12 Actors Who Want To Return To Doctor Who

4. Paul McGann

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As Doctors go, Paul McGann's Eighth is in a unique position. Having never been granted a full series of television, audiences don't know his Doctor as well as they know the rest of them, so bringing him back almost feels like a no-brainer.

McGann himself also shares this stance, telling Doctor Who Magazine in 2016 that he feels like his onscreen tenure isn't yet over, and that there's "a bit of potential" in an Eighth Doctor return.

He then jokingly added "I'm younger than Capaldi", before explaining that, if he were to return, then the story reasons would have to be compelling.

The positive response to The Night Of The Doctor proved that there's still a hunger for McGann's take on the Time Lord, and it just feels right for him to get his due.

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