5. He Was One Of The First To Congratulate Matt Smith After The Eleventh Hour Aired
Yes, this next entry on our list is another strange quirk of fate tying Peter Capaldi to Doctor Who. Seriously, this must be the work of the Moment or Bad Wolf or something... Speaking on The Next Doctor: Live, the programme on which Peter was announced as the new Doctor, outgoing Time Lord Matt Smith revealed a moment when two incarnations of the Doctor collided. Shortly after his own first episode The Eleventh Hour had been aired, Capaldi came up to Matt in the street and told him how much he enjoyed the episode and, specifically, how good he thought Matt's version of the character was. Matt also said how important the meeting was to him and how these words of support from a veteran actor and Doctor Who fan served as a well needed confidence boost at this nerve-racking time. Well, he had to help his younger self out in a time of need, didn't he?