10 Stars Who Were Almost Cast in Doctor Who

3. Vincent Price

Devil - Story of Mankind The 1976 serial The Brain of Morbius owes a lot to Frankenstein. As a result, the story€™s director Christopher Barry was inspired to cast a horror film icon in the role of the nefarious Dr. Solon. Vincent Price was seriously considered, as was Peter Cushing who had played the Doctor in two non-canonical films in the 1960s. In the end, the role went to reliable character actor and Who alumnus Philip Madoc. It€™s not clear if Price was ever formally approached or even in the UK at the time but he would undoubtedly have made a formidable foe for Tom Baker€™s Doctor. As a footnote, Baker wrote the script for a Doctor Who movie that was never made called Doctor Who meets Scratchman. He had Vincent Price in mind for the titular villain.
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