Doctor no for Bernie Cribbins

Bernie, 79, Donna Noble’s grandad Wilfred in the current series, said: “When Jon Pertwee was leaving (in 1974) I went to be interviewed with a view to perhaps playing Doctor Who.

“I would love to have done it, I must say.

“We concluded the interview and I went home and didn’t get the job, obviously. Tom Baker got it.”

We’d have loved Who.