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Dog-like alien Karvanista was the unexpected star of Doctor Who<\/a> series 13, with Craige Els\u2019 grouchy Lupari becoming a hit with fans over the course of the six-part Flux event series (and with a surprisingly tragic finale story).<\/p>\n However, that wasn\u2019t actually the first time we saw Els in Doctor Who. Eagle-eyed fans might have noticed the Scouse actor (out of his Karvanista make-up) playing a friend of new companion Dan (John Bishop) during the latter\u2019s short introductory teaser released in January 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was Chris [Chibnall\u2019s] idea as a nice, little Easter egg, to have me appear and sort of introduce John\u2019s character,\u201d Els told RadioTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAll the things that are read out, you know, about the lucky number, and this, and the letter \u2018D\u2019 as in Doctor and Dan \u2013 I loved it. And I think it was just basically good fortune that I\u2019m actually from Liverpool, and so is John.\u201d<\/p> However, while fans were 10 months away from seeing Karvanista on screen, the Who production team did include a little clue about Els\u2019 main role in the series \u2013 though so far, nobody has noticed the Easter egg.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if you noticed, but the costume that I\u2019m wearing \u2013 I wear like a blue-checked shirt, and the colours in the shirt were exactly the same as Karvanista\u2019s armour,\u201d Els revealed.<\/p>\n