10 Big Stars You Forgot Appeared In The World Of Doctor Who

You could be forgiven for forgetting that Stephen Fry appeared in Spyfall, given how brief his role as the head of MI6 was. However, that's not the forgotten Fry role in question. The polymath actor had previously appeared in a very different type of Doctor Who story, back in 2001. With the series' comeback four years away, other revival options were being considered.

One of these options was an audio serial, entitled Death Comes to Time, which picked up the story of the Seventh Doctor and Ace. It's a murder mystery, an epic intergalactic battle, and steeped in new Time Lord mythology. It also just happened to kill off the Doctor, seemingly for good. Joining a returning Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred, was an extraordinary guest cast that included John Sessions and Anthony Head.

Stephen Fry played The Minister of Chance, a fellow Time Lord, who breaks the laws of non-intervention in a catastrophic fashion. It's a great performance by Fry, and the closest you'll likely get to him playing the Doctor. If the series had taken off, the plan was to have the Minister of Chance adopt the Doctor's title to redeem his prior actions, which led to the Doctor's death. It wasn't to be.