Ruth Madeley is now confirmed to be reprising her role as UNIT’s scientific advisor Shirley Anne Bingham in the spin-off.
Though fans might have anticipated Shirley’s appearance in The War Between The Land And The Sea, the second new cast member is rather more surprising…
Colin McFarlane will also appear in the series as General Austin Pierce, a role he last played in the 2009 miniseries Torchwood: Children of Earth – 15 years ago.
Good to see Madeley back on screen! Her replacement in the recent season by Lenny Rush did give us another memorable UNIT character, but I’m looking forward to see more of Shirley.
Now, my memory of “Children of Earth” is a bit rusty, but iirc General Pierce will probably be wary of invaders from another world after that experience… We can hope that is the reasoning for his inclusion in this storyline?
It will definitely be good to have Shirley back - her absence last season was very conspicuous.
We might count ourselves lucky that the casting department didn’t just throw their hands up and pass the part to Susan Twist, as per RTD’s “there are only so many available actresses” comment 😄
I can’t help but respect how utterly full of shit that man is.
Wait until they announce Susan Twist as the entire next Doctor Who cast. All VFX will be substituted for Nick Briggs sitting under a table, squealing and warbling into a microphone, no filters.
…actually, I’d watch that.
Briggs could do it, no question.
TBF, if the pitch is for Briggs to make low budget Who with audio alone, he has been doing that for a living for a few decades already.
