Rich 17's Comments
I've watched this show ever since I was kid since my dad got into it in the '70s before I was born.
I always thought it was interesting the BBC decided to count Paul McGann's doctor as canonical, since there have multiple other people who played him, including Peter Cushing in a couple films, as mentioned above by "angstrom".
Paul McGann's inclusion in the official is kind of an exception to the rule because the BBC usually only recognizes the Doctors who were on the show for any period of time. Other people have played him as well, including an evil future incarnation of the doctor, but he's never included in the count, either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actors_who_have_played_the_Doctor
Of course, he has also been portrayed in spoofs which were made by the BBC, with actors including Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, and Rowan Atkinson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do-wDPoC6GM
As I think about it, I think maybe Paul McGann is included because that was a TV movie which was an attempt to revive the series, so they decided it would be canonical. Too bad they blew through that regeneration so fast. :-p
(I have yet to see that movie but one gripe fans have is that the 7th Doctor was killed by a stray bullet in L.A. rather than doing something to save other people (in England, heh). I think that's pretty lame since I always kind of liked Sylvester McCoy...)
I always thought it was interesting the BBC decided to count Paul McGann's doctor as canonical, since there have multiple other people who played him, including Peter Cushing in a couple films, as mentioned above by "angstrom".
Paul McGann's inclusion in the official is kind of an exception to the rule because the BBC usually only recognizes the Doctors who were on the show for any period of time. Other people have played him as well, including an evil future incarnation of the doctor, but he's never included in the count, either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actors_who_have_played_the_Doctor
Of course, he has also been portrayed in spoofs which were made by the BBC, with actors including Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, and Rowan Atkinson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do-wDPoC6GM
As I think about it, I think maybe Paul McGann is included because that was a TV movie which was an attempt to revive the series, so they decided it would be canonical. Too bad they blew through that regeneration so fast. :-p
(I have yet to see that movie but one gripe fans have is that the 7th Doctor was killed by a stray bullet in L.A. rather than doing something to save other people (in England, heh). I think that's pretty lame since I always kind of liked Sylvester McCoy...)
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