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Peter Dougan Capaldi (born April 14, 1958) is a Scottish actor, writer and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who and Malcolm Tucker the spin doctor in The Thick of It, for which he has received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. When he reprised the role in In the Loop, Capaldi was honoured with several film critic award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2012, Capaldi wrote (with Tony Roche), directed and performed in The Cricklewood Greats, an affectionate spoof documentary about a fictitious film studio, which tracks real developments and trends throughout the history of British cinema. Film roles include Oldsen in Local Hero, Angus Flint in Ken Russell's The Lair of the White Worm, and Mr Curry in Paddington and its sequel, Paddington 2. As a director, Capaldi won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life. He went on to write and direct the drama film Strictly Sinatra and helmed two series of sitcom Getting On.
In the aftermath of the Manhattaning, with a number of synchronized explosions happening in coastal areas of Southeast Asia, there were a series of catastrophic tsunamis and earthquakes that left hundreds of thousands homeless and injured, in addition to the millions who died. There was a great number of refugees in the wake of the Manhattaning from dozens of countries. Many countries stepped up to offer their cities as safe harbors for these refugees. Canada was recognized as a great example of this charitable level of humanity, but Australia was another. One of Australia's biggest beneficiaries of this influx of refugees was Townsville in the state of Queensland. Already a major shipping hub for business in Southeast Asia, Townsville's population steadily increased every year from 1988 onward. With the influx of population and charitable resources donated to help the city handle the refugee migration, the city's industry flourished and by 2004 it was of Australia's primary population centers as well as a hub for commercial, industry, cultural, and academic interests.
