Has “Doctor Who” Become “Dancing With the Stars”?

It ’s official : Billie Piper is backon Doctor Who next year , in a needless ratings catch . And the BBC also released more detail about her fellow pop star Kylie Minogue ’s appearing in the Christmas special . Kylie plays Astrid , a waitress on the Titanic , which break up into the Doctor ’s clock time ship at the death of the premature season . And Kylie is n’t the only high - electrical power star in the cast for “ Voyage of the Damned , ” the Doctor Who Christmas instalment .

Geoffrey Palmer from mega - sitcom As Time Goes By and Clive Swift from preserve Up Appearances also have star theatrical role in “ Voyage of the Damned . ” ( Both show are PBS fixtures in the U.S. , but they ’re huge in England . ) Other stars in the episode : Gray O’Brien ( The Queen ) , Debbie Chazen ( The Smoking Room ) and George Costigan ( star of Rita , Sue and Bob Too ) . For fans of British television receiver and pic , the pack of familiar facial expression could be distract .

Stunt casting has a retentive and gallant custom in Doctor Who , with interracial solution . Here ’s a chronology , with grade :

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1963 - 1978 You see lots of British character actors popping up ( sometimes in multiple roles ) but you ’re never trouble by the appearing of a celebrated personality . Grade : B+

1979 : John Cleese and his then - wife Eleanor Bron seem for a few moments in “ The City Of Death , ” remark on the TARDIS ( the Doctor ’s ship ) as abstractionist art . Cleese and Tom Baker also filmed a inadequate skit together . Grade : A

1985 : Kate O’Mara ( Joan Collins ’ babe from Dynasty ) plays the Rani , an amoral member of the Doctor ’s own race . She ’s scarce a big hotshot , but her acting does n’t really rationalise the role . gradation : B-

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Late eighties : Famous ( in England ) comedian Ken Dodd and comedy pair Hale and Pace have totally free cameo . They pretty much make for themselves , and Dodd have on a wholly horrid glittery getup . ground level : D.

1989 : plot show master of ceremonies Nicholas Parsons ( basically England ’s result to Bob Barker ) plays a conflicted clergyman in “ The Curse of Fenric . ” It ’s a meaty role , and Parsons puts everything he ’s got into it . Grade : B+

1996 : Formerly famous Eric Roberts plays implike - baddie The Master in the television movie . class : C- .

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2005 : wash up pop star topology Billie Piper becomes the Doctor ’s newfangled companion , and test she can do . Grade : A.

2005 : world TV star Anne Robinson ( The Weakest Link ) and Trinny & Susannah ( What To Wear ) act themselves — only they ’re golem . Somehow it ’s an malign Dalek plan . Huh ? Grade : D.

2005 - 2007 : Famous ( in England ) actors Zoe Wanamaker , Peter Kay , Derek Jacobi and John Simm act major role . Luckily , they ’re all substantial actors . Well , except for Kay . Grade : A- . [ trope courtesy of BBC ]

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