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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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Billie Piper

Billie Piper got a none-more 1997 start in showbiz when she and four fellow Sylvia Young Theatre School students appeared as The Spice Girls in an edition of kids’ TV show Scratchy & Co. (Billie played Posh, which is probably where her similarity to Victoria Beckham starts and ends.)

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The same year, she landed a TV spot for legendary pop bible Smash Hits:

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And within 12 months was doing this:

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The opening to which, Who fans will note, bears an uncanny resemblance to this:

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