Ben Miller (the real Primeval) has been signed to appear in the new season of Doctor Who. His episode was written by Mark Gatiss and features Miller as a ‘storming villian.’
Head writer/executive producer Steven Moffat said, “Mark Gatiss has written us a storming villain for his new episode, and with Capaldi in the TARDIS, we knew we needed somebody special to send everybody behind the sofa. And quite frankly, it’s about time Ben Miller was in Doctor Who!”
Other familiar actors appearing in the new seaon include Tom Riley (Da Vinci’s Demons) and Keeley Hawes (MI5, Upstairs, Downstairs). Check out the press release following the jump.
BEN MILLER TO GUEST ON SEASON EIGHT OF DOCTOR WHO
Ben Miller is set to guest star opposite Peter Capaldi when the new series of Doctor Who returns this year.
"As a committed Whovian, I cannot believe my luck in joining the Twelfth Doctor for one of his inaugural adventures, said Ben Miller. My only worry is that they’ll make me leave the set when I’m not filming."
Miller achieved fame as half of comedy duo Armstrong and Miller before success in dramas, including Primeval and more recently, as DI Richard Poole, the central character in the first two season’s of the BBC’s Death in Paradise. Miller’s partner in comedy, Alexander Armstrong, appeared in Doctor Who’s 2011 Christmas Special, playing Reg Arwell, but its Miller’s first time on the show and he’ll be starring in an episode written by Mark Gatiss.
Steven Moffat, lead writer and executive producer, added, “Mark Gatiss has written us a storming villain for his new episode, and with Capaldi in the TARDIS, we knew we needed somebody special to send everybody behind the sofa. And quite frankly, it’s about time Ben Miller was in Doctor Who!”
Other familiar faces confirmed to join Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman in the new series, which premieres on BBC AMERICA later this year, include Tom Riley and Keeley Hawes.
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