{"id":44176,"date":"2024-01-19T12:09:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T11:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1963785"},"modified":"2024-01-19T13:44:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T12:44:55","slug":"sylvester-mccoy-reminisces-about-first-ever-doctor-who-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/sylvester-mccoy-reminisces-about-first-ever-doctor-who-broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvester McCoy reminisces about first ever Doctor Who broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The BBC had to repeat the first episode of Doctor Who the following week because no one had watched it.” <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 19 January 2024 at 11:09 AM<\/p>

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Sylvester McCoy has spoken of his fond memories of Doctor Who<\/a> and reflected on the sci-fi\u2019s first ever episode.<\/p>\n

Ahead of his guest role as a very different kind of doctor in BBC One\u2019s Father Brown, McCoy said he was \u201castonished and delighted\u201d to still being part of the Doctor Who family.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt\u2019s been 60 years now. I know where I was when it first came out, partly because I know where I was when John F Kennedy was shot, which happened the day before Doctor Who was broadcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe BBC had to repeat the first episode of Doctor Who the following week because no one had watched it. They were all glued to the news about the Kennedy assassination and Doctor Who got pushed out. But when Doctor Who started, we had no concept it would go on forever and ever and ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCoy added: \u201cI\u2019m still making it and being Doctor Who. They\u2019re still producing audio dramas with the 20th century Doctors and some of the 21st century Doctors. It\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>

Of course, fans also saw McCoy return to Doctor Who on screen for Jodie Whittaker\u2019s final ever episode<\/a> alongside fellow Doctors Colin Baker, Peter Davison and Paul McGann, as well as returning companions Sophie Aldred and Janet Fielding.<\/p>\n

But now, fans of McCoy are able to see him in an entirely new role as a \u201cgrumpy\u201d doctor in Father Brown<\/a> \u2013 airing today (Friday 19th January) at 1:45pm on BBC One and already available on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n

McCoy said of his character: \u201cHe is very grumpy and bad-tempered, and threatens to kill someone. And so, obviously, he becomes the number one suspect for a while, until number two comes along, then three and four.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The episode, entitled The Hermit of Hazelnut Cottage, sees McCoy feature as suspicious Dr McClurgy. According to the synopsis: \u201cWhen Brenda (Ruby-May Martinwood) receives a letter from Dr McClurgy (Sylvester McCoy), who took her in as an evacuee, she decides to finally ask why he suddenly sent her away to a children\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
\u201cFather Brown (Mark Williams) and Mrs Devine (Claudie Blakley) take Brenda to see him in nearby Butterley Rise, but soon discover that it was actually Dotty Finglesham (Melanie Walters) who wrote the letter, desperate to help Dr McClurgy. He\u2019s become a hermit since his home was threatened by a local housing development and is refusing to move.<\/p>\n
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