7. Harry Van Gorkum Is... The Eighth Doctor! (1996)
Going through another round casting and reviewing audition tapes, Segal had hit upon a fresh-faced Paul McGann who had only recently missed out on bringing Sharpe to the television due an on-set injury early into production in a particularly impressive screen test. Segal even went so far as to personally promise McGann the role was his; however, this was nearly scuppered when Fox expressed the same objections to McGann as they had with Cunningham taking the role. Instead, the Fox Network bizarrely suggested Harry Van Gorkum as a more suitable choice in terms of profile. Segal was facing a losing battle in casting McGann until the team cast Eric Roberts as the Master. With an Oscar-nominated movie star on-board the now green-lit Doctor Who TV Movie (serving as a "back-door pilot" for a future series), the pressure for a "high-profile" name like Van Gorkum was off and suddenly, Paul McGann signed for five years, should the movie find a US audience... which it didn't.