{"id":642491,"date":"2026-06-16T23:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/642491\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:22:08","slug":"exclusive-doctor-who-legend-peter-capaldi-defends-the-show-in-wake-of-russell-t-davies-departure-digital-spy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/642491\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Doctor Who legend Peter Capaldi defends the show in wake of Russell T Davies departure &#8211; Digital Spy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOQ05vRmdMY1l6V0F5dWpHRWZjZjZ1R1EyTUVjYkcxSlhYREtDWXVRaWx0Mk5oNmt4LWFRUG51UEY0b29WMTVwUzhWd2RFQUlFcWEzUHlvbVJPNlgwaTlWV0xLNFNhWWhRSnZOMlNsUWMtYUdfdjNJQko3dkxPRmFmOG90UnU0YUhnNlc0TUZ0RQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Exclusive: Doctor Who legend Peter Capaldi defends the show in wake of Russell T Davies departure<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Digital Spy<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE9UdUhnRjlLcjBnMXBydzc1TzQ2ZXVWNm13QmJPZVR6XzlKTUk0Qk4tZ1duZThUOFRrLUxHQkdMdk9jN0hGUWw3Nlg5UHBWV3lDNVRfRGN3Qmhzd3Jk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC cancels Doctor Who Christmas special and Russell T Davies announces exit<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibEFVX3lxTE5oUFRKdmx2WThkbVR0VzVzRFNOUy1wTHhsTmVmaTNtdmJ1RHVsNXg0QlAxMGRYREJHU2E1NmZSaFVqVXlqM05yRVN0bEZYYTJiZ3FqZFloYTNhYnFBTWs3Y2k0aVNkZ0RCR0NEbQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twenty ways to fix Doctor Who<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Spectator<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPYzlNRmFmX0RTMk00c2Y2R0Eya1lZUE00dFdsWGRrLUprbk9OSF80NlF6aVJ3NnJXWmZSRXJFY1FEQ3hEbzR1Q0xTV2loMGpHWk55SVFid0pKRjNrN3daa2EwQ1d6bGdTUnJBZnVHNDhpRDlaZVBGQjVXUFRGUjJIeklKSmE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Doctor Who is doomed in 2026, and it&#8217;s not the show&#8217;s fault<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Voice Magazine<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOTUxQME91ckZub1VCZWo1a3RUdXNjUkdZOG85bkY0aXdpX0gyRWUzaTJzUklqdHRVWjlWMlFRaHZhekRNcUhiMkZXdjBncjdyLU84OEY3Q1g0LURNLU9PNlcyc2R6WUFKQzFEbkdPOUtMQklvRmdFOF9heDBsVEpHb3IyRDVEWFpZanlEV1NONmV0emttNDRvVHdUQ0Q2VzRPcW9DTExNMVE3RE9fTHJxN2tJdGV1X1h4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018A poisoned chalice\u2019: will Doctor Who survive Russell T Davies\u2019s exit?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Doctor Who legend Peter Capaldi defends the show in wake of Russell T Davies departure&nbsp;&nbsp;Digital SpyBBC cancels&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-642491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}