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10 Famous Actors You Completely Forgot Were In Doctor Who

Not only is Doctor Who one of the most famous shows in the world, but it also offers a fun, fantasy experience unlike most other things on television. That must be why the series is able to attract such high calibre talent to appear in any capacity from a main role to a minor walk-on part. For instance, the late, great John Hurt jumped at the chance to play a one-off version of the Doctor in the 50th anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor."
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2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story introduced us to Jyn Erso, the Rebel fighter who gave her life to provide the Alliance with the means to destroy the Death Star. But, several years earlier, actress Felicity Jones played a much less heroic character in an episode of Doctor Who.

In 2007’s “The Unicorn and the Wasp,” the sci-fi show did a take-off on Agatha Christie-type murder mysteries. Jones played Lady Robina Redmond, an aristocrat who turned out to be a cockney jewel thief known as the Unicorn. It was a light-hearted part and worlds away from the sort of roles she would become known for in Hollywood (see: her Oscar-nominated turn in 2014’s The Theory of Everything).

Funnily enough though, one of Jones’ credits after leaving Doctor Who was The Amazing Spider-Man 2, where she played Felicia Hardy. A superhero movie that happens to star another alumn of the sci-fi show…


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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'