Troughton Cast in An Adventure in Space and Time

Actor and comedian Reece Shearsmith is to play Patrick Troughton in the 50th Anniversary docudrama, An Adventure in Space and Time, it has been confirmed.

Mark Gatiss told the Radio Times: “I first asked Reece about 12 years ago when I started thinking about this project. We were in the midst of League of Gentlemen and I just remember thinking, if anyone plays Patrick Troughton, it should be Reece. Like the second Doctor, he’s small, saturnine and a comic genius. The complete package. He thought it was a fantastic idea and I’ve kind of nurtured it all this time.

“Reece has a funny relationship with Doctor Who – mostly to do with impressions of the Borad from Timelash! He and a friend were obsessed with season 22 [Colin Baker’s Doctor, 1985]. One of my earliest memories of Reece is him going, ‘I am the Borad!’ He’ll do the whole of Timelash at the drop of a hat. Which is a strange qualification. He’s not steeped in Doctor Who like I am, but has been lightly dipped over the years. I know he’s delighted to be a part of An Adventure in Space and Time.”

There’s also a new pic of David Bradley as William Hartnell and Lesley Manville as Hartnell’s wife, Heather.