The BBC announced today that Maisie Williams will set foot on the “Doctor Who” TARDIS to take up a guest role in the hit show that returns to UK screens this autumn.
Maisie has already found global fame for her role as Arya Stark in the international fantasy drama series “Game of Thrones.” She also starred in the one-off docu-drama “Cyberbully” and was cast as one of the leads of Carol Morley’s drama “The Falling.” As well as being a three-time Screen Actors Guild Awards nominee, in February of this year she was awarded with a Shooting Star Award at the Berlin Film Festival.
On her first day on set, Maisie Williams said: “I’m so excited to be working on ‘Doctor Who’ as it’s such a big and important part of British Culture. I can’t wait to meet the cast and crew and start filming, especially as we’ll be shooting not too far from my home town.”
Steven Moffat, lead writer and Executive Producer, added: “We’re thrilled to have Maisie Williams joining us on ‘Doctor Who.’ It’s not possible to say too much about who or what she’s playing, but she is going to challenge the Doctor in very unexpected ways. This time he might just be out of his depth, and we know Maisie is going to give him exactly the right sort of hell.”
Bursting with drama, wit and heart, the show continues filming with two period adventures – “The Girl Who Died” written by Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat, and “The Woman Who Lived” by Catherine Tregenna. Starring Peter Capaldi (The Doctor) and Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald), the duo continue to time travel through epic adventures directed by Ed Bazalgette (BBC One’s 18th-century drama “Poldark”).
Comedian and actor Rufus Hound, who recently appeared in the series “Cucumber,” also joins the guest cast alongside BBC Three’s “Siblings” and CBBC’s “Horrible Histories” star Tom Stourton, Ariyon Bakare, Simon Lipkin, Ian Conningham, Murray McArthur, Barnaby Kay, John Voce, and Struan Rodger.
“Doctor Who” has had a decade of success since its re-launch and is one of BBC One’s most highly regarded dramas. The much-loved brand is already a phenomenon delivering on a global scale, with the last series’ (series 8) consolidated average at 7.4 million.
The BBC Cymru Wales-produced drama will return to BBC One this autumn with further casting to be announced in due course.
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
