Well, since the last time I've talked about Doctor Who, a lot has been revealed and I'm going to talk about them in the manner of most exciting.
Following her return in last year's special, The Power Of The Doctor, it was confirmed earlier this month that Bonnie Langford would again reprise her role as former companion, Melanie Bush.
Set to appear in the two part finale, written by Russell T. Davies and directed by Jamie Donoughue, this time Melanie will have a more active role with Langford even filming scenes with Ncuti Gatwa's 15th Doctor and Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday.
Details of the finale are a bit scarce but it does look like it's going to be something rather big and epic as filming for the upcoming series looks set to finish up within the next few weeks.
Going back a bit, remember a few weeks ago when Jonathan Groff had been cast for a Regency episode? Well, there was also a bit about that episode's villain being a character named The Duchess. None other than Indira Varma has been cast in the role.
This isn't the first time we've had Indira Varma in the Doctor Who universe. She previously played the role of antagonist Suzie Costello in the first series of spinoff show, Torchwood and it's a role she has reprised recently for Big Finish.
Varma's casting is nothing new in this franchise as many actors have had multiple roles including Colin Baker, Peter Capaldi, Karen Gillan, Freema Agyeman and Bradley Walsh to name a few. Still though, I can't wait to see what Indira Varma does with The Duchess to make them a big threat to the 15th Doctor and Ruby.
Last but not least and circling back to the finale, we also have Lenny Rush cast in the role of Morris. Not much has been revealed about the character but he does seem to be an important part to the episodes currently being filmed as things are heading for wrapping up this series.
Some filming pics and behind the scenes have indicated another actor filming, fuelling speculation that there may be another returning character yet to be announced. If it gets revealed within the next few days, I'll edit this blog to include the news. Other than that, this concludes the roundup of news.
Doctor Who will conclude filming next month and will air/stream on BBC1 and Disney+ from November.
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