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===''Doctor Who''=== Having played [[List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs#Tom Campbell|Tom Campbell]], a [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] to [[Dr. Who (Dalek films)|Dr. Who]] in the feature film ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' (1966), Cribbins returned to ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in 2006, when a photograph of him and fellow ''Doctor Who'' actor [[Lynda Baron]] at a wedding appeared on the BBC's tie-in website for the television episode "[[Tooth and Claw (Doctor Who)|Tooth and Claw]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Weddings|url=http://www.visittorchwood.co.uk/weddings-quotes.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402192941/http://www.visittorchwood.co.uk/weddings-quotes.htm|archive-date=2 April 2019|access-date=28 July 2021|website=Torchwood House}}</ref> In January 2007, Cribbins had a guest role as glam rock promoter Arnold Korns in ''[[Horror of Glam Rock]]'', a ''Doctor Who'' audiodrama by [[Big Finish Productions]]. In December 2007, he appeared as [[Wilfred Mott]] in the Christmas television special, "[[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|Voyage of the Damned]]" (although in the closing credits, his character was named as "Stan") ; he then appeared in a recurring capacity as Wilfred Mott for the [[Doctor Who (series 4)|2008 series]], as the grandfather of [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] [[Donna Noble]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Into the Future! |magazine=[[Doctor Who Magazine]] |page=4 |issue=386 |date=19 September 2007}}</ref> He became a [[Tenth Doctor]] temporary companion himself in "[[The End of Time (Doctor Who)|The End of Time]]", the two-part 2009β10 Christmas and New Year special, when his character was inadvertently responsible for that Doctor's demise. Cribbins's role as Wilfred Mott makes him the only actor to have played two companions<ref name="bbc2022"/> and the only actor featured in both the TV and cinema versions of ''Doctor Who''. In 2019, he reprised the role of Wilfred in "No Place" a story in ''[[Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures|The Tenth Doctor Adventures]]'' produced by Big Finish. In 2022, Cribbins was reported to be returning to ''Doctor Who'' alongside [[David Tennant]] and [[Catherine Tate]] for the programme's [[Doctor Who (2023 specials)|60th anniversary specials]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/bernard-cribbins-returning-as-wilfred-mott-for-60th-97290.htm | title=Bernard Cribbins Returning as Wilfred Mott for 60th | website=Doctor Who TV | date=16 May 2022 | access-date=17 May 2022 | archive-date=16 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516180157/https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/bernard-cribbins-returning-as-wilfred-mott-for-60th-97290.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> His appearance, in "[[Wild Blue Yonder (Doctor Who)|Wild Blue Yonder]]" (2023), aired posthumously; the episode was dedicated to his memory.<ref name="wildblueyonder">{{cite web |last1=Jeffery |first1=Morgan |title=Doctor Who's Wild Blue Yonder marked Bernard Cribbins' final appearance |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-wilf-final-scene-newsupdate/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=3 December 2023}}</ref>
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