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Though largely unknown to non-[[British]] audiences, '''[[Ken Dodd]]''' was a major star in the [[United Kingdom]] when cast to play the [[Tollmaster]] in the [[Seventh Doctor]] [[serial]], ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]''. | Though largely unknown to non-[[British]] audiences, '''[[Ken Dodd]]''' was a major star in the [[United Kingdom]] when cast to play the [[Tollmaster]] in the [[Seventh Doctor]] [[serial]], ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]''. | ||
| 5 = [[File:Briggs.jpg|center|300px|link=Beryl Reid]]'''[[Beryl Reid]]''' was a big deal when she was cast — or maybe ''miscast'' — as a freighter captain in ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''. As things turned out, she was the last piece of "stunt casting" to be seen in a highly-rated episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' until [[Doctor Who (1996)|the 1996 television movie]]. From ''Earthshock'' until the end of the original series, audiences were mostly in a state of decline. | | 5 = [[File:Briggs.jpg|center|300px|link=Beryl Reid]]'''[[Beryl Reid]]''' was a big deal when she was cast — or maybe ''miscast'' — as a freighter captain in ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]''. As things turned out, she was the last piece of "stunt casting" to be seen in a highly-rated episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' until [[Doctor Who (1996)|the 1996 television movie]]. From ''Earthshock'' until the end of the original series, audiences were mostly in a state of decline. | ||
| 6 = [[File:Astrid-peth-kylie-minogue.jpg|center|300px|link=http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Transmat:Doctor_Who?file=Kylie_Minogue_wins_International_Female_presented_by_David_Tennant_BRIT_Awards_2008]]Though she's never had much of a [[United States|Stateside]] career, '''[[Kylie Minogue]]''' has been a Big Damn Deal everywhere else since she first appeared on the [[Australia]]n soap, {{wi|Neighbours}}. That's why [[RTD]]'s team pursued her vigorously when looking for a [[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|2007 Christmas Special]] guest [[companion]]. Her turn as [[Astrid Peth]] worked a treat, giving the show some of the highest ratings in its history — and getting tons of free copy in the global English press. | | 6 = [[File:Astrid-peth-kylie-minogue.jpg|center|300px|link=http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Transmat:Doctor_Who?file=Kylie_Minogue_wins_International_Female_presented_by_David_Tennant_BRIT_Awards_2008]]{{tcap|Click to see [[David Tennant]] giving [[Kylie Minogue|Kylie]] a Brit Award}}Though she's never had much of a [[United States|Stateside]] career, '''[[Kylie Minogue]]''' has been a Big Damn Deal everywhere else since she first appeared on the [[Australia]]n soap, {{wi|Neighbours}}. That's why [[RTD]]'s team pursued her vigorously when looking for a [[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|2007 Christmas Special]] guest [[companion]]. Her turn as [[Astrid Peth]] worked a treat, giving the show some of the highest ratings in its history — and getting tons of free copy in the global English press. | ||
| 7 = [[file:VictoriaNotAmused.jpg|center|300px|link=http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Transmat:Doctor_Who?file=The_Doctor_saves_the_Queen_-_Doctor_Who_-_Tooth_and_Claw_-_Series_2_-_BBC]]{{tcap|Click for video}}'''[[Pauline Collins]], OBE''' is one of the rare actors that ''Doctor Who'' has seen on both sides of her career. She guested as [[Samantha Briggs]] in the [[Patrick Troughton]] story, ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'' before she became a British household name in {{wi|Liver Birds}}. Then, she came back to the programme after her Academy Award nomination to play [[Queen]] [[Victoria]] in the [[David Tennant]] story, ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]''. | | 7 = [[file:VictoriaNotAmused.jpg|center|300px|link=http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Transmat:Doctor_Who?file=The_Doctor_saves_the_Queen_-_Doctor_Who_-_Tooth_and_Claw_-_Series_2_-_BBC]]{{tcap|Click for video}}'''[[Pauline Collins]], OBE''' is one of the rare actors that ''Doctor Who'' has seen on both sides of her career. She guested as [[Samantha Briggs]] in the [[Patrick Troughton]] story, ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'' before she became a British household name in {{wi|Liver Birds}}. Then, she came back to the programme after her Academy Award nomination to play [[Queen]] [[Victoria]] in the [[David Tennant]] story, ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]''. | ||
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