<P> At the 65th British Academy Film Awards Hurt won the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema . In 2013, Hurt appeared in Doctor Who as a' forgotten' incarnation of the Doctor, known as the War Doctor . His character first appears at the conclusion of the series seven finale "The Name of the Doctor"; his origins are given in the mini-episode "The Night of the Doctor"; he regenerates in the 50th anniversary episode "The Day of the Doctor", He reprised the role on audio for Big Finish Productions in a series of audio stories starting from December 2015 . </P> <P> During Terry Gilliam's eighth attempt at making his infamous development hell project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Hurt was set to star as Don Quixote alongside Adam Driver . However, his declining health and eventual death led to project to be cancelled yet again; he was eventually replaced by Jonathan Pryce . </P> <P> Hurt was due to appear alongside Ben Kingsley in a film entitled Broken Dream, to be directed by Neil Jordan . In 2015, Hurt provided the voice of main antagonist Sailor John in the Thomas & Friends film Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure along with Eddie Redmayne (Ryan) and Jamie Campbell Bower (Skiff). At the time of his death he had completed filming two yet - to - be-released films: That Good Night, in which he played a terminally ill writer . Hurt was initially cast as former British prime minister Neville Chamberlain in Darkest Hour . However, according to Gary Oldman, Hurt was undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, and was unable to attend the read - throughs; actor Ronald Pickup assumed the role of Chamberlain instead, and Hurt died from cancer in January 2017 . </P> <P> Hurt had an older brother, Br . Anselm (born Michael), a Roman Catholic convert who became a monk and writer at Glenstal Abbey; Hurt had contributed to his brother's books . Hurt also had an adopted sister, Monica . In 1962, Hurt's father left his parish in Cleethorpes to become headmaster of St. Michael's College in the Central American country of British Honduras . Hurt's mother died in 1975, and his father died in 1999 at the age of 95 . </P>

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