Michael Palin

Michael Palin was a British actor and television presenter to whom Sylvia Noble once compared her daughter, Donna Noble, when she indicated a desire to travel. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem) In Vanezia, Rose asked the Tenth Doctor why he needed to use The Space Traveller's Guide, since she assumed he was "like Michael Palin or something". (COMIC: Opera of Doom!)

Behind the scenes
Michael Palin turned down the role of the Eighth Doctor in Doctor Who. (REF: Doctor Who: Regeneration)