that I can be
the impossible boy to your impossible girl.
ALL: Aw!
You're like one of my favourite companions.
But my question goes back to you and Peter.
Um, out of just being in this series,
what is, I guess the most amazing thing
that's happened to you that you weren't expecting to come from this show?
(CLEARS THROAT) That I wasn't expecting?
HARDWICK: Yeah.
You know, it's just an extraordinary experience, the whole thing,
I mean, I didn't realise the show...
People tell you the show is successful overseas,
and that it was catching on in America,
but I didn't realise, it was to this scale.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
So, to come here and find this warmth and affection
for something that goes all the way back to my childhood,
I find myself in the centre of for now,
is absolutely extraordinary.
But, the most amazing thing that happens
is that I get the affection
for the whole 50 years pointed in my direction.
And that's a great position to be in.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
HARDWICK: Thank you very much for your question.
We want to show you a couple more things before
we let you continue sitting there, I guess. I don't know.
That's... I don't know if you guys...
Do you want to answer that? Do you have an answer for that?
-Did you just hear that? I'm sorry. -What? Yeah.
- Did you want to... - No, no, no.
- Are you sure? - Sure.
Because you can and, obviously,
that guy totally loves you.
I was just going to say, um,
how much I love Peter Capaldi.
-Yes. -And how, he's one of my favourite human beings
and one of the best things about the job,
sorry to embarrass you terribly,
is going to work every day in the Tradis with this guy.
HARDWICK: That's love. Thank you.
BBC America has a special Doctor Who fan night this Saturday,
at 2:30 at the House of Blues, and then, also before we go,
I'm excited to announce, we haven't announced this yet, but
Nerdist is working with BBC America,
we're producing a special called the Doctor's Finest.
We're going to be visiting eight of our favourite episodes
and wrap them with some segments and some trivia,
and fan-general content and tons of Comic Con footage.
And it's being hosted by Emma Hart, who is amazing.
So that premieres Saturday August 15th on BBC America.
Please help me. A huge round of applause.
Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Michelle Gomez,
Steven Moffat.
Thank you, San Diego, for coming out. I will see you later.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING AND CHEERING)