The 8th Doctor, Paul McGann, hasn’t ruled out more live-action Doctor Who, as long as it’s “a little bit every now and then”…

Despite his prolific and often terrific audio appearances in the role, Paul McGann’s Doctor has only been seen on screen in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie and 2013’s delightful mini-episode The Night Of The Doctor.

But will he ever appear in live-action form again? Mr McGann himself, it seems, is rather keen on he idea…

“I don’t mind doing a little bit every now and again and stealing all the glory!” “It’s quite fun. You’re coming in at the 89th minute and scoring the winning penalty – yeah, I’ll do that.”

“Whereas poor old [Peter] Capaldi’s gotta do nine months and 16-hour days. Yeah, OK, let him do that. Let someone else do the heavy lifting!” he joked, before going on to explain his feelings towards his time in the role.

“Just on a personal level, if I ever had misgivings – just about being in Doctor Who in the first place, or the nature of it – they’ve long since gone. I really enjoy it. It’s a good family to be part of – and it’s still going places. It’s a lovely thing to be associated with.”

He sounds like a nice chap, doesn’t he?

But the bigger question, of course, is how Steven Moffat or future showrunners could find away to squeeze McGann in without distracting us all too much from the incumbent Time Lord. What made sense during the anniversary year is a little harder to find room for in a standard series of the show, after all.