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| 1 = [[File:Cleese-up.jpg|300px|center|link=John Cleese]]'''[[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 "[[w:c:beatles:Eleanor Rigby|Eleanor Rigby]]".   
| 1 = [[File:Cleese-up.jpg|300px|center|link=John Cleese]]'''[[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 "[[w:c:beatles:Eleanor Rigby|Eleanor Rigby]]".   
| 2 = [[File:LonCroppedBest.jpg|300px|center|link=Martin Clunes]]'''[[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.  
| 2 = [[File:LonCroppedBest.jpg|300px|center|link=Martin Clunes]]'''[[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.  
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| 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=Kylie Minogue]]Though she's never had much of a [[Unites 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=Kylie Minogue]]Though she's never had much of a [[Unites 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 = '''[[Pauline Collins]]''' is one of the rare actors that ''Doctor Who'' has seen on both sides of her career.  She guested 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 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?link=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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