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Catherine Tate has revealed that she hasn\u2019t been contacted about a possible return to Doctor Who<\/a> \u2013 but teased she would be open to reprising her role should the opportunity arise.<\/p>\n The Donna Noble star has been heavily linked with a return to the sci-fi show in recent months, with rumours that she might rejoin the cast for the upcoming 60th anniversary special.<\/p>\n And she addressed those rumours during an appearance on The One Show to promote her new film The Nan Movie, telling Jermaine Jenas that she \u201cprobably started a lot of them\u201d herself.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat can I tell you? No, I wish it was [true],\u201d she said. \u201cWell, no one\u2019s been in touch.\u201d<\/p>\n But she added: \u201cI\u2019m on the same number, I\u2019d just like to say. So, if you\u2019ve got the money, I\u2019ve got the time.\u201d<\/p> After first playing the role of Donna as a guest star in the 2006 Christmas special The Runaway Bride, Tate joined the TARDIS as a regular companion for season 4 in 2008, starring in a total of 16 episodes.<\/p>\n She has also reprised the role in a series of audio adventures for Big Finish, appearing alongside David Tennant in The Tenth Doctor Adventures.<\/p>\n Talk of a return is partly enhanced by the fact that former showrunner Russell T Davies, who was the boss during Tate\u2019s time on the show, is returning to helm the 14th season.<\/p>\n Davies will take over from outgoing showrunner Chris Chibnall, who will be stepping down alongside current Doctor Jodie Whittaker later this year.<\/p>\n Doctor Who continues with Legend of the Sea Devils on BBC One this spring. For more, check out our dedicated\u00a0Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0page or our full\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Patrick Cremona Published: Tuesday, 15 March 2022 at 12:00 am Catherine Tate has revealed that she hasn\u2019t been contacted about a possible return to Doctor Who \u2013 but teased she would be open to reprising her role should the opportunity arise. The Donna Noble star has been heavily linked with a return to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":12228,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/catherine-tate-addresses-doctor-who-return-rumours.jpg",1200,750,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/catherine-tate-addresses-doctor-who-return-rumours-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/catherine-tate-addresses-doctor-who-return-rumours-300x188.jpg",300,188,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/catherine-tate-addresses-doctor-who-return-rumours-768x480.jpg",768,480,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/catherine-tate-addresses-doctor-who-return-rumours-1024x640.jpg",800,500,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/catherine-tate-addresses-doctor-who-return-rumours.jpg",1200,750,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/03\/catherine-tate-addresses-doctor-who-return-rumours.jpg",1200,750,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Patrick Cremona Published: Tuesday, 15 March 2022 at 12:00 am Catherine Tate has revealed that she hasn\u2019t been contacted about a possible return to Doctor Who \u2013 but teased she would be open to reprising her role should the opportunity arise. The Donna Noble star has been heavily linked with a return to the…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/12227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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