Previous Post I may have mentioned before that originally they were going to bring Donna's dad back in this series, but he fell ill and died before filming was complete. All of his part was re-written for Donna's grandfather, and Bernard Cribbins was brought back to play the role. Cribbins' first association with Dr Who was the 1964 cinema movie Daleks Invasion Earth 2150AD (see poster at http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2201196800/tt0060278 ), playing policeman Tom Campbell who inadvertently becomes the Doctor's companion after mistaking the TARDIS for a real police box (they were still in use in London back then). The move was a remake of the Hartnell episodes of the second Dalek story, with Peter Cushing in the lead role. Cribbins plays the bumbling hero. To me Cribbins is a much bigger star than Kylie Minogue, because he's been such a staple of British comedy shows and childrens' TV over here all my life. He was the narrator of The Wombles animated series and the most frquent storyteller on the long-running Jackanory programme and has a voice that is instantly recognisable to anybody of my age. It's wonderful to see him still acting and appearing in Doctor Who! I guess it would be like (I'm guessing here) Mr Rogers or Howdy Doody or somebody showing up as a regular in Star Trek.

Both have had number one selling records in the UK music charts.