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Peter Capaldi was already famous for playing the foul-mouthed politic party whip Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of it. Ray Davies: 'I'm easy to love but impossible to live with' Rachel Cooke Long revered as one of England's finest songwriters, Ray Davies, curator of this year's Meltdown festival, remains shy. Kylie Minogue, one of the biggest pop stars in the world guesting on a Christmas Special is major stunt casting.

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Catherine Tate was already a TV star from her own comedy sketch show when she was cast as companion Donna Noble. That was to relaunch the show in 2005, a declaration that the show was not a cheap, nerdish embarrassment but to plant its flag as a major piece of mainstream pop entertainment.

For Ray DaviesвЂ™ part, he was just aiming to bring things into focus, and the result was a song that not only stands the test of time, but no matter the generation. Billie Piper was a risky big name, a fallen teenage pop princess everyone in the UK knew, trying to start over after her music career ended. The maturity of Ray DaviesвЂ™ lyrics was noted by their tour manager at the time who observed that the band was writing about themes usually reserved for people twice their age. In the modern era, Christopher Eccleston was already a well-respected actor from Cracker, Shallow Grave, Our Friends in the North, and The Second Coming. A new season of television dramas under the banner Play for Today was launched. Brian Blessed and comedian Ken Dodd as much-hyped guest stars. Image: Norman Rossington as Jack Burnshaw and Ray Davies as Pete in 'The Long Distance Piano Player' by Alan Sharp. John CleeseВ showing up in a cameo for a joke about pretentious art critics. Ray Davies contributed vocals and lyrics to the song Graceville (IвЂ™ll Take You There) on Bill ShanleyвЂ™s new solo album, Midnight Mission, in stores today. Bonnie Langford was a star of musical theatre when she was cast as Mel, the 6 th Doctor's companion. Ray Davies Featured On Bill Shanley Album, вЂMidnight Mission,вЂ™ Available Now. Peter Davison was already a star from All Creatures Great and Small (the original version) when he was cast as the 5 th Doctor. Jon Pertwee was a well-known comedian when he was cast as the 3 rd Doctor. Stunt-casting is part of the business of TV, and Doctor Who has always needed headline-grabbing names for ratings. This has happened before вЂ“ the media hypes up a new hot name of the month and declare they're the next Doctor, whether it was Eddie Izzard or Julian Clary, and it never came to pass.

It probably won't, because his name is too hyped by the media. We have no idea if it will be Olly Alexander.

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