Little People, Big Confusion on Twitter from Doctor Who Series Ten Set Photos

A Twitter exchange caused a good deal of confusion over who was on the Doctor Who Series Ten set in Valencia, Spain.

Series Ten actors in Valencia, Spain (credit: Girly Letters and Señor J)

Don’t get me wrong. Not all little people look the same. When an observer is dealing with grainy photos taken at a distance, however, it is quite understandable that it might be difficult to figure out a person’s identity, especially when all of the suspects are associated with the same program.

According to a recent Twitter exchange (with pictures) between Doctor Who fans Señor J and Girly Letters, Kiran Shah was spotted on the set of Series Ten at the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain. This is based on the claim by Girly Letters that “someone” had allegedly seen Shah on set in Cardiff, Wales. The following are just a couple of segments of the conversation.

There are three problems with this assertion. First of all, it cannot easily be determined who the person in the pictures is, or even if it is a single individual. Secondly, there is no confirmation that Shah was recently on set. Lastly, actor Craig Garner tweeted a picture from location in Valencia.

It is also understandable that when William Martin of CultBox reviewed this convoluted conversation, he came to the probably false conclusion that the actor is Deep Roy. Even I had to do three rewrites of this article due to the complexity of the matter. See you later, sleep.

Craig Garner, Kiran Shah, Deep Roy (credit: Willow Management, HCK Photography, IMDB)

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Anyway, both Shah and Roy have appeared on Doctor Who previously. The first time that Shah was on Doctor Who was in the role of the unknown figure under the blanket in the Series Eight episode ‘Listen.’ As for Roy, he played the part of The Peking Homunculus aka Mr. Sin in the 1977 Fourth Doctor story ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang,’ and a Posicarian delegate in the 1986 Sixth Doctor story ‘Mindwarp.’

Another fan recently leaked the casting and character names of Mina Anwar, Kaizer Akhtar, and Ralf Little before the information was officially announced. It seems to be the in thing to do this season.

It looks like the person in Valencia in the long purple coat might be Anwar. She was previously Gita Chandra on The Sarah Jane Adventures, and is playing “Goodthing” in Series Ten of Doctor Who. Anwar also tweeted from location.

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I have no idea who any of the other people in these pictures are, so please do not ask me. Who do you think they are? Let us know in the comments.