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British singer Foxes will guest star in the eighth series of Doctor Who
The “Let Go For Tonight” singer, 25, will join new Time Lord Peter Capaldi and side kick Jenna Coleman for an episode in August.
“I can’t believe I’m actually going to be in an episode of Doctor Who !” she said, adding that her casting was a result of a chance meeting.
“I was playing a gig and got chatting to the show’s production team who’d been watching my performance,” Foxes continued. “I was telling them how much I loved Doctor Who and next thing they invited me to be on it.
“I couldn’t think of a better place to make my acting debut than on one of the UK’s most iconic shows!”
Steven Moffat , executive producer, said: “We are completely thrilled that the amazingly talented Foxes is joining us on board.”
The showrunner refused to let plot details slip but dropped a hint that “the Doctor is finally catching up on his phone calls”.
Show all 20 Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Daleks: The Doctor’s ultimate foe. They first appeared in the ‘The Daleks’ in the second-ever ‘Doctor Who’ serial back in 1963 and they have been terrorising the universe ever since.
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains Sil: A disgusting slug-fish-like creature who first appeared in 'Vengeance on Varos'. More repulsive than scary and play brilliantly by Nabil Shaban.
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Silence: A new villain who are forgotten the instant someone looks away from them which makes them quite frightening when they pop up
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains Sontarans: The giant-looking potatoes have been brought back in the new series and look a lot more high tech than in the classic series. This image is from ‘The Sontaran Experiment’ from the Tom Baker era. The rubber masks left a lot to be desired and we rather embarrassing when the actor would poke his tongue through the mouth hole in the mask.
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Clockwork Droids: Terrifying killer robots that have been known to hide under beds, they featured in the episode 'The Girl in the Fireplace'
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Cybermen: Another prolific ‘Doctor Who’ villain, they have gone through many changes in appearance over the past half a century. This is a still from ‘Tomb of the Cybermen’, a story from Patrick Trougton’s era as the second Doctor.
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains Autons: Essentially live-sized plastic dummies animated by the Nestene Consciousness. This still is from 'Spearhead in Space' when the Autons made their 'Doctor Who' debut
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Dinosaurs: Okay, not really a villain. They are just doing what dinosaurs do, i.e. hunting prey but worth a mention. This is a still from 'Invasion of the Dinosaurs' which saw prehistoric mysteriously turning up in London
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Master: A rival Time Lord to the Doctor. He too has had many incarnations, most recently played by John Simm (pictured)
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Rani: An evil Time Lady who forced the Doctor to regenerate played by Kate O'Mara. She has yet to make an appearance in the new series
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Weeping Angels: The most frightening modern 'Doctor Who' villain. Known as the 'Lonely Assassins', they only move when you are not looking them. Don't blink
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Zygons: These aliens can shape shift and are slated to make an appearance in 'The Day of the Doctor'
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Cheetah People: They made an appearance in the last serial of 'Doctor Who' before the show was cancelled in 1989. They look like they should be extras on a live-action version of 'The ThunderCats'
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Ice Warriors: This year saw the return of this classic ‘Doctor Who’ villain in ‘Cold War’. They were the second Doctor’s arch enemy and are from Mars
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains Drashigs: These hideous-looking things were in 'Carnival of Monsters', they are snake-like creatures with six eyes and rather toothy. They are not particularly scary but make a horrible sound
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains Davros: The creator of the Daleks and is reminiscent of Doctor Strangelove from the film by Stanley Kubrick
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains Omega: One of the founders of the Time Lord society, he went mad and nearly destroyed the entire universe until he was stopped by the Doctor
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Fish people: They were originally human but had been altered surgically to be able to breathe underwater. They were in a 'lost' story called 'The Underwater Menace'
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains Scaroth: The last of the Jagaroth who tried to bring his race back from extinction. Julian Glover played Scaroth in 'City of Death', unfortunately his nose could be seen through the rubber mask
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Doctor Who villains Doctor Who villains The Zarbi: They resemble giant ants with human legs. Read: cheap costumes. These creatures were controlled by an omnipresent life form known as the Animus. This is a still from 'The Web Planet' where the Tardis was dragged onto the Zarbi's planet of Vortis.
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Foxes, real name Louisa Rose Allen, already has three hit singles and a Grammy under her belt. Her debut album, Glorious , recently entered in the top five of the Official UK Albums Chart.
Other guest stars already announced for the BBC sci-fi drama include Keeley Hawes , Ben Miller , Frank Skinner , Hermione Norris and Tom Riley.
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