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| 1 = [[File:Cleese-up.jpg | | 1 = [[File:Cleese-up.jpg|center|link=http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Transmat:Doctor_Who?file=John_Cleese_Carefully_Considers_Your_Futile_Comments]]{{tcap|Click to watch [[John Cleese|Cleese]] respond to [[Twitter]]}}'''[[John Cleese]]''' appeared in ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s highest-rated televised story, ''[[City of Death]]'', around the time of series 2 of ''Fawlty Towers''. He was joined by the then-famous '''[[Eleanor Bron]]''' — the woman [[Paul McCartney]] once said was partial inspiration for the song "[[Eleanor Rigby]]". | ||
| 2 = [[File:LonCroppedBest.jpg | | 2 = [[File:LonCroppedBest.jpg|center|link=http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Transmat:Doctor_Who?file=Lucas_%26_Walliams_sing_the_Martin_Clunes_song_-_The_Graham_Norton_Show_-_Christmas_Special_2010_-_BBC]]{{tcap|How famous is Clunes? Well, click the pic and let [[David Walliams]] tell ya}}'''[[Martin Clunes]]''', known best to audiences as the titular character from {{wi|Doc Martin}} had his first major guest starring role on ''[[Doctor Who]]''. As [[Lon]] from ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'', he played the spoilt future ruler of the planet [[Manussa]]. [[21st century]] British talk show hosts delight in showing off Clunes' awkwardly-dressed character whenever possible. | ||
| 3 = [[file:Arbitan.jpg | | 3 = [[file:Arbitan.jpg|center|link=http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Transmat:Doctor_Who?file=CITIZEN_KANE_ULTIMATE_COLLECTOR'S_EDITION_-_ROSEBUD]]{{tcap|Click to see [[George Coulouris|Coulouris]] as Thatcher in the scene that explains the ''Citizen Kane'' mystery of "Rosebud"}}'''[[George Coulouris]]''' was undoubtedly the most prominent actor to appear in the [[season 1|first season]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', yet he only appeared in a single episode, "[[The Sea of Death]]". Coulouris was a part of [[Orson Welles]]' regular troupe of actors, and took part in both ''[[The War of the Worlds]]''{{'}} American [[radio]] broadcast in [[1938]] as well as {{wi|Citizen Kane}}. Though his career was mostly an American one, he returned to Britain in the [[1950s]], putting him in position to work on ''Doctor Who'' in [[1964]]. | ||
| 4 = [[file:Tollmaster.jpg | | 4 = [[file:Tollmaster.jpg|center|link=http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Transmat:Doctor_Who?file=TARDIS_at_the_toll_booth_-_Doctor_Who_-_Delta_and_the_Bannermen_-_BBC]]{{tcap|Click for video}} | ||
Though largely unknown to non-[[British]] | 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 = | | 5 = [[File:Briggs.jpg|center|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 (TV story)|the 1996 television movie]]. From ''Earthshock'' until the end of the original series, audiences were mostly in a state of decline. | ||
| 6 = | | 6 = [[File:Astrid-peth-kylie-minogue.jpg|center|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 = | | 7 = [[file:VictoriaNotAmused.jpg|center|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}}. She then came back to the programme after her Academy Award nomination to play [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] in the [[David Tennant]] story, ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]''. | ||
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| 9 = | [[File:The Doctor's Daughter.jpg|centre|link=http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Transmat:Doctor_Who?file=The_Doctor%27s_daughter_-_Doctor_Who_-_BBC]]{{tcap|Click to see [[Georgia Moffett]] with her soon-to-be husband [[David Tennant]]... or is he her father?}}The real-life daughter of [[Fifth Doctor]] actor [[Peter Davison]], '''[[Georgia Moffett]]''' appeared in the new series as [[Jenny (The Doctor's Daughter)|Jenny]] — the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s daughter — in, well, ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]''. After first meeting Tenth Doctor actor [[David Tennant]] while filming this very episode, she then proceeded to ''marry'' Tennant, making her father the Doctor and her husband... her father? | ||
| 10 = | | 9 = [[File:DoctorAndCurator.jpg|center|link=http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Transmat:Doctor_Who?file=*{{uc:plot_spoilers}}*_Tom_Baker_returns_in_The_Day_of_the_Doctor_-_Doctor_Who_50th_Anniversary_-_BBC]]{{tcap|Click to watch the [[Eleventh Doctor]] meet [[Curator (The Day of the Doctor)|his past self]]... or his future self?}}Audiences were shocked as '''[[Tom Baker]]''' cameoed in the 50th anniversary ''[[Doctor Who]]'' special, ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', as [[Curator (The Day of the Doctor)|the mysterious curator]] of the [[National Gallery]]. Baker previously played the [[Fourth Doctor]] from [[1974 (releases)|1974]]-[[1981 (releases)|1981]], and had not revisited the role on television until then, despite [[The Five Doctors (TV story)|having certainly been invited at least once]]. Was the Curator a past incarnation of [[the Doctor]], a future one, or someone else entirely? As he himself put it, "Who knows." | ||
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}} Find out more about the thousands of actors who have been on ''Doctor Who'' by exploring '''[[:category:Doctor Who guest actors|Doctor Who guest actors]]'''. | }} Find out more about the thousands of actors who have been on ''Doctor Who'' by exploring '''[[:category:Doctor Who guest actors|Doctor Who guest actors]]'''. | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:13, 4 December 2013
Instructions for {{Surprising guest}}
{{Surprising guest}} is a template that populates the "Surprising guest" section at Transmat:Doctor Who. It only works on that page.
