10 Big Stars You Forgot Appeared In The World Of Doctor Who
2. June Brown
The late, great June Brown appeared in Doctor Who back in the 1970s, going toe to toe with Jon Pertwee in The Time Warrior. This was before she landed the iconic role that would define her career - Dot Cotton in EastEnders. Through Brown's incredible performance, Dot is firmly embedded in British popular culture, to the point that she once made friends with Lady Gaga on the Graham Norton show.
Decades after her first appearance in the series, June Brown briefly re-emerged in the Doctor Who world via a short sketch, and we're not talking about Dimensions in Time. 2011's National Television Awards channelled the spirit of Billy Crystal at the Oscars via a whistlestop TARDIS tour around TV history.
The central conceit is that presenter Dermot O'Leary has slept in for the ceremony, and needs the Doctor's help to get him to the NTAs on time. The TARDIS travels a hundred years into the future to find an advert laden BBC (thanks Boris!) and returns to Albert Square. When Dermot emerges on to Albert Square, he's immediately recognised by Dot Cotton as not being the Doctor. After all, he's only got one outfit, where else would he get it cleaned but in one of TV's last-standing laundrettes?