A Bear Called Paddington

A Bear Called Paddington was among the books inside a library that the Twelfth Doctor and Bill Potts broke into. (PROSE: The Shining Man)

Behind the scenes
A Bear Called Paddington was the first book in the series of children's books.

The series as a whole has several notable Doctor Who connections. Bernard Cribbins narrated two Paddington music albums released in 1975.

John Standing and Jon Glover have both voiced the character Mr. Brown, in the, and the 1997 animated series , respectively. Cyril Shaps and Nigel Lambert also leant their voices to the latter series.

Most recently, the live action film series featured Hugh Bonneville, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Matt Lucas, Matt King, Geoffrey Palmer, Joanna Lumley, Ben Miller, Aaron Neil, Tom Davis, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Maggie Steed, and Meera Syal among its cast.

Mark Benton also appeared alongside the film version of Paddington in a Christmas advert created for British retailer in 2017.

, who voiced Paddington in the film series, was among the actors tipped to play the Thirteenth Doctor, before Jodie Whittaker's casting.