Six Degrees of The Doctor and John Lennon ...
Another one of these amusing coincidences.
Christopher Eccleston - the 9th Doctor Who - is playing John Lennon in a made-for-TV movie called "Lennon naked" (according to imdb.com).
This is funny for me, personally, as I used to be a die-hard Beatles fan (still love them) and am now a Doctor Who geek - mainly thanks to Chris Eccleston, David Tennant and two friends from Reading who introduced me to the series a long time ago.
His predecessor, the 8th Doctor, was played by Paul McGann, from Liverpool (which happens to be the twin city of Cologne, where I live now), who has three brothers who are also actors.
One of them is Mark McGann, who had also auditioned for the 8th Doctor, and who has repeatedly played John Lennon on stage and on film (John and Yoko: A Love Story), among other occasions in the 1992 Liverpool Playhouse production of "Imagine" (which I saw).
He also played The Baker in "The Hunting of the Snark" (a role which was sung by John Lennon´s son, Julian, on Mike Batt´s original CD), the sadly short-lived stage musical production in 1991. Which I am also happy to have seen.
Mark McGann also was in a stage play together with Colin Baker (the 6th Doctor, who I met in Bristol) and Louise Jameson, better known as Leela, one of the 4th Doctor´s companions (and one of my all-time favourite companions to boot).
It´s like "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon", just without Kevin Bacon.
Wieder eine dieser kuriosen Ketten von Zufallsverbindungen:
Christopher Eccleston, who plays the 9 Doctor in "Doctor Who", now playing in a British TV production John Lennon. For me as a big Beatles fan and Doctor Who of course that was a godsend.
Ecclestone predecessor, the 8 Doctor was played by Paul McGann, who comes from Liverpool (sister city of Cologne where I live now) and is one of four brothers who are all actors.
His brother Mark is also the 8th Doctor auditioned and played several John Lennon on stage and in films. Once I saw him in this role live. The second time I've seen him live was in the musical "Hunting of the Snark ", where he sang the Baker, the role that on the CD John Lennon takes son Julian. And he already has with Colin Baker (6th Doctor) and Louise Jameson (Leela, companion of the fourth Doctor Tom Baker stood) on the stage.
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