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, fans of George RR Martin\'s books have bemoaned how the show has treated the characters in Dorne, including the Martells and the Sand Snakes.

Some say the killing of Myrcella, and the Sand Snakes\' penchant for revenge, don\'t make sense, and Doran is treated like a weak leader when in the books he was scheming the whole time.

And then, at the very start of the sixth season, Ellaria murdered Doran suddenly, a move that even surprised Alexander Siddig, the actor who played Doran.

Siddig opened up to StarTrek.com (he played Dr Julian Bashir on

Though he praised the crew and his on-set experience, he said that he wasn\'t too thrilled with how his character suddenly got offed at the beginning of the sixth season - and apparently, him getting killed so suddenly wasn\'t part of the initial plan.

The fate of Siddig\'s character was unclear at the end of season five, but he was contracted for four more episodes in season six. But then he was contacted by showrunners, who told him they had planned to kill him in season five, but decided to finish him off in season six instead.

Despite being contracted for those four episodes, Doran then didn\'t make it past episode one.

"If they were going to kill me off at the end of the last season, why would they contract me for those four episodes?" Siddig said.

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"Because it costs them money whether I do them or not, so it\'s not great business sense to do it just in case. So something happened; I have no idea what."

Even today, he\'s still not sure what caused

to kill his character so abruptly. "There was an enormous amount of fan excitement when I got named to be on the show, and everyone was like, \'Oh my god, yes, Doran Martell. He\'s going to be great as Doran Martell\'.

"That might have been the kiss of death. Maybe they didn\'t want quite that much attention on that character. Or maybe I just screwed up. Maybe I said the wrong thing to the wrong person."

But in the end, he said it was a good thing he got offed, because

"You don\'t earn as much as you would if you were doing another show, because they\'re

, and they don\'t have to pay anyone," he said. "So it\'s kind of a blessing in disguise."

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