Richard E. Grant, who plays the alternative Tenth Doctor, later appeared on the actual show as the main antagonist of the seventh series, the Great Intelligence, after performing the voice of an alternate version of the Ninth Doctor in an animated webcast serial Scream of the Shalka.

Hugh Grant (born 9 September 1960) played the alternative Twelfth Doctor in the Comic Relief special The Curse of Fatal Death. Russell T Davies approached Grant to play the Ninth Doctor in the 2005 revival but he turned down the role, thinking the show would not take off.

Mar 21, 2022 · Current Doctor Jodie Whittaker has confirmed she'll exit the show at some point in 2022, leaving the door open for a new actor, potentially Grant, to take on the role. According to British...

May 2, 2024 · Despite being offered the iconic role of The Doctor, Hugh Grant turned it down in 2005, a decision he later admitted to regretting. Hugh Grant actually did play The Doctor in a special...

Mar 22, 2022 · Hugh Grant took to social media to respond to recent reports that he is in talks to play the 14th Doctor in Doctor Who. The Love Actually and Paddington 2 star became the latest British actor to be rumored to take on the role, alongside Danny Dyer, T'Nia Miller, and previous Doctor, David Tennant.

Mar 22, 2022 · Grant’s Doctor—making his appearance about 16 minutes into the special, and born from Broadbent’s Doctor managing to electrocute himself trying to re-wire a superweapon gifted to the Daleks...

British actor Hugh Grant succinctly shut down rumors with a single tweet that he was in talks to take over the role of Doctor Who. “Nothing against Dr W but I’m not [sic]. No idea where the...

Feb 20, 2024 · According to rumors published in Metro, rom-com stalwart Hugh Grant is “in talks to be new Doctor Who,” and the show itself will get a “Marvel-style makeover.” For now, this is just hearsay.

Mar 22, 2022 · Hugh Grant has cleared the air about those new Doctor Who rumours. The Mirror reported that the Four Weddings and a Funeral actor was "in talks" to replace Jodie Whittaker as the next...

Mar 24, 2022 · Whether or not Hugh Grant is telling the truth about his non-involvement, the actor has already played the Doctor for a different 21st-century showrunner. Back in 1999, six years before the return of the series to TV, Grant played the role of the Doctor in a charity special for the bi-annual Comic Relief telethon.