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A Classic Doctor Who Companion Convinced Paul McGann to Accept the Part of the Eighth Doctor

Paul McGann has revealed that Janet Fielding urged him to accept the role of the Eighth Doctor in 1996’s Doctor Who, aka The TV Movie. Fielding played Fourth and Fifth Doctor companion, Tegan Jovanka, but at the time, she was working as an agent. McGann recalls: “Once we got to Canada and started work on it, and the fact that my agent was Janet Fielding… we started talking, and she said, ‘Look, you know, this ain’t going to be like the other jo…
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The Doctor Who Companion broke the news on Friday, May 22, 2026.
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