10 Doctor Who Guest Stars Who Got Themselves Noticed

10. Harry Lloyd (Human Nature/The Family Of Blood)

Harry Lloyd certainly wasn’t wasted during his two-episode stint on Doctor Who, in both Human Nature and The Family of Blood. Cast as Son of Mine, an alien hunter possessing the body of 1910s schoolboy Jeremy Baines, Lloyd put in a spine-tingling performance, and will be remembered as one of the best one-time villains of NuWho. Never has a humanoid villain on this show felt so alien.

From the get-go, it was clear that the scene-stealing Lloyd was one to keep an eye on, and audiences would be proven right, as he landed major roles in Jane Eyre, The Iron Lady, and The Theory of Everything. He would also be nominated for a BAFTA for his performance in The Fear.

He is most widely recognised, however, for his short-lived but excellent performance as Viserys Targaryen in season one of Game of Thrones, in which he plays a character that is somehow even more nasty than Son of Mine.

Impressive going.

Oh, and here’s a fun, vaguely Who-related bonus fact for you: Lloyd is the great-great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, which is pretty cool.