Keeley Hawes cast in ‘Doctor Who’
By Sam Rigby
Keeley Hawes will appear in the forthcoming series of Doctor Who.
The actress – who is currently appearing as DI Lindsay Denton in BBC Two’s Line of Duty – will play Ms Delphox, who is described as a “powerful out of this world character with a dark secret”.
The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Clara (Jenna Coleman) will encounter Hawes’s character when they arrive on a strange and puzzling planet.
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.”
Doctor Who‘s head writer Steven Moffat added: “Anyone watching Jed Mercurio’s amazing Line of Duty will know that Keeley Hawes is having one hell of a 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.”
The actress will star in the fifth episode of Doctor Who‘s eighth series, which is expected to air in the late summer on BBC One.
Former Emmerdale actor Samuel Anderson will join The Doctor and Clara onboard the TARDIS this year, playing Clara’s teaching colleague Danny Pink.
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