10 Big Stars You Forgot Appeared In The World Of Doctor Who
3. Eddie Redmayne
Eddie Redmayne is a name regularly plucked out of the "Next Doctor" hat, likely due to his Doctorish (read: slightly "quirky", wears a long coat) performance in the Fantastic Beasts series. However, Redmayne has come within spitting distance of the TARDIS, in a charity sketch that saw the world of Harry Potter crossover with Doctor Who.
The sketch involves Newt Scrimander (a role that, incidentally, Matt Smith reportedly turned down) call round various fictional characters to ask if they've seen Pudsey. The one-eyed yellow teddy is the Children in Need mascot, and has clearly gone missing. Given that Newt Scrimander has a history of magical creature wrangling, the mind boggles as to his intentions for the bear.
One of the calls he makes is to the Twelfth Doctor, who lists a variety of strange alien creatures that may, or may not be Pudsey. Capaldi is on fine form, relishing in rattling off elaborate creature descriptions, and delivering the best gag in the whole sketch - that Pudsey has destroyed whole worlds with a death ray. Redmayne meanwhile, blandly simpers and pouts his way through it.
As for calls for Redmayne to be the next Doctor Who, maybe the Twelfth Doctor should answer those:
"Thank you very much for your call. Have a nice life!"