DOCTOR WHO: MAX PARKER JOINS CAST FOR NEW SERIES

In the new series, audiences join The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) on an epic quest to get Belinda back to Earth. But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-travelling TARDIS team must face great dangers, ferocious enemies and wilder terrors than ever before.

The TARDIS is getting ready to take viewers on another thrilling journey through time and space, with some new voices joining for season 2. Juno Dawson, Inua Ellams, Pete McTighe and Sharma Angel-Walfall are the new writers who have stepped on board.

Like many Doctors who have come before him, one is not enough for the Fifteenth Doctor and in season two, he will have two companions by his side as Varada Sethu steps aboard the TARDIS and straps in for another journey through time and space alongside Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday.

It has now been revealed that former Emmerdale star Max Parker [pictured] has joined the cast and will appear in the upcoming series. He joins previously announced guest cast including Rose Ayling-Ellis, Rylan, Alan Cumming, Jonah Hauer-King, Christopher Chung and Freddie Fox.

Season two will officially launch on Saturday 12 April at 8am on BBC iPlayer and later that day on BBC One in the UK. At the same time, those outside of the UK can watch the Doctor and Belinda on their epic adventures on Disney+ where available.