Former Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi has responded to the online backlash received by his successors Jodie Whittaker and Ncuti Gatwa . The Scottish actor, 68, played the Twelfth Doctor from 2014 to 2017. He was replaced in the role by Whittaker and subsequently by Gatwa , who became respectively the first female and Black actors to lead the series. In a new interview with the Sunday Times , Capaldi dismissed the publication’s suggestion that the show had succumbed to “excessive wokeness.” “It reflects its times and it’s a good thing in the world, though it’s become a bit too big, too important for the BBC or whoever,” said Capaldi. The Thick of It star added: “When I was a kid and watched it, it was just a monster show in the corner of the room.…