The 60th anniversary Doctor Who celebrations are in full swing this week, as the BBC builds to the release of the first special episode The Star Beast this Saturday. To mark the milestone, over 800 episodes of the beloved show have been added to an extensive online archive on BBC iPlayer – which will soon include writer Mark Gatiss's TV film An Adventure in Space and Time following its broadcast on BBC Four this Thursday.
Made in celebration of the 50th anniversary a decade ago, the biographical film tells a dramatized story of the creation of Doctor Who, with David Bradley portraying actor William Hartnell (who, of course, played the First Doctor). Recently, rumors have been circling that an extra scene has been filmed for the movie's upcoming broadcast. That's because actor Ncuti Gatwa, who we will see later this year as the Fifteenth Doctor, recently stated at the GQ Men of the Year event that he shot a scene with Hartnell saying (as per The Mirror): "It has been a crazy year. I shouldn't say this but I shot a scene, somehow, with the first ever Doctor, William Hartnell. We end up in the same scene together at some point."
