Jemma Redgrave will reprise her role as fan-favourite Kate Lethbridge-Stewart in the 2024 series of Doctor Who, it has been confirmed.
The character is the daughter of the legendary Brigadier - played by the late Nicholas Courtney - and is the head of UNIT, the organisation responsible for protecting Earth from alien threats.
Aneurin Barnard, known for Peaky Blinders, 1899 and Time, has also been cast as a new character called Roger ap Gwilliam.
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The 35-year-old's casting had been rumoured in recent days after posters were spotted on set depicting Roger as the leader of a political party called 'Albion' with the slogan: "For a bigger, better and bolder Britain."
The pair will appear in the new series of Who due to air in early 2024 - the first full-length series to star Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor and Millie Gibson as new companion Ruby Sunday.
Showrunner Russell T Davies teased on Instagram: "DOCTOR WHO NEWS! Jemma Redgrave returns as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart in Ncuti & Millie's first series.
"Also starring Aneurin Barnard as the mysterious Roger ap Gwilliam (ap is Welsh for 'son of', he's not an app. OR IS HE??) Such great actors, we're so lucky."
Filming on the new series began in Wales last month.
Neil Wilkes
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