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The next season of Doctor Who will see the Time Lord and new companion Donna encounter the novelist Agatha Christie.
Christie, who died in 1976, is famous for creating Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot and will be played by in the unnamed episode by Fenella Woolgar. The actress recently appeared in writer Steven Moffat's adaptation of Jekyll on BBC One, playing Min.
"Visiting Agatha Christie has been on my wish-list for ages now," commented the show's executive producer Russell T Davies. "For The Doctor, it's a real meeting of minds! Viewers can expect many more ambitious storylines and a whole host of guest stars in 2008."
The crime writer's grandson Matthew Prichard welcomed the news: "What a brilliant idea... two characters whose contribution to British entertainment is absolutely unrivalled. As far as I know my grandmother, Agatha Christie, never saw Doctor Who, but I am sure she would have been intrigued, excited and above all flattered by all this attention in 2007."
Christie, who died in 1976, is famous for creating Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot and will be played by in the unnamed episode by Fenella Woolgar. The actress recently appeared in writer Steven Moffat's adaptation of Jekyll on BBC One, playing Min.
"Visiting Agatha Christie has been on my wish-list for ages now," commented the show's executive producer Russell T Davies. "For The Doctor, it's a real meeting of minds! Viewers can expect many more ambitious storylines and a whole host of guest stars in 2008."
The crime writer's grandson Matthew Prichard welcomed the news: "What a brilliant idea... two characters whose contribution to British entertainment is absolutely unrivalled. As far as I know my grandmother, Agatha Christie, never saw Doctor Who, but I am sure she would have been intrigued, excited and above all flattered by all this attention in 2007."
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