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Alongside the series regulars, returning characters include ‘eye patch lady’ Madame Kovarian, Dorium Maldovar from ‘The Pandorica Opens’ and Sontaran Commander Strax. Nicolas Briggs also returns as the Voice of the Cybermen, confirming the villains’ presence in the episode, while Neve McIntosh, who played sisters Alaya and Restac in Series 5’s Silurian two-parter, appears as new character Madame Vastra.

Series 6 Episode 7 airs at 6.40pm on Saturday 4th June.

The full Radio Times cast list is as follows:

The Doctor – Matt Smith
Amy Pond – Karen Gillan
Rory Williams – Arthur Darvill
River Song – Alex Kingston
Madame Kovarian – Frances Barber
Lorna Bucket – Christina Chong
Lucas – Joshua Hayes
Dominicus – Damian Kell
Fat One – Charlie Baker
Thin One – Dan Johnston
Colonel Manton – Danny Sapani
Madame Vastra – Neve McIntosh
Captain Harcourt – Richard Trinder
Eleanor – Annabel Cleare
Arthur – Henry Wood
Commander Strax – Dan Starkey
Dorium Maldovar – Simon Fisher-Becker
Voice of the Cybermen – Nicolas Briggs

Also apparently returning are Hugh Bonneville as ‘The Curse Of The Black Spot’‘s Henry Avery and Oscar Lloyd as Avery’s son Toby.

The Radio Times listing for the week’s Doctor Who Confidential, which airs at 7.30pm on Saturday 4th Jun, also reveals that part of the episode is set in Jack the Ripper era London:

“Behind the scenes of the mid-series finale, which is set on the asteroid Demons Run. The Doctor Who team reveals how it creates the newest baddies, turns a small platoon of clerics into an army and transforms a Cardiff alley into Jack the Ripper’s London.”

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