Who's the Doddy?

Comic mooted for Tardis role

Ken Dodd has been mooted as the next Doctor Who.

The regular rumour that the show is to return has resurfaces again, but this time suggesting the 74-year-old comic takes control of the Tardis

Doddy told the Liverpool Daily Post: "It's a great idea. I'm intergalactic about the thought of it. I would love to travel back in time, probably to when I was 21!

"I was in the show when Sylvester McCoy was Dr Who and had a wonderful time. I would be discomknockerated and excited to be the Doctor himself."

Dodd previously appeared as Tollmaster in a 1987 episode, opposite Sylvester McCoy and Bonnie Langford.

The BBC has not commented on the rumours.

But Ian Wheeler of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, said: "There have been so many projects that have been due to go ahead that until there's actually a formal announcement we tend not to get too excited - but it's quite fun to speculate.

"Ken Dodd is a great character and a national treasure. What people forget is that he has actually done Shakespeare and is a serious actor."

Published: 27 Feb 2002

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