More than thirty years after '' The Naked Civil Servant '' , Hurt reprised the role of Quentin Crisp in the 2009 film '' An Englishman in New York '' . This television film depicts Crisp 's later years in New York . He returned to Orwell 's '' Nineteen Eighty-Four '' , playing the on-screen Big Brother for the Paper Zoo Theatre Company 's stage adaptation of the novel in June 2009 . The theatre production premiered at the National Media Museum , in Bradford and toured during 2010 . Hurt said , " I think Paper Zoo thought it would be quite ironic to have the person who played Winston having risen in the party . From the Chestnut Tree Cafe , he 's managed to get his wits together again , now understanding that 2 and 2 make 5 , and becomes Big Brother . So it tickled my fancy , and of course I looked up Paper Zoo , and they seem to me to be the sort of company that 's essential in the country as we know it , and doing a lot of really good stuff . " 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
65th British Academy Film Awards
65th British Academy Film Awards
John Hurt