10 Films That You Never Realised Doctor Who Actors Were In
10. Sylvester McCoy In Dracula
See the guy in the background tending to that horse? That's Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy in his role as Walter in the 1979 film Dracula. There's not really much to say about this other than the fact he's a butler. Yup. That's your lot, folks. Oh, and the film itself is pretty good, too. Directed by John Badham with an original music score by John Williams, it was generally praised for its performances - particularly Frank Langella as the titular vampire (though let's pretend the real star of the show is ol' Sylv) - and for the fact that it didn't lend itself so easily to self-satire as is all too common with other films of the same genre. It won the 1979 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film, too, for what it's worth. Something to get your teeth into.
Dan Butler is the Doctor Who Editor at WhatCulture.com. When he isn't writing his own articles or editing other people's, he can be found trawling the internet for gifs of Steven Moffat laughing. Contact him via dan.butler@whatculture.co.uk.
