In the original version of the programme, Edwards’ voice can be heard from a televised BBC news report when the Doctor (David Tennant) and his companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) travel to the future for the London 2012 Olympics.
The corporation has put the programme back on BBC iPlayer, after taking the 2006 episode down last year following disgraced ex presenter Edwards admitting to having indecent images of children.
The crowd has vanished, they’re gone, everyone has gone, thousands of people have just gone right in front of my eyes.
The voice of Edwards has been replaced by voice actress Becky Wright for the fake news report, which comments on the 80,000 Olympics spectators disappearing before the Doctor stepped in.
When the BBC took down the Doctor Who episode, a corporation spokesperson said: “As you would expect we are actively considering the availability of our archive.
