Actor and comedian Lee Mack has revealed that he has bagged himself a small role in Doctor Who Series 11.
Mack, best known for his roles on the panel show Would I Lie to You? and sitcom Not Going Out, has said that he "harassed" showrunner Chris Chibnall into giving him a small part in Jodie Whittaker's first series.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends, he said: “Not only am I excited about the idea of someone being in Doctor Who, I am also possibly going to be in it as well.”
“I am blink-and-you’ll-miss-it,” he continued. “It’s just a little thing. I’ve just been a fan all my life, so I just harassed them until they gave me a little part in it.”
Mack is clearly a big fan of Doctor Who, as he also admitted just how he convinced Chibnall to give him the part.
“I even sent Chris, who runs the show, Chris Chibnall, a video of me getting out of my own TARDIS, which I own,” he said. “With a Dalek, which I own as well! And I said ‘Come on!’
“It’s genuinely a true story – I’ve got a TARDIS at home, it’s not bigger on the inside. And I said ‘Come on, give me a part.’ And he said ‘Alright!’ So that’s what you need to do if you want a part in something. Just send a video to someone, you’ll get the part.”
Realising that he perhaps shouldn't have revealed the news just yet, Mack went on to admit how this could all be pulled from his grasp before it even happens.
“Now I’m not gonna get the part because they’re gonna say ‘We told you not to say anything!’” he laughed.
Lee Mack is currently appearing in the latest series of his sitcom Not Going Out on BBC One (Thursdays, 9pm) and Doctor Who Series 11 is due to air in Autumn 2018.
Mack, best known for his roles on the panel show Would I Lie to You? and sitcom Not Going Out, has said that he "harassed" showrunner Chris Chibnall into giving him a small part in Jodie Whittaker's first series.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends, he said: “Not only am I excited about the idea of someone being in Doctor Who, I am also possibly going to be in it as well.”
“I am blink-and-you’ll-miss-it,” he continued. “It’s just a little thing. I’ve just been a fan all my life, so I just harassed them until they gave me a little part in it.”
Mack is clearly a big fan of Doctor Who, as he also admitted just how he convinced Chibnall to give him the part.
“I even sent Chris, who runs the show, Chris Chibnall, a video of me getting out of my own TARDIS, which I own,” he said. “With a Dalek, which I own as well! And I said ‘Come on!’
“It’s genuinely a true story – I’ve got a TARDIS at home, it’s not bigger on the inside. And I said ‘Come on, give me a part.’ And he said ‘Alright!’ So that’s what you need to do if you want a part in something. Just send a video to someone, you’ll get the part.”
Realising that he perhaps shouldn't have revealed the news just yet, Mack went on to admit how this could all be pulled from his grasp before it even happens.
“Now I’m not gonna get the part because they’re gonna say ‘We told you not to say anything!’” he laughed.
Lee Mack is currently appearing in the latest series of his sitcom Not Going Out on BBC One (Thursdays, 9pm) and Doctor Who Series 11 is due to air in Autumn 2018.
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