Death in Paradise star Ben Miller will appear in the new series of Doctor Who this autumn.

Miller will guest star in an episode written by Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss, who has previously written six episodes for Doctor Who, including last year’s ‘Cold War’ and ‘The Crimson Horror’.

Ben Miller commented: “As a committed Whovian I cannot believe my luck in joining the Twelfth Doctor for one of his inaugural adventures. My only worry is that they’ll make me leave the set when I’m not filming.”

The episode is rumoured to be titled ‘Robots of Sherwood’, with speculation that Tom Riley will be playing Robin Hood and Miller will be playing the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Showrunner Steven Moffat added: “Mark Gatiss has written us a storming villain for his new episode, and with Capaldi in the TARDIS, we knew we needed somebody special to send everybody behind the sofa. And quite frankly, it’s about time Ben Miller was in Doctor Who!”

Series 8 is currently filming in Cardiff and will begin airing on BBC One in the autumn.

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