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|birth date    = [[14 November (people)|14 November]] [[1959 (people)|1959]]
|birth date    = [[14 November (people)|14 November]] [[1959 (people)|1959]]
|job title    = [[Actor]]
|job title    = [[Actor]]
|role          = [[Eighth Doctor]]
|role          = [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Durian]]
|story        = [[#Credits|See Credits Section]]  
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|time          = 1996, 2001-present
|time          = 1996, 2001-present
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'''Paul John McGann''' (born [[14 November (people)|14 November]] [[1959 (people)|1959]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref>) played the [[Eighth Doctor]] in the 1996 [[Doctor Who (TV story)|''Doctor Who'' television movie]] and the 2013 [[BBC iPlayer]] and [[BBC Red Button]] ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' mini-episode ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]''.
'''Paul John McGann''' (born [[14 November (people)|14 November]] [[1959 (people)|1959]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref>) is a British actor who played the [[Eighth Doctor]], beginning with the 1996 TV movie ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''. He reprised the role in audio stories for [[BBC Radio]] and [[Big Finish Productions]], and reprised the role twice onscreen in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' mini-episode ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'' and the special ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]''.
 
He also voices the role in audio stories for [[BBC Radio]] and, principally, [[Big Finish Productions]].


== Career ==
== Career ==
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== In the DWU ==
== In the DWU ==
A version of [[Paul McGann (Hospitality)|Paul McGann]] was mentioned as being one of the actors in the [[Doctor Who TV movie (Bafflement and Devotion)|''Doctor Who'' TV movie]], in ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'', a short story featuring the {{Lesbian novelist}} in ''[[Iris: Abroad]]''.
A version of [[Paul McGann (Hospitality)|Paul McGann]] was mentioned as being one of the actors in the [[Doctor Who TV movie (Bafflement and Devotion)|''Doctor Who'' TV movie]], in ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'', a short story featuring the {{Lesbian novelist}} in ''[[Iris: Abroad (anthology)|Iris: Abroad]]''.


[[Paul McGann (Father Time: "Set Visit")|Another version of Paul McGann]] appeared in the [[2001 (releases)|2001]] short story ''[[Father Time: "Set Visit" (short story)|Father Time: "Set Visit"]]'', a speculative piece about what if the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] was part of the television series.
[[Paul McGann (Father Time: "Set Visit")|Another version of Paul McGann]] appeared in the [[2001 (releases)|2001]] short story ''[[Father Time: "Set Visit" (short story)|Father Time: "Set Visit"]]'', a speculative piece about what if the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] was part of the television series.
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** ''[[The Love Vampires (audio story)|The Love Vampires]]''
** ''[[The Love Vampires (audio story)|The Love Vampires]]''
** ''[[Albie's Angels (audio story)|Albie's Angels]]''
** ''[[Albie's Angels (audio story)|Albie's Angels]]''
* ''[[Audacity (audio anthology)|Audacity]]''
** ''[[The Devouring (audio story)|The Devouring]]''
** ''[[The Great Cyber-War (audio story)|The Great Cyber-War]]''
* ''[[In the Bleak Midwinter (audio anthology)|In the Bleak Midwinter]]''
** ''[[Twenty-Four Doors in December (audio story)|Twenty-Four Doors in December]]''
** ''[[The Empty Man (audio story)|The Empty Man]]''
** ''[[Winter of the Demon (audio story)|Winter of the Demon]]''
*[[The Stuff of Legend (audio story)|The Stuff of Legend]]


==== The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller ====
==== The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller ====
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** ''[[Vespertine (audio story)|Vespertine]]''
** ''[[Vespertine (audio story)|Vespertine]]''
** ''[[Previously, Next Time (audio story)|Previously, Next Time]]''
** ''[[Previously, Next Time (audio story)|Previously, Next Time]]''
==== The War Doctor ====
* ''[[Exit Strategy (audio story)|Exit Strategy]]''
==== Sontarans vs Rutans ====
* ''[[The Battle of Giant's Causeway (audio story)|The Battle of Giant's Causeway]]''


==== The Robots ====
==== The Robots ====
* ''[[The Final Hour (audio story)|The Final Hour]]''
* ''[[The Final Hour (audio story)|The Final Hour]]''
==== The Paternoster Gang ====
* ''[[Till Death Us Do Part (audio story)|Till Death Us Do Part]]''


==== Peladon ====
==== Peladon ====
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* ''[[Together in Eclectic Dreams (audio story)|Together in Eclectic Dreams]]''
* ''[[Together in Eclectic Dreams (audio story)|Together in Eclectic Dreams]]''
* ''[[If I Should Die Before I Wake (audio story)|If I Should Die Before I Wake]]''
* ''[[If I Should Die Before I Wake (audio story)|If I Should Die Before I Wake]]''
==== Once and Future ====
* ''[[The Union (audio story)|The Union]]''


==== Doom's Day ====
==== Doom's Day ====
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==== The Diary of River Song ====
==== The Diary of River Song ====
* ''[[The Rulers of the Universe (audio story)|The Rulers of the Universe]]''
* ''[[The Rulers of the Universe (audio story)|The Rulers of the Universe]]''
==== Susan's War ====
* ''[[The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)|The Shoreditch Intervention]]''
==== Master! ====
* ''[[Hellbound (audio story)|Hellbound]]''


==== The War Master ====
==== The War Master ====
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** ''[[The Cognition Shift (audio story)|The Cognition Shift]]''
** ''[[The Cognition Shift (audio story)|The Cognition Shift]]''


==== Susan's War ====
=== Stage plays ===
* ''[[The Shoreditch Intervention (audio story)|The Shoreditch Intervention]]''
 
* ''[[The Stuff of Legend (stage play)|The Stuff of Legend]]''


As [[Durian]]  
As [[Durian]]
=== Webcasts ===
==== The Minster of Chance ====
* ''[[The Minister of Chance: Prologue (webcast)|The Minister of Chance: Prologue]]''


* [[The Pointed Hand (audio story)|''The Pointed Hand'']]
=== Audio ===
* [[The Broken World (audio story)|''The Broken World'']]
==== The Minster of Chance ====
* [[The Forest Shakes (audio story)|''The Forest Shakes'']]
* ''[[The Pointed Hand (audio story)|The Pointed Hand]]''
* [[Paludin Fields (audio story)|''Paludin Fields'']]
* ''[[The Broken World (audio story)|The Broken World]]''
* [[The Tiger (audio story)|''The Tiger'']]
* ''[[The Forest Shakes (audio story)|The Forest Shakes]]''
* [[In a Barque on the River Hex (audio story)|''In a Barque on the River Hex'']]
* ''[[Paludin Fields (audio story)|Paludin Fields]]''
* [[The Minister of Chance: Prologue (webcast)|''The Minister of Chance: Prologue'']]
* ''[[The Tiger (audio story)|The Tiger]]''
* ''[[In a Barque on the River Hex (audio story)|In a Barque on the River Hex]]''


Other Roles  
Other Roles
=== Audio ===
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
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* ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'' - [[Edward Marlow]]
* ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'' - [[Edward Marlow]]
* ''[[Klein's Story (audio story)|Klein's Story]]'' - [[Johann Schmidt]]
* ''[[Klein's Story (audio story)|Klein's Story]]'' - [[Johann Schmidt]]
==== Master! ====
* ''[[Hellbound (audio story)|Hellbound]]'' - [[Axon Doctor]]


==== The War Master ====
==== The War Master ====
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* ''[[The Ties that Bind Us (documentary)|The Ties that Bind Us]]'' - Narrator
* ''[[The Ties that Bind Us (documentary)|The Ties that Bind Us]]'' - Narrator
* ''[[Getting a Head (documentary)|Getting a Head]]'' - Narrator
* ''[[Getting a Head (documentary)|Getting a Head]]'' - Narrator
* ''[[Doctor Who Am I]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Paul John McGann (born 14 November 1959[1]) is a British actor who played the Eighth Doctor, beginning with the 1996 TV movie Doctor Who. He reprised the role in audio stories for BBC Radio and Big Finish Productions, and reprised the role twice onscreen in the Doctor Who mini-episode The Night of the Doctor and the special The Power of the Doctor.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

He was born in Surrey, although his family moved to Liverpool when he was a young child. His brothers Mark, Joe, and Stephen are also actors; the four of them starred together (as four brothers) in the 1995 television miniseries The Hanging Gale. They also formed the pop quartet "The McGanns", releasing the single "Shame About The Boy".

McGann made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role of Percy Toplis. Following that part, he was cast as the eponymous "I" in Bruce Robinson's cult film comedy, Withnail and I (1987). He also starred as Anton Skrebensky in Ken Russell's 1989 adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's The Rainbow.

McGann was offered the lead role in the ITV series Sharpe in 1993. Unfortunately, during the filming of the series' first instalment, Sharpe's Rifles, McGann was injured while playing football and subsequently had to withdraw. The role was then given to, and made famous by, Sean Bean.

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Paul McGann reportedly found out about the Doctor Who TV movie during the production of the 1993 film The Three Musketeers. Tim Curry was offered the role of the Eighth Doctor and he was interested in playing the role because he's always interested in a role that isn't a villain, but he didn't know how to play the character. One day during filming, Curry approached McGann on how he would play the Eighth Doctor if he were cast. Curry turned down the role of the Eighth Doctor because of scheduling conflicts with several movies, and McGann would be cast as the Eighth Doctor.

During the production of the TV Movie, McGann participated in the documentary Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary, Sylvester McCoy's personal documentary of his then-final outing as the Seventh Doctor.

Post-Who work[[edit] | [edit source]]

Since Doctor Who, McGann's career has concentrated on television work including the Hornblower series. His voice was featured in the 1997 video game Ceremony of Innocence, together with those of Isabella Rossellini and Ben Kingsley.

McGann portrayed power-hungry ambassador Durian in The Minister of Chance series, a spin-off of Doctor Who.

In 2013, McGann appeared as himself in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, alongside fellow classic Doctor actors Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy.

From 2017 to 2018, McGann played sinister surgeon John Gaskell in forty episodes of the medical drama series Holby City (1999-ongoing).

Reprising the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

McGann had given permission for his likeness to be used in BBC Books' Eighth Doctor Adventures novel range and the monthly Doctor Who Magazine comic strip continuing his character's adventures without him having any actual involvement. As a result, in the many years before television Who returned to production, the Eighth Doctor remained the "current" Doctor in all the new Doctor Who spin-off media with the character's mannerisms extrapolated from his brief performance.

In 1997, McGann made his first foray into Doctor Who audio when he recorded several audiobooks for BBC Audio, beginning with an audio adaptation of The Novel of the Film and continuing with a collection of short stories, Earth and Beyond. In 2000, he joined the roster of Big Finish Productions, reprising the role of the Eighth Doctor for the Main Range, and was treated as the "current" Doctor by the majority of fandom and the BBC until Christopher Eccleston assumed the role in 2005. He also made his webcast debut with the animated Shada. McGann continues to play the Eighth Doctor in Big Finish's main Doctor Who range, as well as Eighth Doctor Adventures, a second series of audios produced by Big Finish for broadcast on BBC7 Radio.

McGann participated in a commentary and other material for the DVD re-release of his own TV Movie. He has narrated material on other classic Who DVD releases as well, for example, the Five Doctors DVD featurette "The Ties That Bind Us."

Paul McGann finally returned to the screen as the Eighth Doctor in 2013, when he reprised the role in The Night of the Doctor. Though it was only a brief outing, the mini-episode allowed him a chance to at last depict his regeneration story. Following this, he bragged that Colin Baker was now the only previous Doctor to have never filmed his regeneration sequence, due to his forced dismissal from the role, which was later rendered a moot point when Baker himself recorded his regeneration in the audio anthology The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure released in 2015. During his regeneration story, McGann also briefly portrayed the newly regenerated War Doctor, making him one of two actors to have technically portrayed two different incarnations of the Doctor (the other being his predecessor Sylvester McCoy, who similarly briefly played the Sixth Doctor during his regeneration sequence).

According to Nicholas Briggs, McGann nearly stopped doing Big Finish during his initial run with companion Charley Pollard, but changed his mind following the casting of Sheridan Smith as new companion Lucie Miller and the new direction for the Eighth Doctor.[2]

In the DWU[[edit] | [edit source]]

A version of Paul McGann was mentioned as being one of the actors in the Doctor Who TV movie, in Hospitality, a short story featuring the "lesbian novelist" Iris in Iris: Abroad.

Another version of Paul McGann appeared in the 2001 short story Father Time: "Set Visit", a speculative piece about what if the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures was part of the television series.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

As the Eighth Doctor

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mini-episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dark Eyes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doom Coalition[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ravenous[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stranded[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth Doctor: The Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]

The War Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sontarans vs Rutans[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Robots[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Paternoster Gang[[edit] | [edit source]]

Peladon[[edit] | [edit source]]

Classic Doctors, New Monsters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Once and Future[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doom's Day[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lord Victorious[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Diary of River Song[[edit] | [edit source]]

Susan's War[[edit] | [edit source]]

Master![[edit] | [edit source]]

The War Master[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stage plays[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Durian

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Minster of Chance[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Minster of Chance[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Roles

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Master![[edit] | [edit source]]

The War Master[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook Readings[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lord Fairy Tales[[edit] | [edit source]]

Documentaries[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ REF: Who-ology: The Official Miscellany
  2. ↑ https://www.bigfinish.com/podcasts/v/2021-10-31-twelfth-timejacked
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