Paul McGann has said that he still has hopes of returning to Doctor Who.

The actor took part in Doctor Who's 50th anniversary celebration last year by appearing in the mini-episode 'The Night of the Doctor'.

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McGann later said it was a "real privilege" to play The Doctor again, and has now revealed that he would be open to reprising the role.

He told Yahoo: "If the same thing were to happen again and [showrunner Steven] Moffat were to say, 'Would you come back and do it and I'll write it?'

"Why wouldn't I want to do it? If it's going to be that quality, why wouldn't you want to do it?"



McGann added that the focus of the series should remain on Peter Capaldi, who plays the latest incarnation of the Time Lord.

The actor said: "There's always all kinds of rumours. Doctor Who is like a rumour mill, isn't it? 'Yeah, McGann is gonna do this, Matt is gonna do that, there's going to be a spin-off, blah blah blah'. Of course it's all bollocks because it's Moffat who decides what they're going to do next.

"And of course, now you've got a new Doctor in Peter Capaldi - I think it's only fair that he gets a decent run on his own without any distractions so he gets his feet under the table."

Capaldi's first full series of Doctor Who will air on BBC One in the UK and BBC America in the US in late 2014.

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