When Bernard Cribbins passed away in July 2022, Physician Who followers knew they’d get to see him one final time within the collection, after set pictures revealing him taking pictures a scene with Catherine Tate and David Tennant emerged on-line. However whereas there have been plans for extra, what we noticed when that scene broadcast this previous weekend is what we’re getting.
Cribbins’ return as Donna Noble’s grandfather Wilf climaxed the second of three sixtieth anniversary specials, “Wild Blue Yonder,” which aired on the BBC and Disney+ this previous weekend. After the 14th Physician and Donna endured a harrowing journey, they returned to London to seek out Wilf ready for them—a sentimental reunion lower brief by Wilf’s warning of a insanity that had engulfed the inhabitants, setting the stage for the third and ultimate episode of this anniversary trilogy.
It was a candy scene, rendered all of the extra poignant by the credit of “Wild Blue Yonder” dedicating the episode to Cribbins. However writing on Instagram after the episode’s broadcast, showrunner Russell T. Davies confirmed that Cribbins won’t immediately seem in subsequent week’s episode, “The Giggle,” and that the scene—filmed simply months earlier than his dying, was his ultimate efficiency earlier than passing away.
“Farewell, previous soldier. That’s goodnight and goodbye to our beloved Bernard. Wilf is talked about in dispatches subsequent week, all protected and sound, don’t fear, however that’s the one scene Bernard was capable of movie,” Davies confirmed, noting that there had beforehand been a “little extra” written for the actor, however age and declining well being lead Cribbins to tug out, shortly earlier than he handed away.
“It wasn’t to be; at 93 years previous, the previous soldier had given us his greatest, and stepped away,” Davies’ tribute concluded. “Evening, Bernard, and thanks. I really like you.”
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