Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi revealed as new Time Lord Late in the day, Welsh actor Aneurin Barnard was thought to be the latest Doctor following the discovery of a blank page on the BBC website which carried the tag: "Welsh hero is the Twelveth [sic] doctor." However, keen-eyed viewers of the live show would have noticed Executive Producer Steven Moffat's comment that the next Doctor's name came up during discussions for who should replace David Tennant. At that point in 2008, Barnard only had a few minor credits to his name. Capaldi's first major role was in Bill Douglas's gentle 1983 comedy Local Hero. Since then he has worked regularly in film and on TV, with credits ranging from the film version of Dangerous Liaisons (1988) to the acclaimed 1996 TV adaptation of Iain Banks's The Crow Road. More recently he has appeared in The Hour and The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. However, it is for his role as Malcolm Tucker, the foul-mouthed master of spin in The Thick of It, that Capaldi is best known. In 2010 he won a Bafta for his performance. On the live show, Capaldi joked that "the Doctor would not put up with any of the Doctor's language." Capaldi is a big fan of Doctor Who and, in 1974, had a letter published in Radio Times about the Daleks. In 2008, he appeared in the David Tennant story Fires of Pompeii. Current doctor Matt Smith said of Capaldi: "He's a huge fan and a nice guy and the casting made me really excited as a fan. I think it's a canny choice. When asked about the show's success, Capaldi thought it was because: "Every viewer who ever turned on Doctor Who has taken him into his heart. He belongs to all of us.