David Tennant’s return to Doctor Who just in time for the 60th-anniversary episodes is making history and giving fans a lot to talk about — one former Doctor himself, Sylvester McCoy, has something to say regarding the actor’s seemingly record-setting casting as the Fourteenth Doctor.McCoy, who is celebrating his 80th birthday today, took on the role of the legendary Time Lord in BBC’s longest-running sci-fi drama back in the late 1980s when he was cast as the mysterious and sometimes manipulative Seventh Doctor. In a recent interview with Radio Times, the star reflected on his time on Doctor Who and reminded fans that Tennant wasn’t actually the first actor to land the iconic role twice. Colin Baker’s season as the Sixth Doctor wrapped up in 1986, and he didn’t leave Doctor Who on the best terms, which resulted in him refusing to film his regeneration story in 1987. The series, however, found a way out of the tricky situation — BBC had McCoy, who had already accepted the job offer by then, dress up in Baker’s costume, wear a wig similar to the Sixth Doctor’s hairstyle and act out the Time Lord’s regeneration in Season 24 Story 1 “Time and the Rani.”The actor thought that he “looked like Harpo Max” in the Sixth Doctor’s apparel, recalling feeling “surprised” about the way the show decided to handle the transition from Baker’s Doctor to his own. McCoy admitted that he felt proud to have played two incarnations of the famous time traveler in Doctor Who, reminding the audience that he was in fact the first to do so. “I’m an actor who’s played two Doctors! I was the only one — but there’s another one come along, damn him! David! David [Tennant] is now playing Doctor number Ten and Fourteen. I was Six and Seven — I got there first,” he jokingly added.RELATED: Doctor Who: Head of TV Archive Gives Promising Update on Missing Episodes
David Tennant’s return to Doctor Who just in time for the 60th-anniversary episodes is making history and giving fans a lot to talk about — one former Doctor himself, Sylvester McCoy, has something to say regarding the actor’s seemingly record-setting casting as the Fourteenth Doctor.
McCoy, who is celebrating his 80th birthday today, took on the role of the legendary Time Lord in BBC’s longest-running sci-fi drama back in the late 1980s when he was cast as the mysterious and sometimes manipulative Seventh Doctor. In a recent interview with Radio Times, the star reflected on his time on Doctor Who and reminded fans that Tennant wasn’t actually the first actor to land the iconic role twice. Colin Baker’s season as the Sixth Doctor wrapped up in 1986, and he didn’t leave Doctor Who on the best terms, which resulted in him refusing to film his regeneration story in 1987. The series, however, found a way out of the tricky situation — BBC had McCoy, who had already accepted the job offer by then, dress up in Baker’s costume, wear a wig similar to the Sixth Doctor’s hairstyle and act out the Time Lord’s regeneration in Season 24 Story 1 “Time and the Rani.”
The actor thought that he “looked like Harpo Max” in the Sixth Doctor’s apparel, recalling feeling “surprised” about the way the show decided to handle the transition from Baker’s Doctor to his own. McCoy admitted that he felt proud to have played two incarnations of the famous time traveler in Doctor Who, reminding the audience that he was in fact the first to do so. “I’m an actor who’s played two Doctors! I was the only one — but there’s another one come along, damn him! David! David [Tennant] is now playing Doctor number Ten and Fourteen. I was Six and Seven — I got there first,” he jokingly added.
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