Breaking the Doctor Who Curse

Doctor Who's lead role is a very prestigious, notable role for an actor to play. However, when these actors leave the show, they've often struggled to maintain success or notability, fading from the spotlight of the wider mainstream media. But this isn't the case anymore. This, is how the Doctor Who curse was broken.

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[HarboWholmes]

Gonna hopefully be making some different content soon so make sure to support the channel to help make that a reality!

[AaroInTheKnee]

Matt Smith is so good in House of the Dragon that if he would have played Daemon Targaryen before the doctor, I would never have believed he could play such a kind, sweet, and silly character.

[floydian]

William Hartnell did once say that if he is only remembered for Doctor Who, then he was happy with that as it was a role he was so passionate about and he created. I’d argue Bill is more famous now than when he was alive. Being remembered for something so great long after your gone and still have audio adventures and books featuring your character is legacy most of us can only dream of.

[ligand]

Just want to hype up Jenna Coleman in particular from the perspective of a massive Xenoblade fan. She voice Melia in Xenoblade 1, which I think was before she stared in Dr Who. Despite being a much bigger actor now, she still played Melia again in the later Xenoblade games (and I don't think she has many other voice acting roles in games, so super cool that she did that, Melia is one of my fav characters and her performance was fantastic).

[ForzaMara]

David Tennant has always been my favourite doctor. But Matt Smith has had my favourite post doctor career. Out of the three actors portraying Prince Philip, he was by far my favourite. Loved him in Last night in Soho. But dear God, as Daemon Targaryen he is off the charts great. If you had told me in 2013, that the character, who had one of the most bad*ss fight scenes in GOT franchise, would be played by the 11th doctors actor. I'd have called you crazy. If anything, he should probably be worried about being type cast as "the prince who always plays second fiddle to his wife."

[Guerreropowerr]

Christopher Eccleston's portrayal as John Lennon was fantastic

[llamasmatter]

Patrick Troughton did have a major role in The Omen, which is pretty popular amongst horror circles.

[FaolanCortez]

Don’t forget that Matt Smith was on the list to play Newt Scamander in the Harry Potter spin-off: Fantastic Beasts! *Thank Christ he didn’t get the part back then…* 😅

[nekobat]

Arthur Darvill was in DC's Legends of Tomorrow

[skinner]

Matt Smith was almost casted as a young Palpatine in The Rise of Skywalker and THANK THE LORD he wasn’t, he looks nothing like Palpatine. “Somehow Palpatine returned.” Somehow he turned young?

[ineophobe]

matt smith is cursed ever since he became a morbin time vampire

[ali-ejrv]

I adore Christopher Eccleston, but he doesn’t really have a great reputation to work with. It’s why I’ve never really bought the narrative that he was completely innocent in his falling out with the BBC. Especially since he’s admitted he was suffering anorexia while filming and his father’s death, he was clearly going through a lot in his personal life.

It’s also well documented that he was gonna mess up Cracker production because he refused to come back for series 2 until they agreed to kill him off.

It’s not entirely unfathomable why his career slowed down abit post Doctor Who.

[Sophia-cdci]

I think it is also worth noting how studios have changed their perspective on using actors and their image. My understanding is that it used to be undesirable (or not allowed) to hire someone who had performed an iconic role because their voice/image belongs to that role (the example coming immediately to mind is Adriana Caselotti who wasn't able to do anything after Snow White because that voice "belonged" to Snow White). More modern media seems to take the opposite approach - recognising that people will tune into something because they love the actor (Isome of my current favourite shows I only started because Jenna Coleman was in them). Having the well-known image/voice/name helps a production, not limits it's commercial potential.

[gerryandersonisbest]

David Tennant and Jenna Coleman became my two favourite actors thanks to their roles on Doctor Who so I'm thrilled to see them enjoying such post-Who success (as much as I always wish to see more of them in Who, of course). Nice to see them both get a mention in this video.

The Sandman and The Jetty would be my favourite post-Who roles for Jenna. For David it would be Broadchurch, Good Omens, Jessica Jones, Des and Around the World in 80 Days. I'm also going to see him do MacBeth in London later this year 😁❤

Would love to hear everyone else's favourite actors from the show and their favourite post-Who roles, if you have any 😊

[connorruse]

I do wish Pearl Mackie was in more after she left. She seemed to have disappeared

[solitarymaninblack]

I knew Alex Kingston from Moll Flanders. Had a good run on ER. Jenna had a minor role in Captain America. A lot of the side characters, the actors that played them eventually got bigger roles. Carrie Mulligan. There is the woman that first takes the Adipose pills, the actress Jessica Gunning is the star of Baby Reindeer. There is the actress that played a journalist that is trapped in the Atmos car. She starred in The Walking Dead. The amount of people joining other scifi franchises.

[Jayforeman]

My uncle who used to work in artist management is friendly with Frazer Hines, who once said Who was the best thing for his career because since leaving the show in the 60s, he said that he can make a comfortable income by only doing a few conventions and audio plays a year, so it is nice that whilst the classic companions didn’t see much in the way of TV success after the show, they have almost a guaranteed income for the rest of their lives thanks to Who.

[NathanChick-nq]

I have a friend who's cousin is a window cleaner and he phoned my friend to tell him to come over to the house he was cleaning because it was Peter Capaldi house and he showed us a photo

[CashelOConnolly]

Peter Capaldi is an Oscar winner. He was never going to be typecast as the Doctor 🔷✌🏻

[Lia-zwlstzo]

1:03 That should've been Thirteen's hairstyle!