20 Doctor Who Actors Who Have Been In Star Wars (& 2 Who Will Be)
10. Deep Roy
The Kenyan-born actor, Deep Roy, might be small in stature but he's big in sci-fi and fantasy credits! He's accumulated appearances in numerous cult programmes and films, from The New Avengers to The X-Files, by way of Planet of the Apes and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Oh, and he can boast about having several roles in Blake's 7 and playing every single Oompa-Loompa in Tim Burtons version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Many Doctor Who fans know all about his role as the homicidal pig-brained Peking Homonculus, Mr Sin, in the Fourth Doctor adventure The Talons of Weng-Chiang. What they might not be aware of is his uncredited performance as the Possican Delegate in the Mindwarp section of The Trial of a Time Lord season (specifically, in episode 7). Similarly, legions of Star Wars fans can easily identify Roy as the flute-playing Droopy McCool in Return of the Jedi. He was in the band playing in Jabba's palace. But they might struggle to identify Roy as an Ewok and a stand-in inside R2-D2 in the very same film. Just to make every other sci-fi actor especially jealous, Roy also plays Scotty's pal, Keenser, in the new Star Trek films.
Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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