Game of Thrones’ Arya Stark & More Cast in Doctor Who Series 9! [UPDATED]

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The official Doctor Who Twitter account has just accounced that actress Maisie Williams – best known as Game of Thrones‘ Arya Stark – is to appear in Series 9!

With more details to come in this Richard Madden-saddening news, we’ll leave you for now with the announcement:

We’re excited to announce #GameOfThrones star Maisie Williams will guest in the new series of #DoctorWho More soon! pic.twitter.com/97i9SI6xFZ

— Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) March 30, 2015

Of her casting, Williams – who plays sword-toting orphan Arya Stark in the TV version of George RR Martin’s medieval-esque fantasy book series – said: “I’m so excited to be working on Doctor Who as it’s such a big and important part of British Culture. I can’t wait to meet the cast and crew and start filming, especially as we’ll be shooting not too far from my home town.”

Showrunner Moffat meanwhile is understandably happy. “We’re thrilled to have Maisie Williams joining us on Doctor Who. It’s not possible to say too much about who or what she’s playing, but she is going to challenge the Doctor in very unexpected ways. This time he might just be out of his depth, and we know Maisie is going to give him exactly the right sort of hell.”

A new companion at this stage seems unlikely, although a Coal Hill School pupil isn’t beyond the realms of improbability…

Other Casting News

In addition (and ironically given Maisie Williams’ character’s Game of Thones Series 4 travelling companion!), we also learn today that comedian and actor Rufus Hound (he recently appeared in RTD’s Cucumber) has joined the Series 9 guest cast alongside Horrible Histories star Tom Stourton, Ariyon Bakare, Simon Lipkin, Ian Conningham, Murray McArthur, Barnaby Kay (whose wife Nicola Walker is appearing in Big Finish’s Doom Coalition), John Voce, and Struan Rodger.

Some impressive names there!

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