Who's the Doddy?
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