Peter Davison, whose character Richard was recently exposed as a two-timer<\/a> on Beyond Paradise<\/a>, has admitted he wouldn\u2019t \u201crule\u201d out a chance to play the new detective in the murder mystery series.<\/p>\n Speaking to the press (via The Sun<\/a>), Peter Davison said: \u201cI don\u2019t know. I remember talking to Ben Miller, who found the schedule in Death in Paradise a bit relentless. I\u2019m always up for a challenge. So I would not rule it out but I think the chances are they may go to someone a bit younger.\u201d<\/p>\n As fans are aware, Beyond Paradise and Death in Paradise exist in the same universe, with Kris Marshall\u2019s DI Humphrey Goodman previously being the lead detective in Saint Marie before his spin-off in the town of Shipton Abbott.<\/p>\n Viewers saw the scenes unfold in March when DI Neville Parker waved goodbye to the series, ready to take on a new adventure with Jos\u00e9phine Jobert\u2019s Detective Sergeant Florence Cassell.<\/p>\n Little confirmed the sad news in a statement following the episode. \u201cMy time on Saint Marie has come to an end \u2013 what an end!\u201d said the actor. \u201cNew adventures await Neville, and he got to sail away into the sunset with his best friend. Who knows what happens for them next!\u201d<\/p> Speculation has been rife as to who could be Little\u2019s replacement<\/a>, with RadioTimes.com<\/a> fans voting for Mr Bates vs the Post Office star Toby Jones to be the next lead of the detective drama<\/a>.<\/p>\n An announcement is yet to be made as to who the next detective will be, and even Ralf Little doesn\u2019t have a clue.<\/p>\n \u201cI have honestly no idea and they haven\u2019t told me, maybe they had no idea yet,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I like the rest of you are going to be just sitting and asking, \u2018Who\u2019s next?\u2019 Who knows? No idea. 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