Noah Wyle 'has Doctor Who scarf'

Noah Wyle has revealed that he is a fan of Doctor Who.

The actor - who played Dr John Carter on NBC medical drama E.R. for 15 years - told io9 that his mother had knitted him a long scarf when he was a child, resembling the one worn by the Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker.

"I still have [the scarf]," he laughed.

Wyle suggested that he would pass the scarf down to his 7-year old son when he was old enough to watch the BBC science-fiction series.

"He's not quite hip to Doctor Who yet," he explained. "I'm waiting, he's almost ready."

Wyle will next been seen in TNT alien invasion drama Falling Skies.