| Chris was cast in Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote but did not film any scenes. In the documentary Lost in La Mancha his photograph appears on a pinboard featuring photos of the cast. |
| Christopher emailed old friend Russell T Davies and asked to be put on the list of possibles for the title role in the revival of Doctor Who. |
| Christopher was told that he was only doing one series and a Christmas special of Doctor Who. This was agreed in January 2005. |
| The BBC recently admitted that they announced Christopher's departure from Doctor Who a bit too early. |
| Christopher gave some money to help Manchester United to fend off Malcolm Glazer. |
| Christopher appeared on Breakfast last year while visiting the Tsunami victims families. |
| Christopher was the first actor to play Doctor Who to be born when the show first started. |
| Christopher's earliest memory of Doctor Who is Patrick Troughton in the black and white episodes of the late 1960s. |
| As a child, Chris initially wanted to be a football (soccer) player. |
| Chris appeared in the film Jude, and in one of his scenes he stars alongside David Tennant who has a non-speaking part. Both have had the honour of playing Doctor Who. |
| Chris was so clumsy during filming of Doctor Who that at one point he actually broke one of the sonic screwdriver props! |
| Chris is a fan of Cracker in which he appeared in as "DCI David Billborough." |
| Chris did voice overs for Children In Need. |
| In his spare time, Chris enjoys singing, athletics, and football. |
| Christopher starred in the play Hamlet in 2002 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. |
| At the age of 25, Chris made his professional stage debut in the Bristol Old Vic's production of A Streetcar Named Desire. |
| In 2003, Chris won the RTS Television Award for Best Actor - Male for: Flesh and Blood (2002). |
| In 1997, Chris was nominated for the Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Jude (1996). |
| In 1997, Chris won the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actor for: Our Friends in the North (1996). |
| In 1997, Chris was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for: Our Friends in the North (1996). |
| In 2004, Chris was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for: The Second Coming (2003). |
| Chris narrated The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003), a documentary offering rare access to the former Smiths' frontman Steven Morrissey. The show was originally broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in June, 2003. |
| Chris did the voice-over for the TV commercial for Help the Aged Enough-is-Enough campaign in 2005. |
| Chris appeared in indie band I Am Kloot's music video for "Dr Kloot." |
| Chris announced in March 2005 that he had decided not to continue in the role of "The Doctor" due to fears of being typecasted. |
| Chris is one of three Doctor Who actors who portrayed "The Doctor" on TV to appear in an episode of Casualty (1986). The others are Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy. |
| Chris turned down a role in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. |
| After all of the characters he has played, Chris has retained his Lancashire accent. |
| Chris is a supporter of Manchester United soccer club. |
| Chris trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. |
| Chris often returns to his home of Salford, Lancashire to fight for local issues and is a patron of the arts for the area. |
| Chris only got a driver's license in January 2004 - and is only qualified to drive Automatics. |
| Of the ten actors to play the Doctor, he is the only one who has never appeared on the front cover of the Radio Times. |
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