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In 2022, he again reprised his role as the Eighth Doctor in the BBC Centenary Special "[[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor The Power of the Doctor]]".
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Paul John [=McGann=] (born 14 November 1959 in Liverpool, England) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial ''The Monocled Mutineer'', in which he played the lead role. He's also known for his role in ''Film/WithnailAndI'', and for portraying the [[Characters/DoctorWhoEighthDoctor 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.
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Paul John [=McGann=] (born 14 November 1959 in Liverpool, England) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial ''The Monocled Mutineer'', in which he played the lead role. He's also known for his role in ''Film/WithnailAndI'', playing Bush in ''Series/HoratioHornblower'', and for portraying the [[Characters/DoctorWhoEighthDoctor 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.
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* TheOtherMarty: He was cast as the title character in ''{{Series/Sharpe}}'', but was forced to drop out mere days into filming, following a knee injury. He was replaced by Creator/SeanBean in his StarMakingRole.
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** He was considered to return as the Eighth Doctor when Doctor Who was revived again as a series in 2005. But producer Creator/RusselTDavies ultimately decided to start with a [[Creator/ChristopherEccleston new Doctor]] instead. There was then brief talks of having [=McGann=] shoot a regeneration scene to start the first episode, but Davies worried it would be too confusing for newcomers.
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** He was considered to return as the Eighth Doctor when Doctor Who was revived again as a series in 2005. But producer Creator/RusselTDavies Creator/RussellTDavies ultimately decided to start with a [[Creator/ChristopherEccleston new Doctor]] instead. There was were then brief talks of having [=McGann=] shoot a regeneration scene to start the first episode, but Davies worried it would be too confusing for newcomers.
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** He was considered to return as the Eighth Doctor when Doctor Who was revived again as a series in 2005. But producer Creator/RusselTDavies ultimately decided to start with a [[Creator/ChristopherEccleston new Doctor]] instead. There was then brief talks of having [=McGann=] shoot a regeneration scene to start the first episode, but Davies worried it would be too confusing for newcomers.
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* 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. One of the reasons he got cast was the producers like his naturally curly mop top which he had for his roles in ''Film/WithnailAndI'' and ''Series/TheHangingGale'' (which according to Paul his role as Father Liam helped get him the part of the Doctor). Unfortunately he had to cut it for another role, so when he arrived in Vancouver to begin filming the makeup people hastily produced a wig to match his old look.
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* 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. One of the reasons he got cast was the producers like his naturally curly mop top which he had for his roles in ''Film/WithnailAndI'' and ''Series/TheHangingGale'' (which according to Paul his role as Father Liam helped get him the part of the Doctor). Unfortunately he had to cut it for another role, so when he arrived in Vancouver to begin filming the makeup people hastily produced a wig to match his old look. When he was asked to return as the Eighth Doctor for ''The Night of the Doctor'', reportedly his only condition was that he didn't want to have to wear the wig again.
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Paul John [=McGann=] (born 14 November 1959 in Liverpool, England) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial ''The Monocled 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.
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Paul John [=McGann=] (born 14 November 1959 in Liverpool, England) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial ''The Monocled Mutineer'', in which he played the lead role. He's also known for his role in ''Film/WithnailAndI'', and for portraying the [[Characters/DoctorWhoEighthDoctor Eighth Doctor 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.
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** He was the second choice for the role of [[Characters/JamesBondTheCharacter James Bond]] in ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}'' before the casting of Creator/PierceBrosnan.
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** He was the ''first'' choice for the title character of the ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' TV series. But a broken leg meant the role went to Creator/SeanBean.
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** He was the ''first'' choice for the title character of the ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' TV series. But a broken leg meant the role went to Creator/SeanBean.
** He was the second choice for the role of [[Characters/JamesBondTheCharacter James Bond]] in ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}'' before the casting of
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Paul John [=McGann=] (born 14 November 1959) 1959 in Liverpool, England) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial ''The Monocled 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.
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* 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."''
-->''"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."''
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* 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.
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* 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.
** Had Creator/PierceBrosnan not accepted the role of Franchise/JamesBond after Creator/TimothyDalton departed from the role, then it appears that Paul would've been offered the role and could've potentially played Bond.
** 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, he 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, Creator/StevenMoffat 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 "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The 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 Creator/JohnHurt.
** 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.
** Had Creator/PierceBrosnan not accepted the role of Franchise/JamesBond after Creator/TimothyDalton departed from the role, then it appears that Paul would've been offered the role and could've potentially played Bond.
** 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, he 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, Creator/StevenMoffat 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 "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The 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 Creator/JohnHurt.
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His brother, Stephen, currently plays Dr. Turner on ''Series/CallTheMidwife''.
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His brother, three brothers Stephen, currently plays Mark and Joe are also actors. Stephen is probably the best known, playing Dr. Turner on ''Series/CallTheMidwife''.
''Series/CallTheMidwife''. All four [[RealLifeRelative starred together as brothers]] in ''Series/TheHangingGale''.
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* 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. One of the reasons he got cast was the producers like his naturally curly mop top which he had for his roles in ''Film/WithnailAndI'' and ''Series/TheHangingGale'' (which according to Paul his role as Father Liam helped get him the part of the Doctor). Unfortunately he had to cut it for another role, so when he arrived in Vancouver to begin filming the makeup people hastily produced a wig to match his old look.
* 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.
* 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.
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** 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.
** Had Creator/PierceBrosnan not accepted the role of Franchise/JamesBond after Creator/TimothyDalton departed from the role, then it appears that Paul would've been offered the role and could've potentially played Bond.
** 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, he 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, Creator/StevenMoffat 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 "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The 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 Creator/JohnHurt.
** 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.
** Had Creator/PierceBrosnan not accepted the role of Franchise/JamesBond after Creator/TimothyDalton departed from the role, then it appears that Paul would've been offered the role and could've potentially played Bond.
** 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, he 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, Creator/StevenMoffat 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 "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor The 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 Creator/JohnHurt.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Time has been very kind to him between [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/gallery/tvmovie/images/1024/dw52.html the Doctor Who movie]] (mid-30s) and [[http://i.imgur.com/zxCjcBZ.jpg the present]] (early 50s). This allowed him to play the Doctor on screen ''17 years'' after his first outing without much problem.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Time has been very kind to him between [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/gallery/tvmovie/images/1024/dw52.html the Doctor Who movie]] (mid-30s) and [[http://i.imgur.com/zxCjcBZ.jpg the present]] (early (late 50s). This allowed him to play the Doctor on screen ''17 years'' after his first outing without much problem.
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Paul [=McGann=] (born 14 November 1959) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial ''The Monocled 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.
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Paul John [=McGann=] (born 14 November 1959) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial ''The Monocled 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.
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His brother, Stephen, currently plays Dr. Turner on Series/CallTheMidwife.
[[{{Twitter}} Tweets]] as [[https://twitter.com/pauljmcgann @pauljmcgann]].
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His brother, Stephen, currently plays Dr. Turner on Series/CallTheMidwife.
[[{{Twitter}}''Series/CallTheMidwife''.
[[Website/{{Twitter}} Tweets]] as [[https://twitter.com/pauljmcgann @pauljmcgann]].
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* CuddleBug: Ask anyone who's ever hugged him at a convention. He's usually stroking your hand and kissing your face before you even realise what's happening.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Time has been very kind to him between [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/gallery/tvmovie/images/1024/dw52.html the Doctor Who movie]] (mid-30s) and [[http://i.imgur.com/zxCjcBZ.jpg the present]] (early 50s). This allowed him to play the Doctor on screen ''17 years'' after his first outing without much problem.
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'''Paul [=McGann=]''' (born 14 November 1959) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial ''The Monocled 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.
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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 started starring in his own separate ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' series ''The New Eighth Doctor Adventures''.
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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 started starring in his own separate ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' series ''The New Eighth Doctor Adventures''.
Adventures''. [=McGann=] finally got to canonically connect the dots between his Eighth Doctor and Creator/ChristopherEccleston's Ninth Doctor [[spoiler: via Creator/JohnHurt's War Doctor]] seventeen years later in the minisode ''The Night of the Doctor''.
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->''"I'm not a sci-fi lover; I wasn't from the start. So perhaps I miss that passion for other worlds, other dimensions, that sort of scope and that magnitude of storytelling; that's not my thing though I meet plenty of people whose thing it definitely is."''
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* BritishAccents: Scouse, which is notably very different from his received pronunciation portrayal of the Doctor. His Scouse seeped into his RP over time, leading the Eighth Doctor to have a rather unique accent that's been well received.
