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Friday, 30th April 2021 at 2:27 pm
Doctor Who could well have had a very different trajectory, following the news that The Eighth Doctor was almost played by a different actor.
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Paul McGann plays the time-travelling alien in the 1996 TV movie, but the role was reportedly first offered to Harry Van Gorkum (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones).
In an interview with
Doctor Who Magazine, the actor recounted how his life very nearly changed overnight.
“There are only two roles in the world where, if the phone goes, and you’ve got it, overnight your life has changed,” he said. “There’s James Bond and Doctor Who.”