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'''Paul McGann''' was an [[actor]] who portrayed [[The Doctor (fictional character)|the Doctor]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'') or "Doctor Who", ([[WC]]: ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'') in the [[Doctor Who TV movie (Bafflement and Devotion)|''Doctor Who'' TV movie]].
'''Paul McGann''' was an [[actor]] who portrayed [[The Doctor (fictional character)|the Doctor]] in the [[Doctor Who TV movie (in-universe)|''Doctor Who'' TV movie]]. An [[Older man (Hospitality)|older man]] and a [[Boy 1 (Hospitality)|boy]] expressed a sexual interest in the actor after the airing of the movie. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Hospitality (short story)}})


An [[Older man (Hospitality)|older man]] and a [[Boy 1 (Hospitality)|boy]] expressed a sexual interest in the actor after the airing of the movie. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
Evidently, "Paul McGann" here was intended to be an in-universe version of [[Paul McGann|the real Paul McGann]], who portrayed the [[Eighth Doctor]]. Although he was not given a clear in-universe illustration during the narrative of [[WC]]: ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'', or indeed [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'', the end of the [[webcast]] included a screen featuring [[photograph]]s of each Doctor who would be present at the event, in-costume as "[[the Doctor]]".


He was considered by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] to be one of the greatest actors on [[Earth]]. He was brought together, along with many other actors to portray "Doctor Who", for a special breakfast in "[[London]]'s glittering [[West End]]". The Twelfth Doctor considered making an appearance, to "see what these [[Fiction|fictions]] [were] like." ([[WC]]: ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'')
In ''[[Doctor What (Whoah! comic story 1)|Doctor What 1]]'', a [[The Doctor|Doctor]] called "[[...and I]]" appeared, a reference to Paul McGann's role in ''[[Withnail and I]]''. Additionally, Paul's ''Withnail and I'' co-star [[Richard E Grant]] also [[Richard E Grant (in-universe)|exists in-universe]].
 
==Behind the scenes==
[[File:Paul McGann photo.jpg|left|thumb|An ambiguously in-universe [[photograph]] of Paul McGann. ([[WC]]: ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'')]]
Evidently, "Paul McGann" here was, in both cases, intended to be an in-universe version of [[Paul McGann|the real Paul McGann]], who portrayed the [[Eighth Doctor]]. Although he was not given a clear in-universe illustration during the narrative of [[WC]]: ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'', or indeed [[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'', the end of the [[webcast]] included a screen featuring [[Photograph|photographs]] of each Doctor who would be present at the event, in-costume as "[[the Doctor]]". If taken as an in-universe representation of McGann, this qualifies as the only in-universe illustration of the character [[Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who?)|outside of parodies]].
 
In ''[[Doctor What (Whoah! comic story 1)|Doctor What 1]]'', a [[The Doctor|Doctor]] called "[[...and I]]" appeared, a reference to Paul McGann's role in ''[[Withnail and I]]''. Additionally, Paul's ''Withnail and I'' co-star [[Richard E Grant]] also [[Richard E Grant (Independence Day)|exists in-universe]].


In {{w|Portia Da Costa}}'s erotic novel ''The Stranger'', which featured an amnesiac character to parse as the [[Eighth Doctor]], the mysterious stranger's true name was "Paul Bowman", obviously derived from Paul McGann.
In {{w|Portia Da Costa}}'s erotic novel ''The Stranger'', which featured an amnesiac character to parse as the [[Eighth Doctor]], the mysterious stranger's true name was "Paul Bowman", obviously derived from Paul McGann.
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A [[Paul McGann (Father Time: "Set Visit")|version of McGann]] appeared in the speculative story ''[[Father Time: "Set Visit" (short story)|Father Time: "Set Visit"]]'', published in [[2001]].
A [[Paul McGann (Father Time: "Set Visit")|version of McGann]] appeared in the speculative story ''[[Father Time: "Set Visit" (short story)|Father Time: "Set Visit"]]'', published in [[2001]].


===Information from invalid sources ===
=== Information from invalid sources ===
[[File:Paul McGann photo.jpg|left|thumb|A [[photograph]] of Paul McGann. ([[WC]]: ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'')]]
When looking back on the events immediately following on from the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s regeneration into the [[Eighth Doctor]] in [[1999]] [[San Francisco]], a [[The Doctor (Introduction to the Night)|later incarnation]] of the Doctor noted that he "looked like Paul McGann" in the footage he presented. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Introduction to the Night (TV story)|Introduction to the Night]]'')
When looking back on the events immediately following on from the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s regeneration into the [[Eighth Doctor]] in [[1999]] [[San Francisco]], a [[The Doctor (Introduction to the Night)|later incarnation]] of the Doctor noted that he "looked like Paul McGann" in the footage he presented. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Introduction to the Night (TV story)|Introduction to the Night]]'')
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The [[Twelfth Doctor]] considered McGann to be one of the greatest actors on [[Earth]]. He was brought together, along with many other actors to portray "Doctor Who", for a special breakfast in "[[London]]'s glittering [[West End]]". The Twelfth Doctor considered making an appearance, to "see what these [[Fiction|fictions]] [were] like." ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'')
 
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