List of guest appearances in Doctor Who
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This is a list of actors who have made guest appearances in Doctor Who. These actors were well-known names at the time of their appearance in the series, which frequently caused interest in the media towards the latest story. Please note that actors who became famous after their Doctor Who appearance are not present in this list.
| Actor |
Episode/s |
Character |
| Derek Acorah[3] |
"Army of Ghosts" |
Himself |
| Alistair Appleton |
"Army of Ghosts" |
Himself |
| Thelma Barlow[4] |
"The Lazarus Experiment" |
Lady Thaw |
| Peter Capaldi |
"The Fires of Pompeii" |
Caecilius |
| Silas Carson |
"The Impossible Planet" / "The Satan Pit", "Planet of the Ood", and "The End of Time" |
Voice of the Ood and Ood Sigma |
| Michelle Collins[5] |
"42" |
Kath McDonell |
| Pauline Collins[6] |
"Tooth and Claw" |
Queen Victoria |
| Phil Cornwell |
"The Fires of Pompeii" |
Stallholder |
| Brian Cox |
"The End of Time" |
Voice of the Elder Ood |
| Bernard Cribbins[7] |
"Voyage of the Damned", "Partners in Crime", "The Sontaran Stratagem" / "The Poison Sky",
"Turn Left", "The Stolen Earth" / "Journey's End", "The End of Time" |
Wilfred Mott |
| Timothy Dalton |
"The End of Time" |
Rassilon |
| Peter Davison |
"Time Crash" (Mini Episode) |
The Doctor |
| Richard Dawkins[2] |
"The Stolen Earth" |
Himself[8] |
| Huw Edwards[9] |
"Fear Her" |
Himself |
| Lee Evans[10] |
"Planet of the Dead" |
Malcolm Taylor |
| Andrew Garfield |
"Daleks in Manhattan" / "Evolution of the Daleks" |
Frank |
| Mark Gatiss[11] |
"The Lazarus Experiment" |
Professor Richard Lazarus |
| Trisha Goddard[12] |
"Army of Ghosts" |
Herself |
| Mona Hammond[13] OBE |
"Rise of the Cybermen" |
Rita-Anne |
| Andrew Hayden-Smith[14] |
"Rise of the Cybermen" / "The Age of Steel" and "Doomsday" |
Jake Simmonds |
| Anthony Head[6] |
"School Reunion" |
Mr Finch |
| Shirley Henderson |
"Love & Monsters" |
Ursula Blake |
| Jessica Hynes |
"Human Nature" / "The Family of Blood", "The End of Time" |
Joan Redfern and Verity Newman |
| Sir Derek Jacobi KBE |
"Utopia" |
Professor Yana/The Master |
| Peter Kay[2] |
"Love & Monsters" |
Victor Kennedy |
| Felicity Kendal[2] |
"The Unicorn and the Wasp" |
Lady Clemency Eddison[15] |
| Alex Kingston |
"Silence in the Library" / "Forest of the Dead" |
Professor River Song |
| Dervla Kirwan |
"The Next Doctor" |
Miss Hartigan |
| Sarah Lancashire |
"Partners In Crime" |
Miss Foster (Matron Cofelia) |
| Maureen Lipman[6] |
"The Idiot's Lantern" |
The Wire |
| Roger Lloyd Pack[6] |
"Rise of the Cybermen" / "The Age of Steel" |
John Lumic |
| McFly |
"The Sound of Drums" |
Themselves |
| Roy Marsden |
"Smith and Jones" |
Mr Stoker |
| Kylie Minogue[2] |
"Voyage of the Damned" |
Astrid Peth |
| Jason Mohammad |
"The Christmas Invasion" |
Himself |
| Georgia Moffett |
"The Doctor's Daughter" |
Jenny |
| David Morrissey |
"The Next Doctor" |
Jackson Lake |
| Carey Mulligan |
"Blink" |
Sally Sparrow |
| Sophia Myles |
"The Girl in the Fireplace" |
Madame De Pompadour |
| Tracy-Ann Oberman[6] |
"Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday" |
Yvonne Hartman |
| Paul O'Grady |
"The Stolen Earth" |
Himself[8] |
| Ardal O'Hanlon |
"Gridlock" |
Thomas Kincade Brannigan |
| Sharon Osbourne |
"The Sound of Drums" |
Herself |
| Geoffrey Palmer |
"Voyage of the Damned" |
Titanic Captain Hardaker |
| Steve Pemberton |
"Silence in the Library" / "Forest of the Dead" |
Strackman Lux |
| Anne Reid |
"Smith and Jones" |
Florence Finnegan |
| Christopher Ryan |
The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky |
General Staal |
| Michelle Ryan[10] |
"Planet of the Dead" |
Christina de Souza |
| John Simm[16] |
"Utopia", "The Sound of Drums", "Last of the Time Lords", "The End of Time" |
Harold Saxon/The Master |
| Elisabeth Sladen |
"School Reunion", "The Stolen Earth" , "Journey's End" , "The End of Time" |
Sarah Jane Smith |
| Clive Swift |
"Voyage of the Damned" |
Mr Copper |
| Catherine Tate |
"Doomsday", "The Runaway Bride" and as a regular in Series 4 |
Donna Noble |
| David Troughton |
"Midnight" |
Professor Hobbes |
| Zoë Wanamaker[2] CBE |
"New Earth" |
Lady Cassandra |
| Kirsty Wark |
"The Poison Sky" |
Herself |
| Don Warrington MBE |
"Rise of the Cybermen" |
The President |
| Ann Widdecombe MP |
"The Sound of Drums" |
Herself |
| Penelope Wilton |
"The Christmas Invasion" , "The Stolen Earth" |
Harriet Jones |
| Barbara Windsor |
"Army of Ghosts" |
Herself as Peggy Mitchell |
| Nicholas Witchell |
"Voyage of the Damned" |
Himself |
| Actor |
Episode/s |
Character |
| Frances Barber |
"Day of the Moon", "The Curse of the Black Spot", "The Rebel Flesh" / "The Almost People", "A Good Man Goes To War", "Closing Time", "The Wedding of River Song" |
Madame Kovarian |
| Perry Benson |
"The Eleventh Hour" |
Ice Cream Man |
| Caitlin Blackwood |
"The Eleventh Hour", "The Big Bang" "Lets Kill Hitler", "The God Complex", "The Wedding of River Song" |
Amelia Pond |
| Olivia Colman |
"The Eleventh Hour" |
Mother |
| James Corden |
"The Lodger", "Closing Time" |
Craig |
| Annette Crosbie |
"The Eleventh Hour" |
Mrs Angelo |
| Tony Curran |
"Vincent and the Doctor", "The Pandorica Opens" |
Vincent Van Gogh |
| Michael Gambon |
" A Christmas Carol" |
Kazran Sardick |
| Iain Glen |
"The Time of Angels" / "Flesh and Stone" |
Father Octavian |
| Terrence Hardiman |
"The Beast Below" |
Hawthorne |
| Katherine Jenkins |
"A Christmas Carol" |
Abigail Pettigrew |
| Toby Jones |
"Amy's Choice" |
The Dream Lord |
| Suranne Jones |
"The Doctor's Wife" |
Idris / TARDIS |
| Alex Kingston |
"The Time of Angels" / "Flesh and Stone", "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang", "The Impossible Astronaut" / "Day of the Moon", "A Good Man Goes To War", "Let's Kill Hitler" , "Closing Time", "The Wedding of River Song" |
River Song |
| Marshall Lancaster |
"The Rebel Flesh" / "The Almost People" |
Buzz |
| Helen McCrory |
"The Vampires of Venice" |
Rosanna Calvierri |
| Ian McNeice |
"Victory of the Daleks", "The Pandorica Opens", "The Wedding of River Song" |
Winston Churchill |
| Sir Patrick Moore |
"The Eleventh Hour" |
Himself |
| Bill Nighy |
"Vincent and the Doctor" |
Museum Curator |
| Sophie Okonedo |
"The Beast Below", "The Pandorica Opens" |
Queen Elizabeth the Tenth (Liz 10) |
| Bill Paterson |
"Victory of the Daleks", "The Pandorica Opens" |
Professor Edwin Bracewell |
| Christopher Ryan |
"The Pandorica Opens" |
Commander Stark |
| Michael Sheen |
"The Doctor's Wife" |
Voice of House |
| Mike Skinner |
"The Time of Angels" |
Security Guard |
| Meera Syal |
"The Hungry Earth" / "Cold Blood" |
Nasreen Chaudhry |
| Bill Turnbull |
"The Wedding of River Song" |
Himself |
| Nina Wadia |
"The Eleventh Hour" |
Dr Ramsden |
| David Walliams |
"The God Complex" |
Gibbis |
| Sian Williams |
"The Wedding of River Song" |
Herself |
| Meredith Vieira |
"The Wedding of River Song" |
Herself |
[edit] Doctor Who spin-offs
[edit] BBC Radio productions
[edit] Big Finish Audio productions
[edit] Charity Specials
Dimensions in Time
Light hearted special that combined Eastenders with Doctor Who. Many previous actors from the show appeared, along with the then current cast of the Soap Opera.[17]
Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death
Spoof episode made for the charity Red Nose Day. The Doctor was played by five actors, all of whom had previously been named as possible candidates to play the role for real.[18] In order of appearance:
[edit] Webcast productions
Death Comes to Time
Shada
Scream of the Shalka
[edit] See also
[edit] References
