Russell starred in the very first episode of Doctor Who in 1963 as Ian Chesterton, one of the teachers whisked away into the Tardis for a life of adventures in time and space as a companion to Hartnell’s Doctor. The Power of the Doctor harked back to the very origins of Doctor Who, with the actor David Bradley reprising his interpretation of the first Doctor William Hartnell, and a cameo appearance by William Russell, now aged 97. Now we get to sit back and enjoy it as the fans that we can be, knowing whatever is to come, we were once a part of that.”
Ncuti will be extraordinary, and he will bring an audience that we haven’t reached, and his performance will be so magical. This family grows, and it’ll be bigger than us, and it’ll go on. Speaking of her position in the history of the show, she said: “You are a tiny drop in the ocean of Doctor Who, and you’ve got to tread lightly and earn your place. Whittaker’s final episode pitted her against some of the Time Lord’s best-known enemies: Daleks, the Cybermen and the Master, played in this incarnation by Sacha Dhawan, seen hiding out in Russia in 1916 as Grigori Rasputin, and at one point dancing to Boney M’s trademark disco hit.Īt the episode’s premiere screening in London, Whittaker had described it as encapsulating “everything that’s come out of showrunner Chris Chibnall’s brain and his love of Doctor Who”, and said the experience of being the Doctor was something “you’ve just got to treasure”. The 90-minute special, The Power of the Doctor, was made as part of the BBC’s centenary celebrations, and also featured cameos from actors who had piloted the Tardis in the 1980s and 90s, with Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann all reprising the role of the Doctor, appearances that had been kept a closely guarded secret in advance by the BBC’s publicity machine.
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