Express.co.uk that the BBC made him agree to stay on for a fourth year as Doctor Who, or they would pull the plug on his third run as the Time Lord.
However, in a shocking twist of events, the public broadcaster ended up cancelling the show regardless, which left the Scottish born actor feeling “slightly miffed”.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 the fourth year, you won’t do the third year’.“So they twisted my arm,.
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