{"id":20235,"date":"2022-08-13T10:42:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T08:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1693921"},"modified":"2022-08-13T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T09:16:10","slug":"neil-patrick-harris-doctor-who-character-has-posh-british-accent-or-does-he","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/neil-patrick-harris-doctor-who-character-has-posh-british-accent-or-does-he\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Patrick Harris\u2019 Doctor Who character has \u201cposh British accent\u201d \u2013 or does he?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Minnie Wright\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 13 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Neil Patrick Harris has the Whovian rumour and theory mill in overdrive of late after being cast in <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-special-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who<\/a>\u2018s 60th anniversary special.<\/p>\n<p>The It\u2019s A Sin star previously unveiled a <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/neil-patrick-harris-doctor-who-new-look-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">couple of looks at his Doctor Who character<\/a>, who looks set to be a villain as returning showrunner Russell T Davies warned: \u201cThe stuff we\u2019re shooting is off the scale. Doctor beware!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many fans have been speculating the role might be that of the Celestial Toymaker, a adversary who hasn\u2019t been seen on screen since the \u201960s.<\/p>\n<p>And now, Harris appears to have teased a brand new detail about his character who \u2013 officially, at least \u2013 remains shrouded in mystery.<\/p> <p>In <a href=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wHLnURfebC4&amp;t=39s&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Wired\u2019s Autocomplete Interview<\/a>, in which he responded to some of the most-searched queries about himself on the internet, the actor discussed what\u2019s been taking up his time of late.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is Neil Patrick Harris doing these days?\u201d he read out. \u201cA lot!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just in London filming an episode of a special for Doctor Who where I play someone I\u2019m not allowed to talk about,\u201d he continued, shooting a cheeky glance down the camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I had to have a posh British accent,\u201d he added. \u201cOr did I\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Neil\" patrick=\"\" harris=\"\" answers=\"\" the=\"\" web=\"\" most=\"\" searched=\"\" questions=\"\" wired=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wHLnURfebC4?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>Fans could take Harris\u2019 accent comment at face value or see it as a sly red herring, but it\u2019s still one of the few pieces of information we have on his character so far.<\/p>\n<p>We previously saw a glimpse of Harris in costume, dressed in a top har and tails, so maybe a \u201cposh British accent\u201d would complement the character\u2019s look quite nicely\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">A very happy birthday to Neil Patrick Harris, filming new <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DoctorWho?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#DoctorWho<\/a> today! ????????<br\/><br\/>???? <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/ActuallyNPH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@ActuallyNPH<\/a>\u00a0himself <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/6qntEqUE9n&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/6qntEqUE9n<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcdoctorwho\/status\/1537115775739240450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p><strong>Doctor Who is available to stream on\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b006q2x0\/doctor-who&quot;\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>. 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