{"id":54714,"date":"2024-07-12T11:06:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T09:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2071134"},"modified":"2024-07-12T13:11:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T11:11:17","slug":"doctor-whos-richard-e-grant-was-so-up-for-last-minute-rogue-cameo","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-whos-richard-e-grant-was-so-up-for-last-minute-rogue-cameo\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s Richard E Grant was \u201cso up\u201d for \u201clast-minute\u201d Rogue cameo"},"content":{"rendered":"

“As we watched that parade of Doctors, we just sat and went, ‘We’ve got to put an extra one in, we’ve got to.’ That\u2019s the fun of it.” <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 12 July 2024 at 09:06 AM<\/p>

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Eagle-eyed Doctor Who<\/a> fans were caught off guard earlier this year, when in the episode Rogue<\/a> they were shown a line-up of the Doctor\u2019s previous faces \u2013 including one they had long thought was non-canonical<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This was, of course, the version previously thought to be the Doctor\u2019s ninth incarnation, who was played by Richard E Grant in a 2003 animated web series Scream of the Shalka<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This was revealed not to be the case when Christopher Eccleston\u2019s Doctor was revealed in 2005, but Rogue seemingly confirmed he is indeed one of the Doctor\u2019s incarnations from some point in the timeline.<\/p>\n

Now, speaking in SFX magazine<\/a>, showrunner Russell T Davies has opened up about the appearance, and revealed that Grant actually had the photo taken which appeared in the show especially for it.<\/p>\n

\"Ncuti\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who: Rogue.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Davies explained that the cameo was \u201cfun\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnormous fun, absolutely, literally,\u201d he continued, adding that the cameo was just intended as \u201ca joke\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe talked about that many times with Kate and Briony. Just fun, a joke. It\u2019s funny. It\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sat here in his office with [writers] Kate [Herron] and Briony [Redman], and they just thought \u2018an unknown Doctor\u2019 \u2013 that\u2019s what the script said, because we had to work out who to get and how we could get him.<\/p>\n

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