Uncanny

Posted by Allison Rose

  I'd been pretty surprised to learn that Peter Capaldi had been in Doctor Who before, as Caecillius in "The Fires of Pompeii," but I hadn't expected this fan letter from ~1973:

Courtesy of Tumblr

Wow.

Fifth Doctor: "I know who you are!"
Tenth Doctor: "Oh yes...."
Fifth Doctor: "You're a ... fan!"
--"Time Crash," Doctor Who Children in Need Special, 2007

 How many fans are lucky enough to land a part in their favorite TV series?  And the lead part at that?  I can say "Congratulations, Mr. Capaldi" with even more meaning now!

PS. Roger Delgado, the first actor to portray the Master, died at the age of fifty-five -- the same age as Peter Capaldi is now, forty years later, when he is playing the Master's archnemesis.  This gets uncannier and uncannier!