Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has officially announced that Michelle Gomez will return as Missy in the new season.

12 new episodes of Doctor Who are currently filming in Cardiff and will premiere on BBC One in April 2017.

Here’s everything we know so far about Season 10.

Moffat told the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine: “Oh, of course Missy will be back! How could she not be?”

Gomez first appeared as the latest incarnation of the Master in 2014’s season and was last seen in Season 9’s two-part opening story, ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’ and ‘The Witch’s Familiar’.

Gomez herself recently confirmed: “I can officially say that I will be starting back on Doctor Who soon…”

Doctor Who returns to BBC One this Christmas with ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’.

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