Doctor Who 60th Anniversary: 10 Huge Rumours And Leaks You Need To Know

4. Miriam Margolyes Has Joined The Cast

Harry Potter Pomona Sprout Miriam Margolyes
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With Neil Patrick Harris, Bernard Cribbins, and Catherine Tate, the cast for Doctor Who's 60th anniversary was already looking exciting, but if a recent rumour is to be believed, then yet another big name has been added to the lineup.

According to The Sun, Miriam Margolyes will be making a "substantial guest appearance" in one of next year's episodes. Margolyes has had a decades-long career across both the big and small screens, but is perhaps most famous for playing Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter movies.

Her role - should this rumour prove accurate - is being kept under wraps for now, but The Sun's sources did add this bit of detail:

“The show’s creators felt that she was such a great character in real life that she was a natural choice to play the character she will have on the sci-fi show, which the BBC are keeping a closely-guarded secret."

It's basically a meme to predict the Rani at this point, but we could totally see Margolyes playing a cheekier version of that character. But of course, she could just as easily be playing an original RTD creation.

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