YACS! Eve Myles - in "Journey's End" (series 30, episode 13), the Doctor is talking to Gwen (@ the Torchwood Hub) over the subwave network, and the doctor asks if she comes from an 'old Cardiff family'. This was a reference back to "The Unquiet Dead" (series 17, episode 3 - the Dickens episode) - Eve Myles plays a woman named "Gwyneth", who works as the assistant to an undertaker and (unwittingly) becomes the portal to Earth for a race of gaseous beings via the rift referenced multiple times in both Doctor Who & Torchwood.
Freema Agyeman - prior to her appearances as Martha Jones in series 29 & 30, she appeared in "Army of Ghosts" (series 28, episode 12) as "Adeola Oshodi". I don't immediately recall this character, but I suspect she was Cybermen fodder @ Torchwood Canary Wharf. Given the probable elapsed time between the Battle of Canary Wharf and the events of "Smith and Jones" (series 29, episode 1), I don't see any way that this character could be an ancestor of Martha's. I'm very curious as to who ends up being cast as the 11th Doctor, although one popular pick is off the table - Robert Carlyle has taken a role on "Stargate Universe". On Jan 2, 7:59 pm, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > And with some kind of internal logic and/or attention to continuity > (or were they inside jokes?), it was implied in later episodes that > Eve's "Torchwood" character was a descendent of her Victorian-era > "Who" character - and (if I'm not mistaken) that Freema's Martha Jones > had a relative (a cousin?) in the Torchwood organization who was > involved in the earlier Who-jinks. > > On Jan 2, 4:21 pm, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Likewise for Eve Myles, who did a guest bit on Dr. Who before being cast on > > Torchwood. > > > While it's not limited to the science fiction shows shot in Vancouver, > > there are a few Vancouver-based actors and actresses that make the rounds > > of nearly every TV production. > > > ________________________________ > > From: David Lynch <[email protected]> > > > Not that I'm aware of for the role of The Doctor specifically, but RTD > > did something like that before with Freema Agyeman, who played some > > minor character in "Army of Ghosts" before becoming Martha. > > > Recycling actors seems to be pretty common across sci-fi franchises in > > general, as well, so I wouldn't be surprised. > > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 15:25, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > One name being tossed about is Paterson Joseph, who played the > > > character Rodrick in two episodes of "Dr. Who" in 2005. Has anyone > > > ever played a minor role in Dr. Who and then gone on to be the doctor?- > > > Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
