Peter Davison keeps Doctor Who in family

Peter Davison keeps Doctor Who in family
Peter Davison keeps Doctor Who in family (Image credit: PA Archive/Press Association Ima)

Peter Davison has revealed there could be another family member taking on the role of Doctor Who. The actor's daughter Georgia Moffett is engaged to ex-Time Lord David Tennant and Peter, who played the role from 1981 to 1984, says his grandson could be next in line. "My nine-year-old grandson Tyler [Georgia's child from a previous relationship] has ambitions of being the Doctor," he told TV Times. "There are an awful lot of young people lining up to play that part, though, so it may be difficult." Peter is also granddad to David and Georgia's baby daughter Olive - and admits the Doctor Who connection is "bizarre, but very nice, too". He added: "I don't quite think of David as my son-in-law yet but the correlations are quite extraordinary, I think. "In a way, the reason they got together was that Georgia was never intimidated by the whole Doctor Who thing - what was new about that to her? It's been a big part of her life." Peter plays Crown Prosecution Service director Henry Sharpe in the new series of ITV1 show Law & Order: UK. He said of the character: "He's a fairly regular, good guy - I haven't found any dark side to him yet."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.