
Indissociable from his role as DI Matthew ‘Dot’ Cottan in Line of Duty (no spoilers for anyone who hasn’t seen it), Craig Parkinson is a very familiar face on screen with parts across drama and comedy. Now he’ll also be Blake Harrison from Doctor Who, World of Fire (pictured), The Great and many more. He’ll always be Neil from The Inbetweeners to some, despite leaving the role behind coming on for a decade ago. Read her revisit her small screen memories with Den of Geek here. Most recently seen in bonkers Sky historical drama Britannia, BBC legal drama The Split and true-life dramatisation The Salisbury Poisonings – about the attempted murder of Sergei and Yulia Skripal with nerve agent Novichok – Annabel Scholey is a stage and screen actor with previous roles in Being Human and Inspector George Gently. Fiction? No it’s all real, and it’s as scary to do as it looks. Here’s what he had to say about joining the cast for Series 13: “People say Doctor Who is science fiction. What do you know Robert Bathurst from? How about everything! Toast of London, of course, and Downton Abbey (pictured above), and the Cold Feet revival, to name the a few. This isn’t McNally’s first appearance in Doctor Who either, he played Hugo Lang in 1984 Sixth Doctor story ‘ The Twin Dilemma’.



Add to that a host of stage and film parts, not least his recurring Pirates of the Caribbeanrole as Joshamee Gibbs, first mate to Captain Jack Sparrow. Kevin McNallyĪ British acting veteran, McNally has appeared in TV roles ranging all the way from the original 1970s Poldark series to former Downing Street press secretary Bernard Ingham on the most recent series of The Crown. Their roles and costumes are as-yet-unconfirmed, but we’ll bring you more news when we’re allowed. Here goes then, the officially confirmed guest stars who’ll appear in the new six-part serial, which starts airing on Halloween.
