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What if we always knew?...

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TWELFTH DOCTOR | 10.11 World Enough and Time

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER! 💙💙

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Why is Peter Capaldi so hot? Part Four.

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What is sexier than (6-7) personal devotion and (8) correct political opinions? This concluding installment of "Why is Peter Capaldi so hot?" will address what we know of the life and beliefs of Peter Capaldi's public persona.

6. His 40+ year relationship with Elaine Collins

With the caveat that you can never really understand anything about other people's marriages, especially people you don't actually know, everything Peter Capaldi has publicly said about his marriage paints a picture of a lifetime of devotion.

To give one example, in an interview with Larry King he explains that his relationship with his wife was essentially his first relationship, and that he has been in love with her since he was 23 years old (this topic starts around 16:20):

Another anecdote I find particularly compelling is his general reluctance to take off his wedding ring, which led to both Malcolm Tucker and the twelfth Doctor wearing wedding bands.

7. His 60+ year relationship with Doctor Who

I don't mean to suggest that Peter Capaldi's life-long love of Doctor Who is in any way equivalent to his marriage, but I do think they are two elements of a personality that seems (again, from the outside) to be grounded in the joys of long-term commitment.

It is widely known that he was a big fan as a kid:

But there is also plenty of evidence that his love for the show hasn't faded:

8. His lefty politics

It is easy to find photographic evidence of Peter Capaldi at demonstrations for women's rights, climate justice, labor rights, etc. In most long-form interviews, he expresses some form of condemnation of recent Tory governments, advocacy for public services like the BBC and the NHS, and anti-austerity (and sometimes more openly anti-capitalist) ideas.

Take, for example, this article, which includes a discussion of the no-longer-operative social programs that allowed him to go to art school and how all forms of art are harmed when the privileged classes have differential access to arts training:

He's loved Doctor Who since 1963, and shows no signs of stopping. He's loved his wife since 1983, and shows no signs of stopping. He has not allowed his professional success to obscure his vision of the role of class and material deprivation in British society, and he uses his celebrity to advocate for social justice and the public good. Hot.

That is the view from where I sit. Peter Capaldi is hot because of his physical characteristics, his mannerisms, his skills, because the characters he plays are hot, and because all evidence suggests that in real life he is a genuinely nice person. It is a holistic, ineffable feature of his personhood.

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Why is Peter Capaldi so hot? Part Three.

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In Part One and Part Two we considered (1) Mr. Capaldi's physical characteristics and (2-3) behaviors. In this part, we will consider his acting roles in relation to his hotness. This is essentially the sub-question, "Is Peter Capaldi hot, or am I just in love with several of his characters?" My contention is that, as long as your relationship with him remains parasocial, it is not an important distinction.

And for those of us who have not been brainwashed by moral purity cultures within fandom, this holds for (4) his good, appealing characters and (5) his potentially evil characters. They are hot in different ways, but all are hot.

4. Highly lovable characters

Call me old-fashioned, but nothing is hotter than goodness.

4.1 Danny Oldsen, Local Hero (1983): I am aware that some people don't think there is any relationship between a character being an adorable precious cinnamon roll and the actor playing the character being hot. Those people are entitled to their opinions.

4.2 Randall Brown, The Hour (2012): Principled, highly competent, dapper, and with a tragic backstory, in my mind, the hotness of Randall Brown infuses everything Peter Capaldi does.

4.3 The Doctor, Doctor Who (2014-17): Has anyone read this far who doesn't think the twelfth Doctor is hot? I personally have a particular soft spot for the soft smile.

5. Slightly or majorly evil characters, but in a sexy way

5.1 Malcolm Tucker, The Thick of It (2005-2012) and In the Loop (2009).

5.2 Cardinal Richelieu, The Musketeers (2014): He didn't get to have as much sex as the other characters in this show, but he still wore a lot of leather.

5.3 Daniel Hegarty, Criminal Record (2024): All cops are bastards, some are sexy bastards in well-tailored suits.

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Why is Peter Capaldi so hot? Part Two.

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In Part One we examined (1) Mr. Capaldi's physical characteristics. In this session, we will consider his behaviors--the (2) mannerisms and (3) skills that bring those lovely physical characteristics to life.

2. Mannerisms

2.1 Staring: It's a thing he does with varying levels of intensity, but it is effective at every level.

2.2 Drawing attention to his mouth with his fingers and other objects:

2.3 Touching his own hair:

3. Skills

This is a very skilled man. He is modest and will play down his musical ability and skills as a visual artist, but he is not fooling anyone.

3.1 Musicianship: I urge you to take four minutes right now to enjoy the way he plays this guitar (and the polka-dot shirt).

3.2 Drawing/Illustration

3.3 Acting: It feels silly to include this here; without his acting, few of us would be aware of him at all. And awareness is a prerequisite for finding someone hot. Also, there is no handful of GIFs that would do justice to the relationship between his acting ability and his hotness. So we will simply note that he is a great actor, and that that is hot, and press on to the next installment, where we consider the conflation of Peter Capaldi with the characters he has played.

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Why is Peter Capaldi so hot?

The other day a friend of mine sent me some GIFs of this scene from Before the Flood:

and asked the seemingly simple question, "Why is this man so hot?"

The short answer, in this case, is because he's biting his lip and doing that thing with his eyes. But of course there is a broader question and, conveniently, I am very happy to provide a broader answer—a wholly subjective, over-analyzed answer, that I will present in four parts, addressing the eight categories of Peter Capaldi's hotness, in no particular order.

1. Physical Features

Most people think of hotness as a physical characteristic, and so let us first examine the physical features that make Mr. Capaldi so hot.

1.1 General Physique: tall, long-limbed.

1.2 Voice: I will refrain from audio clips, but you know what I'm talking about. The timbre, the pitch, the accent! Go find an audiobook and don't expect it to put you to sleep.

1.3 Hands: I have been unrestrained on this point elsewhere, but suffice to say, he has elegant and wonderfully expressive hands.

1.4 Eyes: Are they green? Greyish-blue? The color of the Firth of Clyde when the wind is out of the west? Does it matter? They're beautiful.

1.5 Hair: Many people have strong preferences about the length; my own tastes are totally inclusive, from the short crop of Daniel Hegarty to the flopping curls of Twice Upon a Time.

1.6 Honorable Mentions

Look at this perfect little tummy:

And somehow his skull is an impossibly lovely shape:

He is, quite simply, a beautiful specimen of a human being. But, as we all know, there is a lot more to hotness than mere physical beauty. In the next part, we will consider behavior: mannerisms, skills, etc.

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Hunger Magazine, January 19th, 2024.

This man is awesome.💙

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Waking up the first day after summer holidays!

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https://x.com/theblowmonkeys/status/1698708681653735775?s=12&t=LLNFipaP9wLEsc-wLDpSiQ

Maybe a new album?

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Doctor Who "Empress of Mars"

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Love this movie. This scene is hilarious.

"Excuse the french!"

SOFT TOP HARD SHOULDER (1992)

I think this is when Malcolm Tucker was born…

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Well... I really feel the need to buy a Ken. A specific Ken. A specific life-size Ken.

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Beautiful, amazingly adorable birthday boy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER! 💙💙