David Tennant returned to Doctor Who for a string of new episodes because he reckons he’ll be too old for the role soon.

The actor, 52, told the Radio Times: “It’s a victory lap, in a way. You get to enjoy something that meant so much to you, one last shot before you get too old to do it again.”

David agreed to reprise the role after a decade because he is such a big fan of show boss Russell T Davies, 60.

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He added: “Initially, it was a casual conversation going, ‘Wouldn’t it be fun to do a one-off?’

“Then Russell was back running the show and suddenly it could be something bigger.”

After David’s comeback airs later this year, Sex Education actor Ncuti Gatwa, 30, will take on the iconic role.

After only 32 episodes as the 13th Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker is officially handing the reins to Gatwa.

Prior Doctors have had shorter tenures, such as the underrated Christopher Eccleston when Doctor Who was first rebooted in 2005.

Gatwa explained to Rolling Stone UK that he connects to the character on a personal level having experienced being displaced from his home during the Rwandan civil war.

“This person survived a genocide. This person fits in everywhere and nowhere. I am the Doctor. The Doctor is me. I decided that I had to get this role,” says Gatwa.

The cult hit show recently dropped a teaser for a missing episode of the animated adventure series The Underwater Menace.

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Due to the BBC's policy of archiving programmes between 1967 and 1978, 97 out of 253 episodes remain lost in their original form. Fortunately for fans, though, a complete audio recording for all episodes still exists.

The 1967 animated series, which stars Patrick Troughton as the second doctor, will be released in November this year.

Animated in colour for a new DVD and Blu-ray release, four episodes in total will be available to watch. There will also be an option to watch them in black and white.

The four-part series will see the Doctor and his companions Jamie, Ben and Polly (Anneke Wills) tasked with stopping Professor Zaroff who plots to destroy the earth by draining the oceans.

Its revamp comes after other Doctor Who classic series were also animated, including The Abominable Snowmen, The Evil of the Daleks and Galaxy 4.

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