Meet the stars of Doctor Who before they were famous
From a teenage Tennant to Peter Capaldi’s stint in The Beatles, here are some of our favourite clips of Doctor Who stars before they stepped aboard the TARDIS…
Matt Smith
Before boarding the TARDIS (or Sexy, as he likes to call her – and we're not judging), Matt Smith made his TV debut as likeable cockney Jim Taylor in the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke, starring Billie Piper as Sally Lockhart:
The following year, Matt and Billie, um, hooked up again in Secret Diary of a Call Girl, appearing in a NSFW scene that now looks like a raunchy slice of live action Rose Tyler/Eleventh Doctor slash fic. It’s out there if you want to look for it – meanwhile, let’s all cool down with Matt and Andrew Buchan shaking it out to a Style Council classic in 2007’s politico drama Party Animals: