VETERAN actor Brian Blessed says he would love to play the next Time Lord - almost 50 years after he turned down the role.
Brian, who grew up in Goldthorpe, was originally asked to star in the series in 1966 but had to turn it down due to work commitments.
He told Calibre Magazine he would jump at the chance to play Dr Who when Peter Capaldi departs the role.
He said: “I would love to play the Doctor, absolutely. Around the Z Cars time in the 1970s, I was actually in talks with the producers, who said, ‘We’re very keen for you to be the Doctor, to follow William Hartnell, and we’d like you to play him very young. You’ve got a very vivid imagination Brian. You can be quite normal and then also very, very eccentric.’.”
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