"The script was written before the other actors to play the Doctor (Richard E. Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant and Joanna Lumley) were asked to appear, and Sue was delighted when they all agreed: "They were all lovely, and everyone had a great time."
All the actors playing the Doctor had been named as possible candidates to play the role at some time or other, and this wasn't even the first time that Jim Broadbent had appeared as the Doctor: he also played the Time Lord in a Victoria Wood sketch, and has graced the cover of Doctor Who Magazine."
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"The script was written before the other actors to play the Doctor (Richard E. Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant and Joanna Lumley) were asked to appear, and Sue was delighted when they all agreed: "They were all lovely, and everyone had a great time."
All the actors playing the Doctor had been named as possible candidates to play the role at some time or other, and this wasn't even the first time that Jim Broadbent had appeared as the Doctor: he also played the Time Lord in a Victoria Wood sketch, and has graced the cover of Doctor Who Magazine."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/08/10/13656.shtml