The Tardis is getting a dose of Westeros, with the announcement that actress Maisie Williams – better known as Arya Stark on Game of Thrones – will guest star on two episodes of Doctor Who when the show returns this fall. Details of Williams’ role are obviously being kept under wraps, but Doctor Who mastermind Steven Moffat did tease her role just a little bit in BBC America’s press release.
“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.”
In addition to her iconic role on Game of Thrones, Maisie Williams has also starred in the one-off docu-drama Cyberbully and was cast as one of the leads in 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 Festiva. Having just stepped onto the Tardis set for the first time, Williams talks about what the appearance means to her:
“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.”
As production is heating up on the next season of Doctor Who, BBC America provided a few more details on what we can look forward to:
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 (Poldark).
Comedian and actor Rufus Hound (Cucumber) also joins the guest cast alongside 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 season 8 was BBC AMERICA’s highest rated season on the channel.
The BBC Cymru Wales produced drama will return to BBC AMERICA this fall, with further casting to be announced in due course.
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