Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers was a 20th century radio and film actor and comedian. The Eighth Doctor regarded him as a personal friend.

When he was only 2 weeks old, Sellers made his performance debut at the Kings Theatre in Southsea.

According to the Doctor, Sellers nearly turned down his role in The Pink Panther, but the Doctor pleaded with him, saying, "If it's good enough for Ustinov, it's good enough for you." (AUDIO: Divine Intervention)

In 1968, he appeared on The Tee Vee Show to discuss his new film with the show's host, Timothy Vee. (AUDIO: The Age of Revolution)

Behind the scenes
The film that Sellers was to promote on Timothy Vee's show was not identified by name. In real life, he appeared in two films in 1968, and, though the film referenced in The Age of Revolution may also have been a wholly fictional one or another of Sellers' films released in a different year in the Doctor Who universe than in reality.

William Hartnell, who played the First Doctor, starred alongside Sellers in the 1959 film The Mouse That Roared, and later again in the 1963 film Heavens Above!

Matt Smith said in an interview that he always thought Peter Sellers would have made a good Doctor.