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“If you watch it very carefully there’s a scene towards the end where he’s forced to resign and he’s at home, but he has a friend with him who he chats to, and the friend’s a rather forlorn and whey-faced figure. What it clearly is, to those who would recognize such a thing, is an Alcoholics Anonymous buddy. Clearly Malcolm is struggling with his addiction problems, and always has, and has an AA buddy to get him through the tough times. But that’s never said in the script.” – Peter Capaldi