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| birth_place = Kensington, Liverpool, England| known_for = Eighth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who| occupation = Actor| years_active = 1982–present| education = Royal Academy of Dramatic ArtAnnie Milner2012|end=div}}| partner = Susannah Harker (2006–2008)

• Joseph McGann
• Jake McGann

{edih}Joe McGann (brother)Mark McGann (brother)>Stephen McGann (brother)|Heidi Thomas (sister-in-law)}}}}Paul John McGann ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|ɡ|æ|n}} {{respell|mə|GAN}};As pronounced by McGann in his 2009 Talksport interview. born 14 November 1959) is an English actor. He came to prominence for portraying Percy Toplis in the television serial The Monocled Mutineer (1986), then starred in the dark comedy Withnail and I (1987), which was a critical success and developed a cult following. McGann later became more widely known for portraying the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the 1996 television film Doctor Who. He is also known for playing Lieutenant William Bush in the TV series Hornblower (1998–2003).

Early life

Paul John McGann was born in Liverpool on 14 November 1959,WEB,www.filmreference.com/film/37/Paul-McGann.html, Paul McGann Biography (1959–), filmreference.com, 2014, 8 September 2014, into a Roman Catholic family. His ancestors immigrated from Ireland in the mid-19th century, having left due to the Great Famine.INTERVIEW, Paul, McGann,www.independent.ie/lifestyle/actor-paul-mcgann-enters-his-second-act-29453891.html, Actor Paul McGann enters his second act, Irish Independent, Emily, Hourican, 29 July 2013, 25 October 2017, WEB,drwhointerviews.wordpress.com/tag/paul-mcgann/, Paul McGann | Doctor Who Interview Archive, Drwhointerviews.wordpress.com, 25 August 2009, 25 June 2013, His mother, Clare, was a teacher, and his father Joe, who died in 1984, was a metallurgist.WEB, Shennan, Paddy, 30 July 2017, Surviving famine, the Titanic and D-Day - the amazing story of the McGanns,www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/surviving-famine-titanic-d-day-13406784, 19 March 2021, Liverpool Echo, en, WEB, Dwyer, Ciara, 21 August 2017, McGann: ‘I have their blood in my veins - but I own my story’,www.independent.ie/entertainment/mcgann-i-have-their-blood-in-my-veins-but-i-own-my-story-36046761.html, 19 March 2021, Independent Ireland, en, WEB,www.filmreference.com/film/37/Paul-McGann.html, Paul McGann Biography (1959–), Filmreference.com, 14 November 1959, 10 October 2012, His cousin, Ritchie Routledge, was in the 1960s band The Cryin’ Shames.NEWS, Jones, Catherine, Liverpool actor Paul McGann talks about his 30-year stage and screen career ahead of Club Geek Chic In Conversation appearance at St George’s Hall,www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-actor-paul-mcgann-talks-3354175, Liverpool Echo, 8 May 2013, He has an older brother, Joe, and three younger siblings: brothers Mark and Stephen and sister Clare. All three of his brothers are also actors and the four of them played brothers in the 1995 TV serial The Hanging Gale. That same year, McGann also played Grigori Potemkin in the television film Catherine the Great alongside Mark and Stephen.McGann attended Cardinal Allen Grammar School in the Liverpool suburb of West Derby. He was 17 and working in a shoe shop when he acted on the advice of one of his teachers and successfully auditioned for a place on the acting course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1980, the Principal of RADA, Hugh Cruttwell, selected a scene from an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which McGann co-wrote with Bruce Payne, to be performed in front of Queen Elizabeth II in one of her rare visits to the academy. Kenneth Branagh performed a soliloquy from Hamlet at the same event.The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1980) An Entertainment, 19 November 1980 programme, GBS Theatre: London.

Career

Early work and breakthrough

McGann’s breakthrough role was in Give Us a Break, devised by Geoff McQueen, McGann played a good snooker player who got into scrapes with Robert Lindsay, who played his wideboy manager. The series was a comedy drama in the vein of the popular ITV series of the time, Minder. The series only lasted for one season and it was concluded by a one-off special. His first major dramatic role was the British World War I deserter and criminal Percy Toplis in the 1986 BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer. The film was based on the 1978 book of the same name, written by William Alison and John Fairley.WEB,www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/aug/03/paul-mcgann-actor, Portrait of the artist: Paul McGann, actor, Barnett, Laura, August 3, 2009, The Guardian, May 9, 2018, The serial garnered controversy from British right-wing media,BOOK, Badsey, Stephen, The Media and International Security, Routledge, 2000, 83–84,books.google.com/books?id=fKtBLkjm83AC, 0-7146-4848-5, though McGann’s performance garnered acclaim.WEB,www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/feb/29/next-box-set-monocled-mutineer, Your next box set: The Monocled Mutineer, The Guardian, 18 March 2023, In 1986, he was cast as the anonymous main character (Marwood) in Bruce Robinson’s cult film, Withnail and I. He also starred as Anton Skrebensky in Ken Russell’s 1989 adaptation of D. H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow. McGann’s other early film appearances include The Monk, Dealers, Tree of Hands and the epic war film Empire of the Sun. McGann and other young British actors who were becoming established film actors such as Tim Roth, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Bruce Payne were dubbed the ‘Brit Pack’.WEB,www.brucepayne.de/press/articles/facearticle1987.html, The Brit Pack, Brucepayne.de, 10 October 2012, BOOK,books.google.com/books?id=OXRBBAAAQBAJ&dq=bruce+payne+brit+pack&pg=PA198, Alan, Kistler, Doctor Who: A History, Lyons Press, 2013, 20 November 2021, 198, Rowman & Littlefield, 9781493000166, Since 1989, McGann has concentrated primarily on television work, including Nice Town and Nature Boy for the BBC, and The One That Got Away and the second series of Hornblower for ITV. However, he has had small roles in a number of high-profile American films like The Three Musketeers and Alien 3. His role in Alien 3 was originally larger, but much of it was edited out of the final print. The cut footage can be seen in the extended version of the film.{{cn|date=September 2023}}In 1992, he was cast as Richard Sharpe, the lead character in the Sharpe series of made-for-TV films based on Bernard Cornwell’s novels; however he injured his knee while playing football just days into filming Sharpe’s Rifles in Ukraine. He was replaced by Sean Bean and the role effectively kick-started Bean’s career and is the one that he is most closely identified with.{{cn|date=September 2023}}Doctor Who“>

Doctor Who

McGann played the eighth incarnation of the Doctor, in the Doctor Who 1996 television film. The television film also starred Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook and featured the outgoing Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy. McGann’s brother, Mark McGann, also auditioned for the title role.WEB, The Changing Face of Doctor Who - How the BBC recast TV’s Time Lord,www.bbc.co.uk/archive/changingwho/10303.shtml?page=16, BBC Archive,web.archive.org/web/20100416181521/https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/changingwho/10303.shtml?page=16, 16 April 2010, dead, The Doctor Who television film was a joint venture between the BBC, Universal Studios and the Fox Broadcasting Network. McGann had signed a contract to appear as the Eighth Doctor in a new Doctor Who television series, if Fox or Universal exercised their option. Thus, the television film was supposed to be a “back door pilot” in that, if it obtained respectable ratings, the new series would continue to be produced. The film was shown on 14 May 1996 in the US and on 27 May 1996 in the UK. Although it had 9.08 million viewers and was very successful in the UK, ratings were very low in the United States. As a consequence, Fox did not exercise its option to pick up the series and Universal could not find another network interested in airing a new Doctor Who series. Thus no new series was produced until 2005, after all the contractual rights had returned to the BBC.(File:Paul McGann.JPG|thumb|McGann in March 2007|240x240px)McGann gave permission for his likeness to be used on the covers of the BBC’s Eighth Doctor novel and he has reprised the role of the Eighth Doctor in an extensive series of audio plays by Big Finish Productions. A number of these plays have also been broadcast on BBC Radio 7 (later BBC Radio 4 Extra).After months of speculation, on 14 November 2013 (coincidentally McGann’s birthday), as part of the show’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, McGann finally reprised his role as the Eighth Doctor, in the mini-episode “The Night of the Doctor”. In this appearance his incarnation of the Doctor finally regenerates, 17 years after his first television appearance, into a previously unknown Doctor played by John Hurt. Additionally, McGann briefly appeared in the anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.“The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot”, BBC programmes, retrieved 26 November 2013.He made his first appearance on the main television series in a cameo in the 2022 special “The Power of the Doctor”, alongside other past Doctors.WEB, Belam, Martin, 2022-10-23, Jodie Whittaker exits Doctor Who with surprise regeneration twist,www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/oct/23/jodie-whittaker-david-tennant-ncuti-gatwa-doctor-who-power-of-the-doctor-bbc-centenary-special, 2022-10-27, the Guardian, en, WEB, Jeffery, Morgan, 2022-10-23, Doctor Who brings back classic Doctors for centenary special,www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-classic-doctors-centenary-newsupdate/, 2022-10-27, Radio Times, en, He also featured in the documentary film Doctor Who Am I, supporting TV movie director Matthew Jacobs’ embrace of the Doctor Who fandom and its conventions.WEB, Astley, Sabastian, 2022-10-27, Paul McGann: ‘I thought Doctor Who was finished - and I was responsible’,www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/paul-mcgann-doctor-who-am-i-big-rt-interview/, 2022-10-27, Radio Times, en,

Later career

In the years following his appearance as the Doctor, McGann continued to diversify his acting portfolio with the television and film roles he accepted. In 1997 he appeared as a concerned father in the film (FairyTale: A True Story) and later that same year as Rob in Downtime, then in 1998 he appeared as Capt. Greville in The Dance of Shiva.File:Paul McGann (15390819173) (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|267x267px|McGann at the 2014 Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest ]]In the 2000s McGann’s film appearances began to increase with films like My Kingdom (2001), Listening (2003) and Gypo (2005). Perhaps his most iconic role since Doctor Who came in 2002, when McGann appeared in the film adaptation of the third story from Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, Queen of the Damned. McGann played the part of David Talbot, a member of the secret organisation the Talamasca, which researches and investigates the supernatural. Talbot has appeared in many of Rice’s novels and has become a central character over the years. The film also starred Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau and R&B singer Aaliyah. McGann has also been in demand for voice-over work in Britain in recent years, particularly on television documentaries and commercials.He also gained acclaim for his portrayal of William Bush in the final four instalments of the ITV/A&E television series Hornblower, based on the Horatio Hornblower books by C.S. Forrester. He initially appears in the 2001 episode “Mutiny”, with Bush being the 2nd Lieutenant of HMS Renown (and Hornblower’s superior). In the 7th episode, “Loyalty”, he agrees to join Hornblower as his 1st Lieutenant when Hornblower takes command of HMS Hotspur. McGann again portrays Bush in the 2003 finale of the series, “Duty”.In 2006, he appeared in the television drama Tripping Over. In 2007, McGann starred alongside Dervla Kirwan, Lorraine Ashbourne and David Bradley in BBC One drama True Dare Kiss, written by Debbie Horsfield. In 2010, McGann played a major role in a feature-length episode of long-running BBC mystery series Jonathan Creek, as well as appearing as a regular in the crime drama Luther. In 2011, McGann played a major role as an Assistant Commissioner with something to hide in the final episode of Waking the Dead and also featured in Simon Gray’s Butley alongside Dominic West at the Duchess Theatre in London.NEWS,www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/feb/20/dominic-west-play-butley-revival, Dominic West to revive classic stage role, The Guardian, 4 May 2011, London, Vanessa, Thorpe, 20 February 2011, WEB, Bishop, Caroline, Paul McGann,www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/backstage-pass/article/item116528/paul-mcgann/, Official London Theatre, 29 June 2011, In 2017, McGann joined the cast of the long-running BBC series Holby City, playing neurosurgeon John Gaskell. In 2021, he hosted the British Podcast Awards Gold-winning Noiser podcast production Real Dictators, a history show about the up to date facts on dictators of the past.

Audio books and voice work

McGann is also known for audiobook narration having read several Pat Barker and Bernard Cornwell novels. He narrated the abridged audiobook of Jeff Noon’s 1993 cyberpunk classic Vurt.McGann continues to play the Eighth Doctor on audio. McGann’s first Big Finish audio play appearance was in 2001 in the story Storm Warning. It was through the Big Finish audio plays that McGann’s Doctor faced many classic Doctor Who villains like the Daleks (in various different audio plays, the first of which being The Time of the Daleks) and the Cybermen (first encountered by the Eighth Doctor on audio in Sword of Orion).Five Eighth Doctor dramas were broadcast in BBC 7’s The 7th Dimension slot between August 2005 and January 2006. They were in release order, starting with Storm Warning, although Minuet in Hell was judged unsuitable for the timeslot, and skipped. Two more Eighth Doctor audios, Shada and The Chimes of Midnight, were broadcast in December 2005 and January 2006. All six of these stories were rebroadcast on BBC7 beginning in July 2006. In 2007 and 2008, a series of audio plays starring McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Sheridan Smith as companion Lucie Miller was broadcast on BBC7.(File:Paul McGann in 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|McGann in May 2017|200x200px)His voice featured in the 1997 video game Ceremony of Innocence, together with those of Isabella Rossellini and Ben Kingsley.After hearing him sing in The Monocled Mutineer, composer Bernard J. Taylor invited McGann to create the role of Benedict in the concept studio recording of the Much Ado, a musical based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.McGann portrayed Ambassador Durian in The Minister of Chance, a fantasy audio drama released in six parts from 2011 to 2013. The series is a spin-off of the Doctor Who audio drama Death Comes to Time, but has no official connection to the franchise. In February 2014, a crowdfunded short film based on the first instalment of The Minister of Chance was released to those who had helped fund it.WEB,www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-minister-of-chance/29306/pilot-for-unofficial-doctor-who-spin-off-minister-of-chance, Pilot for unofficial Doctor Who spin-off Minister of Chance, denofgeek.com, 14 February 2014, 23 February 2014, McGann portrays antagonist Noah Shackleton in the audio drama adaptation of The Phoenix Files. The Australian production is the largest audio drama ever produced in Australia with a cast of 42 actors. McGann appears in all three instalments of the science-fiction dystopian thriller series.WEB,www.preachrspodcast.net/Preachrs_Podcast_-_OnLine_and_OnStage/The_Phoenix_Files.html, The Phoenix Files, Preachrs Podcast, 26 October 2017,www.preachrspodcast.net/Preachrs_Podcast_-_OnLine_and_OnStage/The_Phoenix_Files.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170510152354www.preachrspodcast.net/Preachrs_Podcast_-_OnLine_and_OnStage/The_Phoenix_Files.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170510152354www.preachrspodcast.net/Preachrs_Podcast_-_OnLine_and_OnStage/The_Phoenix_Files.html, 10 May 2017, dead, McGann has done audio narration for BBC documentaries, including the 2014 BBC Scotland production, Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting.WEB,www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ny8wk, Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting, BBC Four, 21 February 2019, McGann is chief narrator in the popular A short history of… podcast series, which explores various historical topics in easily accessible episodes.

Personal life

In 1992, McGann married Annie McGann. They had two children: music producer Joseph and voice actor Jake. The two divorced in 2012.WEB, The Time Lord and his new lady,www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/the-time-lord-and-his-new-lady-7080091.html, Evening Standard, en, 11 April 2012, Between 2006 and 2008, McGann was in a relationship with actress Susannah Harker.

Acting credits

Film{| class“wikitable sortable”

!Year!!Title!!Role!!class=“unsortable“|Notes 1987 Withnail and I “I” Empire of the Sun (film)>Empire of the Sun Lt. Price 1989 Tree of Hands Barry Streets of Yesterday >|The Rainbow (1989 film)>The Rainbow Anton Skrebensky Dealers (film)>Dealers Daniel Pascoe 1990 ‘’The Monk (1990 film)’’ >|Paper Mask >|Afraid of the Dark >|Alien 3 >|The Three Musketeers (1993 film)>The Three Musketeers Girard / Jussac Catherine the Great (1995 film)>Catherine the Great Grigory Potyomkin 1997 (FairyTale: A True Story) Arthur Wright Downtime (film)>Downtime Rob |1998|The Dance of Shiva|Capt. Greville|Short filmMy Kingdom (film)>My Kingdom Dean Queen of the Damned (film)>Queen of the Damned David Talbot (The Vampire Chronicles) >|2003 ‘’Listening (2003 film)’’ >| Short filmY Mabinogi>Otherworld King Matholwch Voice roleGypo (film)>Gypo Paul |2006Poppies >|2007|Always Crashing in the Same Car|Bill Mackinnon|Short filmVoice from Afar >|Lesbian Vampire Killers >|Godard & Others >|Moving Target (2011 film)>Moving Target Mr. Johnson |2012Notes from the Underground >|2013 Art Is... Lulu’s Dad |A Little Place Off the Edgware Road|James CravenShort filmThe Minister of Chance >| Ambassador Durian |2015|Absence|Man2016 Brakes Peter Letters from Baghdad >| Voice role2017 B&B Josh |Perplexed Music|ManShort film|2021|Swallow Your Dreams|James|2023The Undertaker (2023 British film)>The Undertaker|Arthur Morel“>

Television{| class“wikitable sortable”

!Year!!Title!!Role!!class=“unsortable“|Notes|1983|Gaskin|Graham Gaskin|TV filmGive Us a Break (TV series)>Give Us a Break Mo Morris 8 episodes 1986 The Importance of Being Earnest John WorthingTV filmThe Monocled Mutineer >Percy Toplis >| 4 episodesScreen Two >| Episode: “Drowning in the Shallow End”Nice Town >| 3 episodes1995Catherine the Great (1995 film)>Catherine the Great|Grigory Potyomkin|TV filmThe Hanging Gale >| 4 episodes1996Doctor Who (film)>Doctor Who|Eighth DoctorTV filmThe One That Got Away (1996 film)>The One That Got Away|Chris Ryan|The Merchant of Venice|BassanioOur Mutual Friend (1998 TV serial)>Our Mutual Friend Eugene Wrayburn 4 episodesForgotten (TV series)>Forgotten Ben Turner 3 episodes 2000 Nature Boy Steve Witton 4 episodesFish (British TV series)>Fish Jonathan Vishnevski 6 episodes 2001 Hotel! Ben Carter TV filmSweet Revenge (British TV series)>Sweet Revenge Patrick Vine 2 episodes 2002 Blood Strangers DC David Ingram 2 episodesThe Biographer >Andrew Morton (writer)>Andrew Morton TV filmHornblower (TV series)>Hornblower Lieutenant Bush 4 episodesAgatha Christie’s Poirot >| Episode: “Sad Cypress”Lie with Me (2004 TV series)>Lie With Me Gerry Henson 2 episodesKidnapped (2005 TV series)>Kidnapped Colonel MacNab 2 episodes 2005 Fables of Forgotten Things Clarence TV short filmAgatha Christie’s Marple >| Episode: “Sleeping Murder” 2006 Tripping Over Jeremy 6 episodesSea of Souls >| Episode: “Rebound”If I Had You (film)>If I Had You|Philip Andrews|TV filmTrue Dare Kiss >| 6 episodesCollision (TV series)>Collision Richard Reeves 5 episodesJonathan Creek >| Episode: “The Judas Tree”Luther (TV series)>Luther Mark North 10 episodes 2011 ‘’Waking the Dead (TV series)’’ >| Episodes: “Waterloo”, Parts 1 & 2New Tricks >| Episode: “Object of Desire”2012(Titanic>Save Our Souls: The Titanic Inquiry)Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading>Sir Rufus Isaacs|TV filmA Mother’s Son >| 2 episodes 2013 Ripper Street Stanley J. Bone Episode: “The Good of This City”Moving On (TV series)>Moving On Phil Episode: “Blood Ties”Doctor Who >Eighth Doctor >| Episodes: “The Night of the Doctor” & “The Power of the Doctor”The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot >| TV filmThe Bletchley Circle >| Episode: “Blood on Their Hands: Part 1”2016|Moving OnNone}}|Directed episodes “Passengers” and “Zero”The Musketeers >| Episode: “The Queen’s Diamonds”Holby City >John Gaskell >| 40 episodesAnnika (2021 TV series)>Annika Dr. Jake Strathearn 6 episodes 2022 ‘’Anne (British TV series)’’ >Malcolm Thornton >| Episode: #1.2McDonald & Dodds >| Episode: “A Billion Beats”“>

Stage{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Title! Role! class=“unsortable” | NotesMuch Ado About Nothing >Dogberry >| Horseshoe, BasingstokeLoot (play)>Loot Dennis AmbassadorsThe Seagull > Royal Court TheatreA Lie of the Mind >| Frankie 2003 The Little Black Book Jean-Jaques Riverside StudiosMourning Becomes Electra >Royal National Theatre>National TheatreThe Gigli Concert >| Finborough TheatreHelen (play)>Helen Menelaus Shakespeare’s Globe Butley (play)>Butley Reg Duchess TheatreMajor Barbara >| Abbey TheatreThree Sisters (play)>Three Sisters Alexander Vershinin Southwark PlayhouseGabriel >| Theatre 6The Forest >| Hampstead Theatre“>

Narration{| class“wikitable sortable”

!Year!!Title!!class=“unsortable“|NotesThat’ll Teach ‘Em>| Series 2 (5 episodes) 2005 ‘’Zero Hour (2004 TV series)’’ >| Series 2Ghosts on the Underground >| |2006–2007|Real Crime|Series 5–6Codebreaker (2011 film)>Britain’s Greatest Codebreaker 2013 Wildest Latin America “Wildest Islands Vancouver Islands: Rivers of Life”Extraordinary People: The Boy with the Incredible Brain >| 2014 Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting (List of Natural World episodes#Series 33>France: The Wild Side’’) Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race HTTP://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/PROGRAMMES/B04LCXMSTITLE=BBC FOUR - COSMONAUTS: HOW RUSSIA WON THE SPACE RACE| 2015 Shark HTTP://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/PROGRAMMES/P02N7S0D>PUBLISHER=BBC.CO.UKACCESS-DATE=24 NOVEMBER 2016, Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship HTTP://WWW.BFI.ORG.UK/FILMS-TV-PEOPLE/55B95285AF23CURL-STATUS=DEADPUBLISHER=CHANNEL4.COMNEWSPAPER=BFI | 2016 Wild Sri Lanka Disney+Wildest Islands of Indonesia >|Eden (2016 TV series)>Eden HTTP://WWW.CHANNEL4.COM/PROGRAMMES/EDEN/ON-DEMAND/63315-001>PUBLISHER=CHANNEL4.COMACCESS-DATE=24 NOVEMBER 2016, Series 1–2 |2020Real Dictators REAL DICTATORSACCESS-DATE=2021-11-05LANGUAGE=EN-US, |Podcast; Series 1|2021–2022 Short History Of... HTTPS://WWW.NOISER.COM/SHORT-HISTORY-OFWEBSITE=SHORT HISTORY OF...HOST=PAUL MCGANNTIME=1:55, 6 January 2022, ACCESS-DATE=2022-11-08 LANGUAGE=EN-US, (Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World) >“>

Audio {| class“wikitable sortable”

!Year!!Title!!Role!class=“unsortable” style="width:26em“|Notes|2001–present(List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish>Doctor Who: The Audio Adventures)|Eighth Doctor|188 episodes |2011–2013|The Minister of Chance|Durian| 6 episodes|2015|The Diary of River Song|Eighth Doctor|Episode: “The Rulers of the Universe”|2019|You’re the Boss|Bill|Track 5 on “Shuffle” by Jamie Lenman, reading of a scene from “Always Crashing in the Same Car” (2007)|2019–2020The War Master (audio drama series)>The War MasterEighth Doctor|Series 3, 5 (4 episodes)|2020List of Doctor Who spin off audio plays by Big Finish#Susan’s War (2020)>Susan’s War|Episode: “The Shoreditch Intervention” 2023List of Doctor Who spin off audio plays by Big Finish#The Robots (2019–2023)>The Robots|Episode: “The Final Hour”List of Doctor Who spin off audio plays by Big Finish#The Paternoster Gang (2019–present)>The Paternoster Gang|Episode: “Till Death Us Do Part”“>

Video games{| class“wikitable”

! Year !! Title !! Role !! NotesCeremony of Innocence > Voice role 2015 Anno 2205 Virgil Drake |Lego Dimensions|Eighth Doctor|Archive AudioMia and the Dragon Princess >|

Awards and nominations {| class“wikitable sortable”

!Year!Award!Category!Work!Result! class=“unsortable” |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}|1987|British Academy Television AwardsBritish Academy Television Award for Best Actor>Best Actor|The Monocled Mutineer| {{Nominated}}Paper Mask|{{Won}}Saturn AwardsSaturn Award for Best Actor on Television>Best Actor on TelevisionDoctor Who (film)>Doctor Who|{{Nominated}}Gypo (film)>Gypo |{{Won}}Crime Thriller Awards|Best Supporting Actor|A Mother’s Son|{{Nominated}}Horrible Imaginings Film Festival|Best Actor in a Feature FilmB&B|{{Won}}|2021|Liverpool Film Festival|Best Actor|Swallow Your Dreams|{{Won}}Talking Shop: Paul McGann interview at the BBC News website {{Subject bar |portal1=Biography |portal2=Doctor Who |commons=y }}{{McGann family}}{{Authority control}}