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Meet the stars of Doctor Who before they were famous

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…

Paul Kirkley

Published: Thursday, 23 June 2016 at 9:40 am

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Jenna Coleman

No bit parts on Casualty and The Bill for the artist formerly known as Jenna-Louise Coleman: the future Clara Oswald made her screen debut aged 19 as teenage lesbian (© every tabloid newspaper, ever) Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale, and went on to appear in 168 instalments. Here she is in her final episode, making a tearful farewell to her lover Debbie after being convicted of manslaughter for killing corrupt copper Shane Doyle.

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Also, if you skip to 13:40 in the clip below, you’ll see Jasmine with police officer Ross Kirk, played by Samuel Anderson – aka Clara’s doomed lover Danny Pink. Neither could have known that one day he was destined to die and be resurrected as a Cyberman. Though we've seen more far-fetched Emmerdale plotlines, to be honest.

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After leaving Emmerdale, Jenna played Lindsay James in school saga Waterloo Road, where she was sent to prison for killing another wrong ’un – this time her abusive dad. Basically, you don’t want to get on the wrong side of Jenna Coleman.

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