The long-running UK soap opera Emmerdale (originally titled Emmerdale Farm) airs its 10,000th (not a typo) episode tonight (May 22, 2024). The Mirror tabloid just ran a little article on famous actors who appeared on the show and leading the list is Jenna Coleman, and they use a couple of images that you may have not seen of her from it.

Jenna started her screen acting career on Emmerdale, appearing on the show as Jasmine Thomas from 2005 to 2009 for approximately 400 episodes (according to Emmerdale fan sites; the IMDb claims only 180, which sounds a bit low for a 4-year-run on a soap opera). Her first episode aired only a couple of weeks after the final Christopher Eccleston episode of Doctor Who, and she also appeared with fellow Emmerdale cast members on the same Children in Need Special in late 2005 that featured the first David Tennant minisode.

The Mirror article omits one other actor with Who connections who was in the show: during its first years Frazer Hines, formerly Jamie McCrimmon during the Patrick Troughton era, was a major cast member.

Here's an TV interview the former Jenna-Louise Coleman did during her first year on the show (including a clip from the show - how she's changed!):

I've got a hobby, thanks. It's you, by the way.

You just decided to stay. The baby stopped crying.

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DOCTOR WHO (2005– ) S08E08: Mummy On The Orient Express

You should get used to seeing Clara on here, I have a few more drawings of her to crank out :)