Doctor Who actor Sylvester McCoy originally went for the role of the Sixth Doctor before landing the role of the Time Lord’s Seventh incarnation.In an interview with Radio Times, McCoy opened up about his attempt to become the Sixth Doctor following the departure of Peter Davison’s Fifth Doctor. “When Peter Davison was leaving, before Colin [Baker] came in, I got in touch with my agent and said, ‘Peter Davison’s leaving, shall we try and see [about] the Doctor?’” he revealed. However, as McCoy notes, by this point Colin Baker had been cast as the Sixth Doctor: “They’d already cast Colin so I’d given up.”McCoy went on to explain how Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner cast him as the Seventh Doctor. “And then, two years later, Colin was leaving so again I got in touch with my agent and said, ‘Have another go.’ So my agent phoned John Nathan Turner and said, ‘I think you should see Sylvester McCoy.’ And John said, ‘Who?’” McCoy added that his performance in The Pied Piper play was a crucial turning point in securing the Doctor role, saying, “John Nathan Turner came along to see [The Pied Piper] and went back afterwards, I learned many years later, and said, ‘I’ve found my new Doctor’….”RELATED: The BBC Celebrates Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary with a Season 1-4 Blu-Ray Set
Doctor Who actor Sylvester McCoy originally went for the role of the Sixth Doctor before landing the role of the Time Lord’s Seventh incarnation.
In an interview with Radio Times, McCoy opened up about his attempt to become the Sixth Doctor following the departure of Peter Davison’s Fifth Doctor. “When Peter Davison was leaving, before Colin [Baker] came in, I got in touch with my agent and said, ‘Peter Davison’s leaving, shall we try and see [about] the Doctor?’” he revealed. However, as McCoy notes, by this point Colin Baker had been cast as the Sixth Doctor: “They’d already cast Colin so I’d given up.”
McCoy went on to explain how Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner cast him as the Seventh Doctor. “And then, two years later, Colin was leaving so again I got in touch with my agent and said, ‘Have another go.’ So my agent phoned John Nathan Turner and said, ‘I think you should see Sylvester McCoy.’ And John said, ‘Who?’” McCoy added that his performance in The Pied Piper play was a crucial turning point in securing the Doctor role, saying, “John Nathan Turner came along to see [The Pied Piper] and went back afterwards, I learned many years later, and said, ‘I’ve found my new Doctor’….”
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