10 Doctor Who Cameos You Definitely Missed

You'd be forgiven for thinking that there wasn’t anything particularly remarkable about the actor who played Handles, the Eleventh Doctor's beloved Cyber-head. He’s got a slightly different twang to that of usual Cyberman voice actor Nick Briggs, yes – but surely it’s not someone we’d recognise from elsewhere… is it?

Well, that’s where you’d be wrong. Even prior to appearing in The Time of the Doctor, Kayvan Novak had multiple TV credits to his name, including E4 comedy Fonejacker (a show he also co-created, and which won him a BAFTA).

His film credits were fewer, but have exploded in the years since he lent his pipes to Matt Smith's swansong, with roles in Paddington, Men In Black: International, and Cruella. But by far, Novak’s most well-known role is one that came about six years after The Time of the Doctor, as the vampire Nandor in the TV adaptation of What We Do in the Shadows.

It’s a rare case, on this list, of someone cameoing in Doctor Who before rising to prominence, to the point where fans of Novak’s other work will likely not have made the connection.

It was his star-turn as Handles that was responsible for his career boom, we’re sure.