Benedict Cumberbatch refused to be the next 'Doctor Who' when David Tennant asked him

Before he was Doctor Strange, Benedict Cumberbatch had the chance to play another iconic doctor but turned it down.

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Back in the day, Cumberbatch's pal, David Tennant, suggested he take up the mantle of Doctor Who.

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During a 2011 interview on The Jonathan Ross show, Cumberbatch explained that he turned it down because he didn't want to play a character who ended up on a "lunch box."

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That's an ironic sentiment in retrospect since Cumberbatch would go on to play the epitome of a school lunch box character, the MCU's Doctor Strange.

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Meanwhile, Matt Smith would go on to take over the role of Doctor Who after David Tennant retired from the character.

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