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This is a list of actors who have made guest appearances in Doctor Who.
First Doctor stories[edit]
Second Doctor stories[edit]
| Actor | Serial/s | Character/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Archard | The Power of the Daleks | Bragen |
| Peter Barkworth | The Ice Warriors | Leader Clent/Clent |
| Bernard Bresslaw | The Ice Warriors | Varga |
| Brian Cant | The Dominators | Tensa |
| Pauline Collins | The Faceless Ones | Samantha Briggs |
| Marius Goring | The Evil of the Daleks | Theodore Maxtible |
| Carmen Munroe | The Enemy of the World | Fariah |
| Philip Madoc | The Krotons and The War Games | Eelek and The War Lord |
| André Maranne | The Moonbase | Benoit |
| Peter Sallis | The Ice Warriors | Penley |
| Esmond Knight | The Space Pirates | Dom Issigri |
| Jack May | The Space Pirates | General Hermack |
| Leslie Schofield | The War Games | Leroy |
| David Troughton | The War Games | Private Moor |
| Rudolph Walker | The War Games | Harper |
| Edward Brayshaw | The War Games | The War Chief |
Third Doctor stories[edit]
| Actor | Serial/s | Character/s |
|---|---|---|
| June Brown | The Time Warrior | Lady Eleanor |
| Jeremy Bulloch | The Time Warrior | Hal |
| Tony Caunter | Colony in Space | Morgan |
| Matthew Corbett | The Daemons | Jones |
| Paul Darrow | Doctor Who and the Silurians | Captain Hawkins |
| Jane How | Planet of the Daleks | Rebec |
| Gareth Hunt | Planet of the Spiders | Arak |
| Martin Jarvis | Invasion of the Dinosaurs | The Governor |
| Fulton Mackay ' | Doctor Who and the Silurians | Dr Quinn |
| Hilary Minster | Planet of the Daleks | Marat |
| Geoffrey Palmer | Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Mutants | Masters and Administrator |
| Susan Penhaligon | The Time Monster | Lakis |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | The Claws of Axos | Captain Harker |
| Ingrid Pitt | The Time Monster | Queen Galleia |
| David Prowse | The Time Monster | Minotaur |
| Michael Sheard | The Mind of Evil | Dr Summers |
| Carmen Silvera | Invasion of the Dinosaurs | Ruth |
| David Troughton | The Curse of Peladon | King Peladon |
| John Woodnutt | 'Spearhead from Space and Frontier in Space | Hibbert and Draconian Emperor |
| Helen Worth | Colony in Space | Mary Ashe |
Fourth Doctor stories[edit]
Fifth Doctor stories[edit]
| Actor | Serial/s | Character/s |
|---|---|---|
| Chloe Ashcroft | Resurrection of the Daleks | Professor Laird |
| Rodney Bewes | Resurrection of the Daleks | Stein |
| Michael Cashman | Time-Flight | First Officer Bilton |
| Tony Caunter | Enlightenment | Jackson |
| Maurice Colbourne | Resurrection of the Daleks | Lytton |
| Martin Clunes | Snakedance | Lon |
| Valentine Dyall | Mawdryn Undead, Terminus, and Enlightenment | Black Guardian (in all 3) |
| Peter Gilmore | Frontios | Brazen |
| Robert Glenister | The Caves of Androzani | Salateen |
| Michael Gough | Arc of Infinity | Councillor Hedin |
| Leslie Grantham | Resurrection of the Daleks | Kiston |
| Nerys Hughes | Kinda | Todd |
| Polly James | The Awakening | Jane Hampden |
| Leee John | Enlightenment | Mansell |
| Stratford Johns | Four to Doomsday | Monarch |
| Burt Kwouk | Four to Doomsday | Lin Futu |
| Rula Lenska | Resurrection of the Daleks | Styles |
| Ian McCulloch | Warriors of the Deep | Nilson |
| Michael Melia | The Visitation | Terileptil |
| Adrian Mills | Kinda | Aris |
| Ingrid Pitt | Warriors of the Deep | Dr Solow |
| Beryl Reid | Earthshock | Briggs |
| Michael Robbins | The Visitation | Richard Mace |
| Simon Rouse | Kinda | Hindle |
| Leonard Sachs | Arc of Infinity | Lord President Borusa |
| John Savident | The Visitation | The Squire |
| Michael Sheard | Castrovalva | Mergrave |
| Barbara Shelley | Planet of Fire | Sorasta |
| Jeff Stewart | Kinda | Dukkha |
| Nigel Stock | Time-flight | Prof Hayter |
| Richard Todd | Kinda | Sanders |
| Frank Windsor | The King's Demons | Ranulf |
| Anna Wing | Kinda | Anatta |
| Peter Wyngarde | Planet of Fire | Timanov |
Sixth Doctor stories[edit]
| Actor | Serial/s | Characters |
|---|---|---|
| Terence Alexander | The Mark of the Rani | Lord Ravensworth |
| Lynda Bellingham | The Trial of a Time Lord | The Inquisitor |
| Honor Blackman | The Trial of a Time Lord | Professor Lasky |
| Brian Blessed | The Trial of a Time Lord | Yrcanos |
| Eleanor Bron | Revelation of the Daleks | Kara |
| Faith Brown | Attack of the Cybermen | Flast |
| Maurice Colbourne | Attack of the Cybermen | Lytton |
| Jason Connery | Vengeance on Varos | Jondar |
| Paul Darrow | Timelash | Tekker |
| Maurice Denham | The Twin Dilemma | Edgeworth/Prof Edgeworth |
| William Gaunt | Revelation of the Daleks | Orcini |
| Brian Glover | Attack of the Cybermen | Griffiths |
| Sarah Greene | Attack of the Cybermen | Varne |
| Geoffrey Hughes | The Trial of a Time Lord | Mr Popplewick |
| Martin Jarvis | Vengeance on Varos | Governor |
| Michael Jayston | The Trial of a Time Lord | The Valeyard |
| Steven Mackintosh | Timelash | Gazak |
| Kate O'Mara | The Mark of the Rani | The Rani |
| Jacqueline Pearce | The Two Doctors | Chessene |
| Christopher Ryan | The Trial of a Time Lord | Lord Kiv |
| Alexei Sayle | Revelation of the Daleks | D.J. |
| Joan Sims | The Trial of a Time Lord | Katryca |
| Clive Swift | Revelation of the Daleks | Jobel |
| Jenny Tomasin | Revelation of the Daleks | Tasambeker |
Seventh Doctor stories[edit]
| Actor | Serial/s | Character/s |
|---|---|---|
| Christien Anholt | The Curse of Fenric | Perkins |
| Richard Briers | Paradise Towers | Chief Caretaker |
| Judy Cornwell | Paradise Towers | Maddy |
| Ken Dodd | Tollmaster | |
| Angela Douglas | Battlefield | Doris Lethbridge-Stewart |
| James Ellis | Battlefield | Peter Warmsly |
| Ronald Fraser | The Happiness Patrol | Joseph C |
| Dolores Gray | Silver Nemesis | Mrs Remington |
| Gareth Hale | Survival | Len |
| Sheila Hancock | The Happiness Patrol | Helen A |
| Don Henderson | Delta and the Bannermen | Gavrok |
| Brian Hibbard | Delta and the Bannermen | Keillor |
| Stubby Kaye | Delta and the Bannermen | Weismuller |
| Dinsdale Landen | The Curse of Fenric | Dr Judson |
| Hugh Lloyd | Delta and the Bannermen | Goronwy |
| Jean Marsh | Battlefield 2 | Morgaine |
| T. P. McKenna | The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | Captain Cook |
| Peggy Mount OBE | The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | Stallslady |
| Kate O'Mara | Time and the Rani | The Rani |
| Joseph Marcell | Remembrance of the Daleks | John |
| Tony Osoba | Dragonfire | Kracauer |
| Norman Pace | Survival | Harvey |
| Nicholas Parsons | The Curse of Fenric | The Rev Mr Wainwright |
| Courtney Pine | Silver Nemesis | Himself |
| Patricia Quinn | Dragonfire | Belazs |
| Ian Reddington | The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | Chief Clown |
| Anne Reid | The Curse of Fenric | Nurse Crane |
| Pamela Salem | Remembrance of the Daleks | Rachel |
| Gian Sammarco | The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | Whizz Kid |
| Michael Sheard | Remembrance of the Daleks | Headmaster |
| Adele Silva | Survival | Squeak |
| Elizabeth Spriggs | Paradise Towers | Tabby |
| Sylvia Syms | Ghost Light | Mrs Pritchard |
| Peter Tuddenham | Time and the Rani | Brain (voice) |
| Simon Williams | Remembrance of the Daleks | Group Captain Gilmore |
| Frank Windsor | Ghost Light | Inspector Mackenzie |
Eighth Doctor television movie[edit]
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Daphne Ashbrook | Grace Holloway |
| Mi-Jung Lee | Anchorwoman |
| Eric Roberts | The Master |
Ninth Doctor stories[edit]
| Actor | Episode/s | Character |
|---|---|---|
| Silas Carson | "The End of the World" | Alien voices |
| Zoë Wanamaker | "The End of the World" | Lady Cassandra |
| Simon Callow | "The Unquiet Dead" | Charles Dickens |
| Matt Baker | "Aliens of London" | Himself |
| Andrew Marr | "Aliens of London" / "World War Three" | Himself |
| Penelope Wilton | "Aliens of London" / "World War Three" | Harriet Jones |
| Corey Johnson | "Dalek" | Henry van Statten |
| Bruno Langley | "Dalek" and "The Long Game" | Adam Mitchell |
| Tamsin Greig | "The Long Game" | Nurse |
| Anna Maxwell Martin | "The Long Game" | Suki Macrae Cantrell |
| Simon Pegg | "The Long Game" | The Editor |
| Richard Wilson | "The Empty Child" / "The Doctor Dances" | Dr. Constantine |
| Sam Callis | "Bad Wolf" | Security Guard |
| Susannah Constantine | "Bad Wolf" | Zu-Zana |
| Davina McCall | "Bad Wolf" | Davinadroid |
| Trinny Woodall | "Bad Wolf" | Trine-E |
| Jo Joyner | "Bad Wolf" / "The Parting of the Ways" | Lynda Moss |
| Anne Robinson | "Bad Wolf" / "The Parting of the Ways" | Anne Droid |
| Jenna Russell | "Bad Wolf" / "The Parting of the Ways" | Floor Manager |
Tenth Doctor stories[edit]
Doctor Who spin-offs[edit]
K-9 and Company[edit]
| Actor | Episode | Character |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Fraser | "A Girl's Best Friend" | Bill Pollock |
| Colin Jeavons | "A Girl's Best Friend" | George Tracey |
Torchwood[edit]
The Sarah Jane Adventures[edit]
| Actor | Episode/s | Character |
|---|---|---|
| Samantha Bond | Invasion of the Bane, Enemy of the Bane | Mrs Wormwood |
| Jamie Davis | Invasion of the Bane | Davey |
| Konnie Huq | Invasion of the Bane | Herself |
| Gethin Jones | Invasion of the Bane | Himself |
| Jane Asher | Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? | Andrea Yates |
| Phyllida Law | Eye of the Gorgon | Bea Nelson-Stanley |
| Doreen Mantle | Eye of the Gorgon | Mrs Randall |
| Floella Benjamin | The Lost Boy, The Day of the Clown | Professor Rivers |
| Anthony O'Donnell | The Last Sontaran, Enemy of the Bane | Commander Kaagh |
| Bradley Walsh | The Day of the Clown | Odd Bob/Elijah Spellman/The Pied Piper |
| Russ Abbot | Secrets of the Stars | Martin Trueman |
| Gary Beadle | The Mark of the Berserker | Paul Langer |
| Jocelyn Jee Esien | The Mark of the Berserker | Carla Langer |
| Ronnie Corbett | From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love | Ambassador Eranius |
BBC Radio productions[edit]
- Valentine Dyall (radio actor) in Slipback
- Maurice Denham (character actor) in The Paradise of Death
Big Finish Audio productions[edit]
As the Doctor[edit]
- Geoffrey Bayldon (Catweazle, Worzel Gummidge) in the audio dramas Doctor Who Unbound: A Storm of Angels and Doctor Who Unbound: Auld Mortality
- David Collings (Silver in Sapphire and Steel) in Full Fathom Five
- Sir Derek Jacobi, KBE (film and Shakespearean actor) in the audio drama Doctor Who Unbound: Deadline
- David Warner (Titanic, Twin Peaks) in the audio dramas Doctor Who Unbound: Sympathy for the Devil, Doctor Who Unbound: Masters of War and Doctor Who Unbound: Dark Palace.
- Arabella Weir (The Fast Show) in the audio drama Doctor Who Unbound: Exile
As other characters[edit]
- Lynda Bellingham (film and TV actress) in the Gallifrey series
- Christopher Biggins in The One Doctor
- Ed Bishop (UFO) in Doctor Who Unbound: Full Fathom Five
- Tony Blackburn (radio DJ) in The Rapture
- Eleanor Bron (Absolutely Fabulous) in Loups-Garoux
- Clare Buckfield (2point4 children, Grange Hill) in The Horror of Glam Rock and Dead London
- Paul Darrow (Blake's 7) in The Next Life
- James Fleet (The Vicar of Dibley) in Max Warp
- James Fox (film actor) in Shada
- Graeme Garden (The Goodies, The Goodies (TV series), Bananaman) in Bang-Bang-a-Boom! and Max Warp
- William Gaunt (The Champions) in every episode of Dalek Empire III
- Nickolas Grace (Brideshead Revisited, Robin of Sherwood) in Human Resources
- Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) in Excelis Dawns, Excelis Rising and Excelis Decays
- Richard Herring (Fist of Fun, This Morning With Richard Not Judy) in Real Time
- Nerys Hughes (The Liver Birds) in Phobos
- David Jackson (Blake's 7) in Sarah Jane Smith: Comeback
- Peter Jurasik (Babylon 5) in Winter for the Adept
- Michael Keating (Blake's 7) in The Twilight Kingdom
- Sally Knyvette (Blake's 7, Emmerdale) in Spare Parts
- Burt Kwouk (Pink Panther films) in Loups-Garoux
- Stewart Lee (Fist of Fun, This Morning With Richard Not Judy) in Real Time
- Matt Lucas (Shooting Stars, Little Britain) in The One Doctor
- Philip Madoc (The Life and Times of David Lloyd George) in Master
- Clive Mantle (Robin of Sherwood, Casualty, Holby City) in The Settling
- Roy Marsden (Adam Dalgliesh) in Human Resources
- Hugo Myatt (Knightmare) in Omega, Gallifrey: Weapon of Choice and Gallifrey: A Blind Eye
- Bill Oddie (The Goodies, The Goodies (TV series), Bananaman) in Doctor Who and the Pirates
- Philip Olivier (Brookside) in The Harvest, Dreamtime, Live 34 and Night Thoughts
- Jacqueline Pearce (Blake's 7) in The Fearmonger
- Michael Praed (Robin of Sherwood) in The Dark Flame
- Simon Pegg (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead) in Invaders from Mars
- Patricia Quinn (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) in Bang-Bang-a-Boom!
- Andrew Sachs (Fawlty Towers) in Shada
- Michael Sheard (Grange Hill, The Empire Strikes Back) in The Stones of Venice
- Jessica Stevenson (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead) in Invaders from Mars
- Gareth Thomas (Blake's 7) in Storm Warning and every episode of Dalek Empire I and Dalek Empire II
- David Walliams (Little Britain) in Phantasmagoria
- Don Warrington (Rising Damp) in Seasons of Fear, The Time of the Daleks, Neverland, Zagreus, Caerdroia and The Next Life
Charity Specials[edit]
As the Doctor[edit]
- Rowan Atkinson (Blackadder, Mr. Bean) in Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death
- Jim Broadbent (Moulin Rouge!, Iris) in Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death
- Hugh Grant (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill) in Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death
- Richard E. Grant (Withnail and I) in Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death
- Joanna Lumley, OBE (Absolutely Fabulous) in Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death
As other characters[edit]
- Kate O'Mara (Dynasty) in Dimensions in Time
- Jonathan Pryce (Tomorrow Never Dies, Glengarry Glen Ross) in Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death
- Julia Sawalha (Press Gang, Absolutely Fabulous, Jonathan Creek) in Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death
Actors from EastEnders[edit]
- Letitia Dean in Dimensions in Time
- Ross Kemp in Dimensions in Time
- Steve McFadden in Dimensions in Time
- Mike Reid in Dimensions in Time — previously played an uncredited extra in the television story The War Machines
- Wendy Richard, MBE in Dimensions in Time
- Pam St. Clement in Dimensions in Time
- Nicola Stapleton in Dimensions in Time
- Gillian Taylforth in Dimensions in Time
- Deepak Verma in Dimensions in Time
- Adam Woodyatt in Dimensions in Time
Independent video productions[edit]
- Jan Chappell (Blake's 7) in Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Kaldor City audio dramas[edit]
- Paul Darrow (Blake's 7) in all episodes (an extra 20-minute episode is included on the CD The Actor Speaks: Paul Darrow)
- Philip Madoc (The Life and Times of David Lloyd George) in Storm Mine
- Peter Tuddenham (Blake's 7) in Occam's Razor and Death's Head
Theatrical movies[edit]
- Ray Brooks (Cathy Come Home, Mr Benn, King Rollo, Big Deal, EastEnders) in Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD
- Roy Castle (Record Breakers, Carry On films) in Dr. Who and the Daleks
- Bernard Cribbins (Jackanory, Carry On films, Coronation Street) in Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD
- Peter Cushing (Hammer Horror, Star Wars) in Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD
- Andrew Keir (Quatermass and the Pit) in Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD
- Philip Madoc (The Life and Times of David Lloyd George) in Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD
Webcast productions[edit]
- Jon Culshaw (Dead Ringers) in Death Comes to Time
- Kevin Eldon (Fist of Fun) in Death Comes to Time
- Leonard Fenton (EastEnders) in Death Comes to Time
- Stephen Fry (Comedian/ actor) in Death Comes to Time
- Richard E. Grant (Withnail and I) in Scream of the Shalka 3
- Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Little Britain) in Death Comes to Time
- Sir Derek Jacobi (Shakespearian actor) in Scream of the Shalka
- Jim Norton, (Father Ted) in Scream of the Shalka
- Sophie Okonedo (later of Hotel Rwanda) in Scream of the Shalka
- Jacqueline Pearce (Blake's 7) in Death Comes to Time
- Andrew Sachs (Manuel in Fawlty Towers) in Shada
- John Sessions (Whose Line is it Anyway?, Stella Street) in Death Comes to Time
Returning Guest Stars[edit]
The following actors, in order of their first appearance, have all appeared in episodes of both the classic series (between 1963 and 1989) and the revival (2005 to present):
- Pauline Collins - Samantha Briggs in The Faceless Ones, 1967; Queen Victoria in Tooth and Claw, 2006
- Margaret John - Megan Jones in Fury from the Deep, 1968; Grandma Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern, 2006
- David Troughton - uncredited extra in The Enemy of the World, 1968; Private Moore in The War Games, 1969; King Peladon in The Curse of Peladon, 1972; Professor Hobbes in Midnight (Doctor Who), 2008
- Geoffrey Palmer - Masters in Doctor Who and the Silurians, 1970; Administrator in The Mutants, 1972; Captain Hardaker in Voyage Of The Damned, 2007
- Christopher Benjamin - Sir Keith Gold in Inferno, 1970; Henry Gordon Jago in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, 1977; Colonel Hugh in The Unicorn and the Wasp, 2008
- Louis Mahoney - Newscaster in Frontier in Space, 1973; Ponti in Planet of Evil, 1975, Old Billy in Blink, 2007
- Elisabeth Sladen - Sarah Jane Smith in 19 stories across seasons 11, 12, 13, 14 and 20 between 1974-76 and 1983; Sarah Jane Smith in spin-off K9 and Company, 1981; Sarah Jane Smith in Dimensions in Time, 1993; Sarah Jane Smith in School Reunion (Doctor Who), 2007; Sarah Jane Smith in spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures from 2007 onwards; Sarah Jane Smith in The Stolen Earth / Journey's End, 2008.
- Gabriel Woolf - Sutekh in Pyramids of Mars, 1975; Voice of The Beast in The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, 2006
- John Leeson - K-9 in 16 stories across seasons 15, 16, 18 and 20 between 1977-81 and 1983; K-9 in spin-off K9 and Company, 1981; K-9 in Dimensions in Time, 1993; K-9 in School Reunion (Doctor Who), 2007; K-9 in Invasion of the Bane and The Lost Boy episode of the spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures, 2007
- David Warwick - Kimus in The Pirate Planet, 1978; Police Commissioner in Army of Ghosts, 2006
- Clive Swift - Jobel in Revelation of the Daleks, 1985; Mr. Copper in Voyage of the Damned, 2007
- Colin Spaull - Lilt in Revelation of the Daleks, 1985; Mr Crane in Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel, 2006
- Trevor Laird - Frax in the Mindwarp segment of The Trial of a Time Lord, 1986; the recurring character Clive Jones, father of companion Martha starting in Smith And Jones, 2007
- Christopher Ryan - Lord Kiv in the Mindwarp segment of The Trial of a Time Lord, 1986; General Staal in The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky, 2008
- Nisha Nayar - Red Kang (uncredited) in Paradise Towers, 1987; Female Programmer in Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways, 2005
- William Thomas - Martin in Remembrance of the Daleks, 1988; Mr Cleaver in Boom Town (Doctor Who), 2005; Geraint Cooper in Something Borrowed episode of the spin-off series Torchwood, 2008
- Anne Reid - Nurse Crane in The Curse of Fenric, 1989; Florence Finnegan in Smith And Jones, 2007
Whilst Sir Derek Jacobi, who appeared in the 2007 episode Utopia as Professor Yana, never appeared in the classic series - his involvement with Doctor Who stems back to two appearances in licensed productions in 2003 - the Big Finish audio Deadline featured him as a character who believed he was The Doctor, and a few months later, he was cast as The Master in the webcast animation Scream of the Shalka.
Bernard Cribbins appeared in the 1965 feature film Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD, an adaptation of The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and was later given a cameo role in the 2007 Christmas Special, Voyage of the Damned. He reprised that role as Donna Noble's grandfather Wilfred Mott in series 4.
Mark Benton, Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes (nee Stevenson) and Mark Gatiss have all appeared in Big Finish audio productions prior to guesting in the revived tv series.
Chipo Chung became the first person to guest star in the revived series, then return as a guest star again, but as another character. She first appeared in Utopia in 2007, and returned in Turn Left in 2008. Previous returning cast members had become regulars or recurring characters (such as Freema Agyeman and Adjoa Andoh).
Future regulars[edit]
On rare occasions, future series regulars have been cast in other roles, and later asked to return to the series in much bigger roles.
The first instance of this phenomenon occurred when Jean Marsh was cast as Joanna in The Crusade in 1964. She would briefly become a companion when recast as Sara Kingdom in The Daleks' Master Plan the following year - becoming the second series companion to die whilst adventuring with The Doctor. She would later return to the series in the 1989 story Battlefield as the villainous Morgaine. For a period, she was also married to Third Doctor actor Jon Pertwee.
Nicholas Courtney, cast as Bret Vyon for the first half of The Daleks' Master Plan, also featuring Jean Marsh, would return to the series as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, best known as 'The Brigadier', many times over the next two decades, appearing with the second, third, fourth, fifth and seventh Doctors before finally meeting the sixth in the charity special Dimensions in Time. The Brigadier also appears in the series finale of the Sarah Jane Smith Adventures.
In 1965, Peter Purves appeared in The Chase playing Morton Dill, a young man from Alabama visiting the Empire State Building, when The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki arrive on the run from the Daleks, who later appear to Morton's bemusement. Later in that story, Purves was asked back to play the role of space pilot Steven Taylor who became a regular character at the end of the story upon the departure of Ian and Barbara. To date, this is the only (and probably the last) time this has occurred in the space of one story!
John Levene, best known for playing Sergeant Benton in various stories between 1968 and 1975, first appeared as a Cyberman in The Moonbase, then as a Yeti in The Web of Fear. Another UNIT member, Harry Sullivan, was played by Ian Marter, who first appeared in the series as the dashing John Andrews in Carnival of Monsters opposite John Pertwee in 1973 before joining the series as Harry for Tom Baker's first season as The Doctor. Marter also co-wrote a script for a possible Doctor Who feature film with Baker, and wrote numerous novelisations of Doctor Who serials for Target Books, before his untimely death in 1986.
The next occurrence did not occur until 1978 when Lalla Ward guested in the series as Princess Astra in The Armageddon Factor. After expressing disappointment at the way her character Romana had developed, Mary Tamm departed the series after this story had finished recording. But as her character was a Time Lady, she could easily be regenerated, and the following story Destiny of the Daleks sees Romana deliberately choosing to model herself after Princess Astra - allowing Ward to join the series as a regular. She later went on to have a whirlwind romance with her co-star Tom Baker which led to marriage and divorce within 18 months.
A few years later, Sarah Sutton was cast as Nyssa in The Keeper of Traken. At the end of that story it was decided that she should join the TARDIS crew as a regular, and she was hastily written into the following story Logopolis, albeit as the same character.
When casting the 1983 serial Arc of Infinity, the production office stumbled upon Colin Baker and cast him as Commander Maxil, a Time Lord who gets to shoot The Doctor, as played by Peter Davison. Fourteen months later, Davison left the series and regenerated into the Sixth Doctor, as played by Baker. To date, this is the only time an actor who has played The Doctor has appeared in the series prior to his casting as the lead. It was also the last time this occurred during the original run.
There have also been instances of guest actors returning as regular or recurring characters in the series revival, and oddly they are all members of the same family and all made their first appearance in the first episode of series three, "Smith and Jones". Adjoa Andoh, cast as recurring character Francine Jones, first appeared in the 2006 episode "New Earth". Her on-screen husband, Clive Jones, has also appeared in the series before - actor Trevor Laird played the villainous Frax in the Mindwarp segment of The Trial of a Time Lord back in 1986.
The most obvious returning actor in this story, however, was Freema Agyeman, who would go on to portray the companion Martha Jones. She first appeared in the 2006 episode "Army of Ghosts" as doomed Torchwood employee Adeola. It was whilst playing this role that the series producers realised she'd be perfect for the role of Martha, and she was soon auditioned for the role, making her debut less than a year after her first appearance in the show. The episode also had Martha explain that Adeola was her cousin.
Donna Noble as played by Catherine Tate was originally meant to be a temporary companion in one episode ("The Runaway Bride"). However she was brought back as a permanent companion at the start of Series 4.
Eve Myles was cast as Victorian-era maid Gwyneth in the episode The Unquiet Dead, and was later cast as the female lead in Torchwood as a character with a similar name, Gwen Cooper. While there has been no in-story explanation for the coincidence, Davies states in Doctor Who Magazine that any similarity was unintentional, however the similarity was commented on by The Doctor and Rose in the season 4 finale, Journey's End.
Footnotes[edit]
- ^Note 1 : The producers had originally planned to have The Beatles appear as elderly versions of themselves, but had to settle for using a film clip from the BBC musical series Top of the Pops. This particular edition is one of many that were deleted, therefore making the clip seen in The Chase the only surviving footage of this Beatles performance.
- ^Note 2 : Jean Marsh was at one time married to Jon Pertwee, who played the Third Doctor, albeit prior to either appearing in the series. Marsh's character in The Daleks' Master Plan, Sara Kingdom, is considered by many as one of the Doctor's companions.
- ^Note 3 : Richard E. Grant has the distinction of being the only actor to play two different incarnations of the Doctor in officially licensed productions. (This does not count Sylvester McCoy briefly donning Colin Baker's costume in Time and the Rani.)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Gallifrey Guardian: Into The Future!". Doctor Who Magazine (386): 4. 2007.
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