8 Famous Actors Who Were Almost In Doctor Who

The glittering guest stars that could’ve been...

[danielopolot]

Ian Mckellan as Doctor Moon would have been so cool. Hope he appears in Doctor Who in a significant role some time.

[alyssinwilliams]

Id love to see Sir Patrick as The Doctor. It would have a feel much like series 1 I think.. much more serious and gritty.

[GM-yqxp]

you're saying we could've had a Jim Carrey Doctor?! What a missed would've been awesome!

[kylehan]

how is david tennant alomast in doctor who... he was the 10th doctor

[michaelmalone]

david bowie was almost in the last fifth doctor episodes

[alexconway]

Louise Brealey, who plays Molly in Sherlock, auditioned for Rose

[blackphoenix]

I've also heard that Eddie Murphy and Michael Jackson (!) were considered for the role of the Doctor in the US relaunch/reboot of Doctor Who (it eventually became the 1996 TV Movie, I think)

[jasonusher]

Tom Hanks was offered the role after Jim Carrey and turned it down because he loved the original show too much to maybe ruin it

[humantimelord]

Jenna Coleman was originally going to be cast as mells (Amy and rorys childhood friend)

[guitarmdpittsburgh]

Where in Hell did this list come from?

[lindseyshane]

Honestly maybe people wouldn't love river by that look who knows? I am not saying she does not look good but it is hard to imagine someone else as river.

[ooklathemokfan]

There was a rumor circulating prior to Series 4 that Sir Ben Kingsley was in talks to play Davros, but pulled out of the discussions very early into it. Any chance you can research and confirm?

[Sparrow]

I find this to be quite an interesting read:

[shawnattwells]

Agent Scully playing the Rani? Now that would be something I would like to see. Come on BBC, get a move on it! As for Patrick Stewart, what a shame; I always thought he would make a good Doctor - Jim Carrey, not so much.

[UrdnotWrex]

A US reboot? You mean the 1996 movie? We all know how much that sucked. Same happened when they tried to make an American Red Dwarf, the pilot flopped so hard that they tried to pretend it never happened.