Peter Capaldi has reaffirmed that he’s unlikely to come back to Doctor Who as the Twelfth Doctor.

He’s been quite adamant about not returning, which is entirely fair enough, and explains:

“I’m still a huge fan of Doctor Who. It’s not that I have anything against it, but there comes a time when you have to leave things alone. I can’t imagine the situation in which I’d be able to go back into it with enough influence over how it was going to be.”

It’s an understandable position: in multi-Doctor stories, one incarnation is typically side-lined a little as it’s too difficult to juggle too many Doctors and give them equal screentime. And you don’t want to dilute what’s come before.

Plus, this was Christopher Eccleston’s position too, but once Big Finish offered him a full series of Ninth Doctor stories, his enthusiasm shone, so fingers crossed something similar happens with Capaldi.

Peter is actually promoting a charity initiative called Magic Breakfast, so he says:

“Magic Breakfast supplies breakfast for kids who don’t have breakfast. They go into schools, set up kitchens, make sure all the equipment is there and get the food delivered. They essentially set up a system whereby youngsters who, for whatever reason, are not able to start the day with a decent meal. They can go in a little bit earlier, and they will find that there’s cornflakes, porridge, croissants, beans, toast, all kinds of things that are made there in the school, in an area where they can relax.”

It’s a great cause, so head over to Hello! magazine for more about that.