{"id":36846,"date":"2023-09-14T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1890057"},"modified":"2023-09-15T07:54:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T05:54:10","slug":"doctor-who-confirms-miriam-margolyes-as-iconic-character-in-specials","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-confirms-miriam-margolyes-as-iconic-character-in-specials\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who confirms Miriam Margolyes as iconic character in specials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Big news! <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Louise Griffin\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 14 September 2023 at 15:25 PM<\/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>The rumours are true! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/people\/miriam-margolyes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miriam Margolyes<\/a> has been confirmed as the voice behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-beep-the-meep-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beep the Meep<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-anniversary-special-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The actress will appear in the upcoming 60th anniversary specials, which will air this November, and will voice the iconic creature \u2013 which was adapted from The Star Beast comic strip.<\/p>\n<p>Margolyes said in a statement: \u201cI\u2019m relieved I got to work on Doctor Who before I died. With sci-fi, you never know. Thank you for making an old woman very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plot details are slowly starting to emerge for the specials, with The Star Beast director Rachel Talalay previously speaking about some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-60th-monsters-wrarth-warriors-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monsters set to make a return<\/a> alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/david-tennant-big-rt-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Tennant\u2019s<\/a> Fourteenth Doctor.<\/p> <p>She told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doctorwhomagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who Magazine<\/a> of the maddest moment while filming: \u201cI think, for me, it was when we were filming outside with the Wrarth Warriors for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are these eight-foot-tall monsters on stilts, in massive plastic suits, who couldn\u2019t see a thing and could barely stand up\u2026 so a classic Doctor Who situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen David comes along and says he wants a photograph with them. And he says, \u2018That smell \u2013 that slightly rubbery smell is exactly everything I remember!\u2019 And I just thought, \u2018It\u2019s amazing that this is my job.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/beep-the-meep-Cropped-1839214.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/beep-the-meep-Cropped-1839214.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=598%2C399 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/beep-the-meep-Cropped-1839214.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199, 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class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> Beep the Meep.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The Wrarth Warriors acted as a police force specifically created to deal with the Meeps \u2013 so it seems our pal Beep is in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of plot details are still being kept under wraps, but we do know that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-neil-patrick-harris-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neil Patrick Harris<\/a>\u00a0will also be appearing, with many fans speculating that he\u2019ll play the Celestial Toymaker.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the powers that be have recently been giving us some very cryptic hints about what\u2019s set to come.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6336749806112\" 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