10 Doctor Who Actors Who Nearly Died While Filming

10. Alan Chuntz (Inferno)

The seventh season of Classic Who went out with a bang with the seven-part serial Inferno.

Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor gets flung across time and space to an alternate reality version of Earth. In this strange new world, the UK is run by a fascist government.

You can make your own jokes with that one.

During a scene in episode three involving the Doctor's car, Bessie, driving at high speeds, stuntman Alan Chuntz took method acting a step too far, and was actually struck by the vehicle for real. This caused a serious leg injury to the performer, and he was immediately transported to A&E. Actor John Levene called it "the worst wound he'd ever seen."

Poor old Pertwee was so distraught by nearly running a man down that he became ill, which pushed back shooting by several hours.

Thankfully, Chuntz recovered, and he even returned to work on Doctor Who a bunch more times, and presumably kept his distance from Pertwee and his road rage.