{"id":37775,"date":"2023-02-28T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=37775"},"modified":"2023-02-28T11:18:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T11:18:00","slug":"kris-marshall-would-love-to-play-doctor-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2023\/02\/28\/kris-marshall-would-love-to-play-doctor-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris Marshall Would Love to Play Doctor Who"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My Family<\/em> star, Kris Marshall, has said he would still find it “wonderful” to join “the pantheon” of Doctor Who<\/em> actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While publicising his new show, Beyond Paradise<\/em> (which is rather excellent and is shown on BBC1 on Fridays), on BBC Radio Cornwall, the show’s host, David White, said that Kris would be a brilliant Doctor; Marshall replied:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You know, I’ve been hearing this for quite some time. It’s a wonderful show, with an amazing history – one of the vanguard of the BBC shows roster.<\/p>

“It will be wonderful to have a go at it and join the pantheon – if that’s the right word – of brilliant Doctor Whos there’s been. Whether that happens, I don’t know. I’m really loving what I’m doing at the moment and where I am on Beyond Paradise. Hopefully I’ll be doing this for a while but, you know, never say never.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

(Saying that, he’s never actually seen Doctor Who<\/em><\/a>. At least not the last time we heard…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funnily enough, Kris’ name was attached to Doctor Who<\/em> a few years ago, potentially for the role of the Thirteenth Doctor (which instead went to Jodie Whittaker) — that came as he left Death in Paradise<\/em>, in which played DI Humphrey Goodman, arguably his best-known part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He returns as Goodman in Death in Paradise<\/em> spin-off, Beyond Paradise<\/em>, a programme set in Devon and filmed extensively in the gorgeous Cornish seaside town of Looe. As another TV staple (albeit on ITV) set in Cornwall, Doc Martin<\/em>, came to an end with the previous series (and Christmas special), Beyond Paradise<\/em> was certainly a genius commission by the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve missed the first episode, catch up on iPlayer — it’s well worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So might Kris make a good Doctor? I personally think so, but for now, I’m happy we’ve got David Tennant and Ncuti Gatwa in the near future…<\/p>\n

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“Never say never”, says the Beyond Paradise actor…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"Kris Marshall from the fantastic #BeyondParadise (@BeyondPOfficial) Would Love to Play #DoctorWho","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[205],"tags":[6925,411,44,1908,3333,2848,2373,4677,49,2264],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Death-in-Paradise-Kris-Marshall-Josephine-Jobert.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8548,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2017\/03\/05\/betting-suspended-on-kris-marshall-becoming-the-thirteenth-doctor\/","url_meta":{"origin":37775,"position":0},"title":"Betting Suspended on Kris Marshall Becoming The Thirteenth Doctor","author":"Philip Bates","date":"5 March 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Since the announcement that he's quit\u00a0Death in Paradise, Kris Marshall's name has been linked to\u00a0Doctor Who - and speculation has never been more rife, since bookmakers suspending betting on the actor playing the Thirteenth Doctor. 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