March 14th, 2014
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Line Of Duty’s Keeley Hawes to star in Doctor Who
Keeley Hawes to star in Doctor Who
Line Of Duty’s Keeley Hawes will join the cast of Doctor Who, following rave reviews for her outstanding performance as DI Lindsay Denton in the hit BBC drama. Starring opposite the Doctor, Hawes will guest star for one episode in Peter Capaldi’s first ever series as the Time Lord.
Set to transmit in the autumn this year, Hawes will play Ms Delphox, a powerful out-of-this-world character with a dark secret. Travelling across space and time the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and his companion, Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), will come face to face with the mysterious Ms Delphox when they arrive on a strange and puzzling planet.
Written by Steve Thompson (Sherlock) the episode will be directed by Douglas Mackinnon (Line Of Duty, Doctor Who).
Commenting on her role, Keeley Hawes, said: “I am delighted to join Doctor Who and to be working with this incredible team. Ms Delphox is a great character and someone I’ve had a lot of fun playing.”
While lead writer and executive producer, Steven Moffat, added: “Anyone watching Jed Mercurio’s amazing Line Of Duty will know that Keeley Hawes is having one hell of year. And now it’s about to get even better as she achieves the greatest villainy yet attempted on Doctor Who: she plays a banker.”
Doctor Who is a BBC Wales production for BBC One. Filming is currently underway for the new series, which will introduce Peter Capaldi as the next Doctor for the first time to millions of viewers.
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the astronaut of death
April 5th, 2014 - 3:24pmIf you look closely on the glasses there looks to be like a little computer screen in the eye price
So those glasses are probably gadgets
Obsie
April 3rd, 2014 - 9:21amJust realised “stars of the heavens” and “astronaut of death”. I made a funny link. Oh, “please yourselves”, as Frankie Howard used to say. Please don’t anyone write and say “who’s Frankie Howard”?
Obsie
April 3rd, 2014 - 9:10amVespiformsSting: I know what you mean, I’m afraid that my age renders me unaware of today’s new stars of the heavens. And astronaut of death; you are right too; actors who have a certain gravitas are rare, and ironically only get “discovered” again by younger viewers. Timothy West being one adding some weight to “Eastenders” recently. Oh, to be young again, on second thoughts…
the astronaut of death
April 2nd, 2014 - 4:43pmhe is a doctor who actor he has appeared in seven doctor who stories (all classic)
sammyboi101
April 2nd, 2014 - 2:34pmWho is Martin Jarvis?
VespiformsSting
April 2nd, 2014 - 1:47pmAt one time I knew who the guests stars were going to be on Doctor Who…all these ‘stars’ they proclaim her and now ‘tom riley’ who are they Ive never heard of them….
Oh for the days of notable Doctor Who actors like Philip Madoc, Julian Glover and Martin Jarvis….
the astronaut of death
March 30th, 2014 - 11:22amAnonymous did you see time of the doctor everything from matts series was resolved
MaxP
March 30th, 2014 - 2:13amWhile Anonymous is wrong about Day, he is totally right regarding the writing. A friend of mine said it best when he said ‘when Moffatt nails it, he really does, but most of the time his writing is very mediocre.’
MaxP
March 30th, 2014 - 2:10amGreat tribute, well put and very deserving!
Obsie
March 29th, 2014 - 8:37amThere is nowhere else to put this but, by mentioning old clips?Doctors, I think it right to pause and mark the passing of Derek Martinus. The director of many of the best Who stories. From The Tenth Planet to Spearhead from Space( the one which scared me witless when I was 8 years old) Thanks to him I knew what every inch of the back of my couch looked like. Thank you Mr Martinus! “You did quite well, quite well”!It was reassuring to know that my future imagination was in safe hands.
Anonymous
March 28th, 2014 - 4:57pmDon’t worry doctorsmith12 your not the only one who thought that at first
DOCTOR WHO ONE
March 28th, 2014 - 4:16pmThe Astronaut of Death – Just an error really made by whoever was put in charge of finding clips of the past Doctor’s in the Tardis.
the astronaut of death
March 28th, 2014 - 3:47pmBut I never understood why they used 7th Dr clips from the movie and the season.
Because that would mean there was two 7th dr,s present and that’s just complicated
DOCTOR WHO ONE
March 28th, 2014 - 3:15pmThe Astronaut of Death – Cheers bud 😉
the astronaut of death
March 28th, 2014 - 12:10pmYes DOCTOR WHO ONE is right
DOCTOR WHO ONE
March 28th, 2014 - 8:32amNo, that was Frances Barber.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
March 27th, 2014 - 8:32amDalek Fan 12345 – They did use clips of the 7th Doctor in ‘The Day of the Doctor’, a clip from the classic series of him not wearing his coat in the Tardis which I think is from the last classic series story ‘Survival’ and a clip or 2 from the 1996 TV Movie.