Doctor Who star Sylvester McCoy breaks silence on BBC axing show 'I was really miffed'
express.co.ukExpress.co.uk that he was “really miffed” after he was let go by the BBC, after they had originally “twisted his arm” to stay on playing the final Doctor Who during its original run in the 1980s.The Scottish actor only wanted to stay on playing the time traveller for three years, but was urged by the public broadcaster to sign on for a fourth year, only for them to cut his run short.Sylvester explained: “Peter Davison [who played Doctor Who before him] told me, ‘Only do three years’. “So I thought when I signed on, I was going to do three years. “In the second year the producer came to me and said, ‘Listen, we like what you’re doing, so we want to book you for the fourth year’, and I thought, ‘Hmmm I’m not sure’. “He went, ‘If you don’t do.
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