Series 7 Cast News

 Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling
The BBC have announced via twitter that actress Dame Diana Rigg and daughter Racheal Stirling will be appearing together as mother and daughter in Mark Gatiss's episode.

Steven Moffat said:
Dame Diana Rigg, Rachael Stirling and a Mark Gatiss script - a combination of talents you could only get in Doctor Who! Frankly, I'm terrified already!

Diana Rigg said:
The first time Rachie and I will be working together is on an episode of “Doctor Who” specially written for us by Mark Gatiss. How lucky is that?

Racheal Stirling said:
What joy. I am looking forward to the madness of Doctor Who enormously. Mark Gatiss has written a gift of a script and an on-screen relationship between Ma and I that is truly delicious. We have never before worked together because the offers have not been tempting, but when such a funny and original script comes through you know the time has come.

Filming starts this week at Roath Lock studios & Bute Town. The story is set in Yorkshire, with the mother and daughter having a dark secret.