{"id":12594,"date":"2022-03-22T11:17:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T10:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1610693"},"modified":"2022-03-22T11:40:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T10:40:08","slug":"hugh-grant-addresses-doctor-who-rumours","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/hugh-grant-addresses-doctor-who-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Grant addresses Doctor Who rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 22 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The internet has been abuzz the past couple of days with news that Hugh Grant, star of Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Paddington 2, could be about to join Team TARDIS as the Fourteenth Doctor.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, <a href=\"\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/hugh-grant-tipped-new-doctor-26510434&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Mirror<\/a> quoted an insider on the BBC sci-fi series as saying that returning showrunner Russell T Davies wanted the star to <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-hugh-grant-rumour-newsupdate\/&quot;\">\u201cbring a fresh feel\u201d<\/a> to the role, and that \u201cconversations are in progress\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, Grant has now taken to Twitter to (supposedly) clear things up.<\/p>\n<p>Grant wrote last night: \u201cNothing against Dr W but I\u2019m not. No idea where the story came from.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Nothing against Dr W but I\u2019m not. No idea where the story came from. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/g1PG4VsqYN&quot;\">https:\/\/t.co\/g1PG4VsqYN<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/HackedOffHugh\/status\/1506042737962934282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Of course, this could just be a good bit of misdirection from Grant, but it would seem fairly definitive.<\/p>\n<p>If Grant was offered the role by Davies, this wouldn\u2019t be the first time \u2013 he was also approached to play the Ninth Doctor back in 2004, before the series\u2019 2005 revival.<\/p>\n<p>Grant said in 2007: \u201cI was offered the role of the Doctor a few years back and was highly flattered. It\u2019s only when you see it on screen that you think, \u2018Damn, that was good, why did I say no?'\u201d<\/p> <p>For now though, it would seem fans need to go back to the drawing board when it comes to theorising who will end up taking on the prized role after Jodie Whittaker\u2019s final episode.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-new-doctor-replacement\/&quot;\">Stars currently tipped<\/a> to be in the running include T\u2019Nia Miller, Olly Alexander and Lydia West.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-new-doctor-replacement\/&quot;\">Doctor Who: Who will play the next Doctor?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-multiverse-comment\/&quot;\">Is it time for Doctor Who to embrace the multiverse?<\/a><br\/><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/sea-devils-doctor-who-spring-special-newsupdate\/&quot;\">The Sea Devils will return to Doctor Who in Spring 2022 special<\/a><br\/><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Doctor Who returns to BBC One this spring with Legend of the Sea Devils. 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