The Eighth Doctor has only ever aired on FX.
Miles Straume is a fictional character played by Ken Leung on the ABC television series Lost .. Lost. Lost ( TV series ). Ken Leung. Ken Leung. fictional character. fictional character. ABC. American Broadcasting Company. Miles is introduced early in the fourth season as a hotheaded and sarcastic medium as a crew member aboard the freighter called the Kahana that is offshore the island where most of Lost takes place .. Lost. Lost ( TV series ). fourth season. Lost ( season 4 ). medium. Mediumship. Miles arrives on the island and is eventually taken captive by John Locke -LRB- played by Terry O'Quinn -RRB- , who suspects that those on the freighter are there to harm his fellow crash survivors of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 and expose the island to the general public .. John Locke. John Locke ( Lost ). Terry O'Quinn. Terry O'Quinn. Oceanic Airlines. Oceanic Airlines. Miles is on a mission to obtain Ben Linus -LRB- Michael Emerson -RRB- ; instead , he tries to cut a deal with Ben to lie to Miles 's employer Charles Widmore -LRB- Alan Dale -RRB- that Ben is dead .. Ben Linus. Ben Linus. Michael Emerson. Michael Emerson. Charles Widmore. Charles Widmore. Alan Dale. Alan Dale. The writers created the role of Miles specifically for Leung after seeing him guest star on The Sopranos .. The Sopranos. The Sopranos. Leung was the only actor to read for the part .. They chose his name because it resembles `` maelstrom '' , another word for a powerful whirlpool .. maelstrom. maelstrom. Reaction to the character has been positive .