The BBC have announced that Richard E. Grant will be appearing in this years still untitled Christmas Special, The Sun newspaper is reporting that he will be portraying the main adversary.
Mr.Grant is no stranger to Doctor Who having appeared in The Curse of the Fatal Death for Comic Relief and the BBC webcast Scream of the Shalka.
Mr.Grant said of the announcement:
I played Doctor Who in the digital animated Scream Of The Shalka and I'm honoured to be in the Christmas Special.
The filming for the special starts this week in Cardiff, written by Steven Moffat and directed by Saul Metzstein.
Another name set to be part of this festive special is Silent Witness actor Tom Ward playing the part of Harry Cunningham.