10 Doctor Who Background Actors Who Got Themselves Noticed

Everyone has to start somewhere – even Prince Charming.

American actor Josh Dallas was working in the UK at the start of his career, and had a very small role in the hugely important Doctor Who episode that introduced River Song. He's since gone on to high-profile roles in Manifest and Once Upon a Time, but he started out as a literal face on a slab. But hey, if it's good enough for Shirley Henderson.

Dallas played Node 2 in Silence in the Library – y'know, one of those computer interfaces with a literal human face attached to it. In a deliciously dark Steven Moffat twist, in transpired that these nodes were fitted with the faces of those that had donated them after death.

This set up one of Moffat's greatest cliffhangers, as Donna Noble is later "saved" to one of the nodes.

It's a tiny but vital role, and will likely be a footnote in Dallas' CV. That said, he must get a tiny thrill whenever he's approached at conventions to sign a photo of Node 2 instead of Once Upon a Time's Prince Charming, Thor's Fandral, or Manifest's Ben Stone.