He may have always dreamed of being Doctor Who but, as a youngster, Peter Capaldi was living a different dream as the lead singer of a Scottish punk band.
Capaldi, who was recently unveiled as the twelfth Doctor, formed The Dreamboys with his friends Craig Ferguson, host of the Late Late Show in America, Temple Clark, a storyboard artist who has worked on films including Kick-Ass and The Avengers, and Roderick Murray while studying at the Glasgow School of Art.
Capaldi, who is originally from Bishopbriggs, and Murray played guitar in the group, while Clark was on bass and Ferguson was the drummer.
The band released a three track record through the St Vitus label.
The record, which features the songs Bela Lugosi’s Birthday, Outer Limits and Shalle We Dance, was recorded at The Hellfire Club in Glasgow in October 1980. It included backing vocals from River City actress Libby McArthur. However, Ferguson was not part of the recording.
Listen to the band's track Bela Lugosi's Birthday below.
Capaldi will take over the role of the Doctor from Matt Smith during the show’s Christmas special. At 55, the life-long Doctor Who fan is one of the oldest actors to play the role.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article