I can see Lily Allen as a Dr Who bad guy, something akin to this Pig Creature This ordinary Earth pig was augmented and strapped into a spaceship before being launched into space. After a brief flight this vessel plunged back to Earth, taking out Big Ben before crashing into the Thames and exposing the existence of extra-terrestrials to the British public. The pig was quickly dragged out of the wreckage by the authorities and prepared for an autopsy while other, real-life aliens profited from the confusion..then went onto have a dead end pop career thanks to the power of social networking sites.. thanks to http://www.btinternet.com/~jp1885/who/index.html for the Who Monster ref.

The celebrity thing is only a hold-over from the 80s, where the show was a kind of dole for resting actors (like The Bill became later) - they certainly wouldn't have got Ben Kingsley back then.

Oh ferchrissakes Martin... Ben Kingsley'd turn up to the opening of your mail in the morning, for a fee - at least it seems so. Since he sold his soul for that Sky Movies ad campaign, he's taken some right shite; Thunderbirds, BloodRayne, Lucky Number Slevin, Jacka-fucking-nory... Seem 'em all, of course :-)

John - oh dear, I've not seen Sky of the other films you mentioned and hope Thunderbirds was a one-off aberration.