Justin Timberlake desire to play the Riddler in the next Batman movie — but he should aspire mellow . Robbie Williams , lead singer from Take That ! , came amazingly close to playing the Doctor on Doctor Who . In the vivify adventure “ Scream of the Shalka , ” that is .
The 2003 revivify story , which seem on the BBC website , is finally getting the videodisk discharge it deserves in a couple of weeks . And according toBlogtor Who , the “ making of ” featurette include the freaky fact that Williams was gravely count as the next Doctor .
Producer Muirinn Lane Kelly says , “ We got Good Book that Robbie Williams was concerned in play The Dr. . We all baby-sit around wonder , ‘ Is this a good idea ? Is this a screwball idea ? ’ Although , when it all shook down it turned out he was n’t usable and it was n’t that possible . ” Writer Paul Cornell and manufacturer James Goss are both quoted as saying , in different ways , that this cast could have helped play Doctor Who to the attention of a prominent mainstream audience .
Although in the end , the more credible Richard E. Grant wound up playing the role rather , hold his own diametrical Sophie Okonedo as Alison and Sir Derek Jakobi as a version of the Doctor ’s nemesis , the Master .
Alsocoming on DVD : William Hartnell ’s terminal story “ The Tenth Planet , ” with the final sequence animated as well as retrace from survive footage and telesnaps ; and “ The Moonbase , ” the second Cyberman fib , with the two missing episodes similarly revive .
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