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Interesting trivia - both Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann have played The Doctor in 'Doctor Who'.
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Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Thu 14 Aug 2014, 10:36,
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Uncle Monty was a contender for the role when Tom Baker announced he was leaving.
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Captain Howdy,
Thu 14 Aug 2014, 11:46,
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And (unrelated to Withnail&I) BRIAN BLESSED could've been Doc #2, which would have been awesome(
Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Thu 14 Aug 2014, 12:09,
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well Richard was only the Doctor in the Comic Relief episode, if you count him you also have to count Rowan Atkinson, Jim Broadbent and Hugh Grant.
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Thu 14 Aug 2014, 12:36,
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He also played the role in the (now non-canonical) attempt at a reboot(
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Thu 14 Aug 2014, 13:13,
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