{"id":40989,"date":"2023-12-02T20:52:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T19:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1937997"},"modified":"2023-12-02T22:40:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T21:40:52","slug":"doctor-who-dedicates-wild-blue-yonder-to-bernard-cribbins","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-dedicates-wild-blue-yonder-to-bernard-cribbins\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who dedicates Wild Blue Yonder to Bernard Cribbins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The iconic actor returned to film Doctor Who before his death in 2022. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Louise Griffin\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 02 December 2023 at 19:52 PM<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-special-release-date\/\">Doctor Who\u2019s<\/a> second 60th anniversary special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-wild-blue-yonder-trailer-newsupdate\/\">Wild Blue Yonder<\/a> has been dedicated to the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-bernard-cribbins-wilf-return-60th-anniversary-newsupdate\/\">Bernard Cribbins<\/a> after he made his return as beloved character Wilf.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first time in 15 years that Cribbins has returned to Doctor Who, and it was his final role <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/bernard-cribbins-dead-newsupdate\/\">before he died<\/a> in July 2022 at the age of 93.<\/p>\n<p>The second special showed the Doctor and Donna returning to Earth after quite the adventure \u2013 albeit a day or two out.<\/p>\n<p>As they opened the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-new-tardis-interior-revealed-newsupdate\/\">TARDIS<\/a> doors, they stumbled across Donna\u2019s grandfather, Wilf, with the world in chaos, presumably heralding the arrival of Neil Patrick Harris\u2019s Toymaker in the next special.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Hello, me old soldier!&#8221;<br\/><br\/>In memory of Bernard Cribbins \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DoctorWho?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DoctorWho<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZXb4BPMcUg\">pic.twitter.com\/ZXb4BPMcUg<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcdoctorwho\/status\/1731036764377161773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>The final scenes of the special saw Wilf assuring Donna that the rest of the Noble family are safe and that he promised to keep watch, as the world descends into chaos.<\/p>\n<p>A message at the end of the episode read: \u201cIn loving memory of Bernard Cribbins, 1928 to 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cribbins\u2019s return to Doctor Who for the 60th anniversary specials was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/david-tennant-bernard-cribbins-tv-performance-doctor-who-newsupdate\/\">confirmed by David Tennant<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year, who said: \u201cI am thrilled to say that \u2013 although very sadly he wasn\u2019t in those episodes as much as we hoped \u2013 he was on set with us and Wilfred lives on.<\/p> <p>\u201cBernard is much missed and much grieved for, but I am so excited that his final screen performance will be [one] I had the great honour of being part of, and you\u2019ll see it all on your screens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also appeared in behind-the-scenes footage of the read-through, with showrunner Russell T Davies saying: \u201cThe whole room sighed when Bernard Cribbins said his first line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside of Doctor Who, Cribbins was known for his appearances in the Carry On films, as well as The Railway Children, and his various roles in children\u2019s TV, including voicing The Wombles and being the most-featured celebrity storyteller on BBC series Jackanory.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The iconic actor returned to film Doctor Who before his death in 2022. 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