Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson’s sublime, pop culture-obsessed sitcom Spaced contained many Who references, most notably when Bill Bailey’s character Bilbo asks Tim to “step into the office” and they enter a police box door.

Both Pegg and Stevenson were in the cast for Invaders From Mars, a Big Finish Doctor Who audio adventure. Pegg appeared the series proper in 2005, playing The Editor in The Long Game. He also provided the narration on the first series of the companion programme Doctor Who Confidential. Jessica Stevenson, under her married name of Hynes, made two appearances in the episodes Human Nature/Family Of Blood and The End Of Time.

Simon Pegg’s burgeoning film career took him to America, where JJ Abrams cast him as Montgomery Scott in Star Trek.