There are huge celebrations surrounding the classic sci-fi series’s 60th anniversary and, needless to say, Brian will be involved in as many as them as possible.
On the secrets of the show’s success, he said: “It is a programme with limitless possibilities. There is a formula that allows it to refresh itself endlessly, including by replacing the lead actor and the fact that it can go anywhere in space and time.”
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7. DOCTOR WHO
Doctor Who fan Brian Mattocks with his Doctor Who-themed fruit machine.Photo: Photographer Michelle Adamson
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