Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/From The Doctor to my son Thomas

From The Doctor to my son Thomas

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The result was: not scheduled by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:11, 28 March 2016 (UTC)



"From The Doctor to my son Thomas" is a viral video recorded by actor Peter Capaldi and sent to autistic nine-year-old Thomas Goodall to console him over grief from the death of his grandmother. Capaldi filmed the video in character as the 12th incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who. Capaldi's message had a positive effect on Thomas; his father said the boy smiled for the first time since learning of his grandmother's death and gained the courage to go to her funeral. Thomas's father posted the video to YouTube on 6 November 2014. He explained to media he wanted to make the video available to his family and had no idea it would become popular. CNN reported that the video was viewed over 200,000 times in its first 48-hours online. Less than a week later it had over 900,000 total views. BBC News observed that Capaldi's message had become a viral video, and ITV News described response to the video as a global phenomenon. The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, and MTV called the recording a touching video to a young child suffering from grief. BT commented it was Capaldi's best contribution as the character of the Doctor to date.
 * Most recent similar article(s): There was Aquaman (TV pilot) on 7 April 2016 &mdash; but this is more of a viral video than directly related to television itself.
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 * Promoted: 23 November 2015
 * Reasons for nomination: Birthday of filmmaker Peter Capaldi and heartwarming video to comfort grieving autistic boy upon death of his grandmother. Brings awareness to educational themes of grief and autism.
 * Support as nominator. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:02, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Personally, I think this should wait until November 6. We've had a fair few media articles in the past few weeks. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:46, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I feel it's unique because we haven't had any viral video Featured Article pages in a while. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:00, 28 March 2016 (UTC)