Peter Capaldi to Star in BBC Christmas Ghost Story 'Martin's Close'
This Christmas season will include a special present for Doctor Who fans, particularly those who loved Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor.
The former Doctor will reteam with Who writer Mark Gatiss for Martin’s Close, an adaptation of the M.R. James story of the same name. The thirty-minute holiday drama will air on BBC Four, and Gatiss will both adapt and direct the tale.
The story follows the 17th century murder trial of a man named John Martin, who is accused of killing a young woman with learning disabilities with whom he had engaged in a one-sided romance. Her death, however, was apparently not the end of their connection, as her ghost is reportedly tormenting him and appearing at will to her former neighbors.
