John Hurt May Have Revealed His Important Role In The Doctor Who Anniversary Episode

Oh boy, this is a doozy… 

Suffice to say, if you don’t want to be ruined for a possible plot point for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary, don’t read ahead.

SPOILERS.

Ok, so John Hurt was announced as part of the cast for the anniversary episode along with David Tennant and Billie Piper. We knew who the latter two were playing of course but no character name was given for Hurt. Though the actor recently spoke to a reporter and seemingly let it slip:

Mr Hurt, who lives near Cromer, earlier told the EDP he had just finished shooting a Dr Who 3D special in which he plays “part of the Doctor” in a “kind of trinity” which includes David Tennant.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Oh man, an old Doctor who may or may not be part of an alternate reality. This also fuels the completely random rumor going around that says Hurt is actually the 9th Doctor (thanks to his leather jacket costume on set). Thoughts on what this trinity might actually be?

(via Eastern Daily Press)

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Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."

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