10 Big Stars You Forgot Appeared In The World Of Doctor Who
6. Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen has been about to play the next Doctor since Christopher Eccleston's departure was announced in 2005. The Welsh actor certainly fits the bill as an idealised version of what some fans see as The Doctor, but it feels unlikely that he'll ever get the keys to the TARDIS. He'll just have to take the Doctor's ship by force, and he's already got experience in that department.
Neil Gaiman's acclaimed Doctor Who story The Doctor's Wife cast Sheen as the voice of the villainous House. He was a non-corporeal entity that survived by consuming artron energy from captured TARDISes on his junkyard planet. He's defeated by the TARDIS, in the form of Idris, who expels the entity from the Doctor's ship. Sheen's voice is quite unrecognisable, unsurprising given his talent for mimicry. It's a spine-chilling performance, and despite recording all his lines separate from the filming, you get a real sense of Sheen going toe to toe with Matt Smith in the fantastic "Fear me" scene.
Sheen and Gaiman are of course firm friends, and continue to work with each other on the anticipated second series of Good Omens.