To celebrate the birthday of original Doctor Who star William Hartnell, current lead actor Peter Capaldi has paid tribute to the First Doctor.

Today marks 108 years since Hartnell was born.

Capaldi recalls “a sense of the fairytale” in Hartnell’s performance: “[He] was a spiky sort of figure on paper, but there was something about him I thought was quite magical.”

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