Paul McGann: 'There won't be a Doctor Who reunion'
Former Doctor Who star Paul McGann says he doesn't think there will be a reunion for all the Time Lords despite rumours. He explained that no one from the BBC had been in contact with him since he left the role and he didn’t think he was likely to return as the Doctor. It had been thought the stars of the iconic series would reunite for a Children In Need Special – but Paul said he doubted he would be involved. "It's highly unlikely, because since I walked off that set in 1996, no one's ever called me, I've never met these people, I've never been down to Cardiff and met what's his face, Russell T Davies. "So no, maybe haven't they got my number. There's always rumours, it's nice to stoke the fire. I'm always hearing them." He added that although he didn't mind talking about his starring role in the film Withnail and I, he was fed up with fans quoting his lines at him. "Withnail gets a little bit tiresome when people start playing the scenes out."
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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.
An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.