History Creator / PaulMcGann

* ''Film/WithnailAndI'': Marwood/I

* OldShame:[[invoked]] A mild one, but don't bring up the wig he wore for his role as the Eighth Doctor for the TV movie, he '''hated''' wearing that wig.

* ScullyBox: In an interview in which he was asked how tall he is, he mentioned that he ends up standing on boxes often enough.
-->''"Five feet nine. Quite little, really. From a squat tribe, you see. My brothers (and sister) are all taller than me, as are most of the actresses I'm required to smooch. At such times they usually stand me on a box. Sort of keeps your feet on the ground, paradoxically."''
* WagTheDirector: Positive example in ''Big Finish''. He pushed for a new look for his Doctor, based on UsefulNotes/WorldWarI-era navy clothes, as well as a UsefulNotes/WorldWarI storyline.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** He was cast as Literature/{{Sharpe}}, but broke his leg before filming could start. Had he not broken his leg, Lt. Bush would have been played by someone else. He also auditioned for Robin in ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'' but was deemed too short.
** General consensus in the ''Doctor Who'' fandom is he could have been a fantastic screen Doctor if he'd only been given some decent material to work with, an opinion that ''The Night of the Doctor'' certainly did nothing to debunk.
** Fans originally assumed that the Eighth Doctor was the one who fought in the Great Time War and were hoping to see him again and at least get closure and a regeneration scene. Understandable, as both the Eighth Doctor novels and the Big Finish audio series give him loads and loads of character development where he becomes DarkerAndEdgier due to the many traumatic adventures he's had. Also, Paul [=McGann=] does not have one of the limitations that has for the most part made return by other surviving pre 2005 Doctors difficult. He still looks very much like his 1996 self. One of the Audio drama covers even had a photoshoot of him with a different costume to reflect the evolution of his character. However, producer Steven Moffatt decided that fans who remembered the charming, romantic, cheerful, eternally bright and optimistic Eighth Doctor either wouldn't buy (or accept) his transformation into a darker, more violent character. Thus leading to ''Night Of The Doctor'' where we still get to see a more haggard, hopeless Eighth Doctor regenerate into the War Doctor as played by Sir John Hurt.

** AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho

** [[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Prequel: The Night of the Doctor]]

** AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho:

** Fans originally assumed that the Eighth Doctor was the one who fought in the Great Time War and were hoping to see him again and at least get closure and a regeneration scene. Understandable, as both the Eighth Doctor novels and the Big Finish audio series give him loads and loads of character development where he becomes DarkerAndEdgier due to the many traumatic adventures he's had. Also, Paul [=McGann=] does not have one of the limitations that has for the most part made return by other surviving pre 2005 Doctors difficult. He still looks very much like his 1996 self. One of the Audio drama covers even had a photoshoot of him with a different costume to reflect the evolution of his character. However, producer Steven Moffatt decided that fans who remembered the charming, romantic, cheerful, eternally bright and optimistic Eighth Doctor either wouldn't buy (or accept) his transformation into a darker, more violent character. Thus leading to ''Night Of The Doctor'' where we still get to see a more haggard, hopeless Eighth Doctor [[spoiler: regenerate into the War Doctor as played by John Hurt]].

** [[''Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie'' Doctor Who: The Movie]]

** ''Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie''

* ''Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie'', [[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Prequel: The Night of the Doctor]], and AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho: The Eighth Doctor
* ''Series/TheHangingGale:'' Liam Phelan.

* EvilIsHammy

* CozyVoiceForCatastrophes: His deep, soothing voice has led him to narrate documentaries on uncomfortable and/or frightening subjects.

** He [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/dfca6fafb65987ecc6b06eceaadc3c0d/tumblr_mwqyy34SAB1r5s4n9o1_400.gif appeared]] in the DoctorWho after-credits behind the scenes feature to [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/dbd26157a6588d97c4fb7e12f43d9e74/tumblr_mwqyy34SAB1r5s4n9o3_400.gif wish the show a happy fiftieth birthday]]... Which he then followed up with a [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/9eef46a83bbae9f1e2740bdbd32606e7/tumblr_mwqyy34SAB1r5s4n9o2_400.gif kiss]] while looking seductively at the screen. Woof.

* ''Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie'', [[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Prequel: The Night of the Doctor]], and BigFinishDoctorWho: The Eighth Doctor

Despite his extremely brief on-screen tenure in ''Doctor Who'', his Doctor is well-loved due to his being a connecting thread during ''Who'''s cancellation years; his comic series and audio adventures have quite a large fandom. Starting in 2008, he stopped being a regular in the monthly episodes and got his own separate ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' series ''The New Eighth Doctor Adventures''.

Despite his extremely brief on-screen tenure in ''Doctor Who'', his Doctor is well-loved due to his being a connecting thread during ''Who'''s cancellation years; his comic series and audio adventures have quite a large fandom. Starting in 2008, he got his own separate ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' series in addition to his regular monthly episodes.

[[{{Twitter}} Tweets]] as @pauljmcgann.

* BerserkButton: A mild one, but don't bring up the wig he wore for his role as the Eighth Doctor for the TV movie, he '''hated''' wearing that wig.

** He was cast as Literature/{{Sharpe}}, but broke his leg before filming could start. Had he not broken his leg, Lt. Bush would have been played by someone else.

* ''Film/{{Alien 3}}'': Walter Golic

Tweets as @pauljmcgann.

** Fans originally assumed that the Eighth Doctor was the one who fought in the Great Time War and were hoping to see him again and at least get closure and a regeneration scene. Understandable, as both the Eighth Doctor novels and the Big Finish audio series give him loads and loads of character development where he becomes DarkerAndEdgier due to the many traumatic adventures he's had. Also, Paul McGann does not have one of the limitations that has for the most part made return by other surviving Doctors difficult. He still looks very much like his 1996 self. One of the Audio drama covers even had a photoshoot of him with a different costume to reflect the evolution of his character. However, producer Steven Moffatt decided that fans who remembered the charming, romantic, cheerful, eternally bright and optimistic Eighth Doctor either wouldn't buy (or accept) his transformation into a darker, more violent character. Thus leading to ''Night Of The Doctor'' where we still get to see a more haggard, hopeless Eighth Doctor [[spoiler: regenerate into the War Doctor as played by John Hurt]].

'''Paul [=McGann=]''' (born 14 November 1959) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial ''TheMonocled Mutineer'', in which he played the lead role. He's also known for his role in ''Film/WithnailAndI'', and for portraying the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie television movie]] and subsequent ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio plays, along with a brief appearance in the revived series.

* ''TheMonocled Mutineer'': Percy Toplis

'''Paul [=McGann=]''' (born 14 November 1959) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial ''TheMonocledMutineer'', in which he played the lead role. He's also known for his role in ''Film/WithnailAndI'', and for portraying the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie television movie]] and subsequent ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio plays, along with a brief appearance in the revived series.

* ''TheMonocledMutineer'': Percy Toplis

'''Paul [=McGann=]''' (born 14 November 1959) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial ''Series/TheMonocledMutineer'', in which he played the lead role. He's also known for his role in ''Film/WithnailAndI'', and for portraying the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie television movie]] and subsequent ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio plays, along with a brief appearance in the revived series.

* ''Series/TheMonocledMutineer'': Percy Toplis

->''"I do debate with my grandson because I said ‘who’s your favourite Doctor?’ and he said ‘Creator/DavidTennant’ and I said ‘who’s your ''second'' favourite Doctor?’ and he said ‘Creator/TomBaker’. So I said: ‘who’s your '''third''' favourite Doctor?’ and he thought about it and said ‘[[SnubByOmission I haven’t got a third favourite]]’. I’ve managed to force and intimidate him into going slightly up the table there."''
-->--[[http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/05/qa-with-%E2%80%98doctor-who%E2%80%99-stars-the-five-doctors/ "The Five Doctors"]]

* BerserkButton: A mild one, but don't bring up the wig he wore for as the Eighth Doctor for the TV movie, he '''hated''' wearing that wig.