<P> In January and February 2016, McCoy appeared in the three - part BBC series The Real Marigold Hotel, which followed a group of celebrity senior citizens including Miriam Margolyes and Wayne Sleep on a journey to India . </P> <P> McCoy returned to the role of the Seventh Doctor in 1997, recording new audio for the video game Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors . </P> <P> McCoy began filming for The Hobbit, A three - part adaptation of the book, in 2011 . He portrays the wizard Radagast, alongside fellow King Lear actor Ian McKellen who reprises his role as Gandalf . </P> <P> Although the character of Radagast is only alluded to in The Hobbit, and only a minor character in The Lord of the Rings, the part was expanded for the films . </P>

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