10 Reasons We're Entering A Doctor Who Golden Age
9. Stellar Guest Stars
Doctor Who has a long history of snapping up guest actors right before they become ultra-famous (looking at you Andrew Garfield, Felicity Jones, and Olivia Colman).
But equally, it’s important to cast people who are already known to the general public.
This has never been a problem for Doctor Who, as plenty of well-known actors are keen to appear in the show. Recent casting coups have included Alan Cumming and Stephen Fry, and if you go further back, there’s Keeley Hawes, John Hurt, Michael Gambon, Timothy Dalton, and Kylie Minogue.
The RTD2 era is going to be no exception. From Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon to Frozen actor Jonathan Groff to How I Met Your Mother’s Neil Patrick Harris, there are some huge names lined up to appear already. Even Bonnie Langford, returning as Mel, is a massive star in the Doctor Who sphere.
No doubt, there are many more guest actors yet to be announced. Ryan Gosling was recently rumoured, just imagine! But the ones we do know about are all major coups for the show, and with all different kinds of representation in the cast, Doctor Who is going to appeal to a wider audience than ever.
The stars really are aligning.