Doctor Who: Bernard Cribbins Returns

News 30 Mar 2009 - 12:20
Bernard Cribbins

After a short break, a very familiar face is spotted on set - but does this mean someone else is coming back too? There's also some news of a trailer...

Filming on David Tennant's final Doctor Who story has begun today with the return of the actor Bernard Cribbins.

Cribbins, who plays Donna Noble's grandfather Wilf, was last seen in the Series 4 finale, Journey's End and first appeared in Doctor Who in the 1966 film, Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150AD.

The legendary actor was spotted on set in Tredegar House where Who has filmed a number of times, including most recently in The Next Doctor. Next week, the production team are heading to another familiar location - the house used for Donna Noble's home.

David Harewood, currently starring as Friar Tuck in BBC1's Robin Hood, confirmed on Jonathan Ross's radio show that he will also be starring in the two part finale, due to air over the Christmas period.

The first special, Planet of the Dead, is due to air April 12, with the first trailer being broadcast this Wednesday on BBC1.

Check out the new and ever growing Doctor Who page at DoG, where we are marshalling all the Who content at the site, including interviews, DVD and episode reviews, lists, opinions and articles on our favourite time traveller...

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Submitted by Colleen on Sat, 2009-04-11 01:21.

I love Wilf, and I love Bernard Cribbins. I love Donna, can't stand her mum Sylvia...Wish I had Bernard Cribbins for my Gramps!

Submitted by Robmac on Tue, 2009-03-31 15:02.

Will there be Wombles?

Submitted by 1tango13 on Mon, 2009-03-30 22:45.

I thought we'd finally got rid of Donna. This has angered me.

Submitted by gbollard on Tue, 2009-03-31 01:37.

Better Donna than Rose (again).

Submitted by will76 on Tue, 2009-03-31 03:11.

They may both need to come back to finalize Mr. Tennant's doctor: Donna is the human host for the Doctor's mind in hibernate. Rose has the Doctor's human Doppelganger. Either both stories carry on to the eleventh or .....? Remember the the Fourth Doctor had a "Watcher" preparing the time for his regeneration.

Submitted by lenyjr on Tue, 2009-03-31 03:27.

Or it could be a "see everyone from this regeneration" scene a la the Davison to C. Baker changeover