Peter Capaldi doesn't have any plans to quit Doctor Who any time soon it seems.
Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show today (December 18), the actor said he hopes he'll be the Doctor "for a long time" when asked by Sophie Raworth when he might be leaving the iconic role.
"I don't want to escape the idea that I'm Doctor Who. It's finite. I won't be Doctor Who forever, so there will be a day when people don't come and say hello," Capaldi outlined.
He also took time to reflect on the role of the Doctor: "It's a really unique position to be in. There are only 12 people to have played this role and you become the focus of the affection for the role.
"You stand on the shoulders of everybody else who has played it, and they've done all the work. I just turn up and look alarmed or be excited or blow up a Dalek here and there."
One unexpected fan of the show is current British Prime Minister Theresa May and Capaldi had a special message for her.
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"I hope she takes this message of tolerance and kindness and compassion to heart," he noted.
Capaldi's next outing as the Doctor will be in the Doctor Who Christmas special 'The Return of Doctor Mysterio', airing on Christmas Day at 5.45pm on BBC One.
Attention will then turn to the full 10th series in early 2017 which will see Pearl Mackie joining the show as new companion Bill Potts, and will also feature Poirot himself, David Suchet, as a mysterious character known only as The Landlord.
Capaldi recently teased series 10 by saying that it "reboots Doctor Who back to its simplest, purest form".
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