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10 Years Later, Netflix's Best Sci-Fi Show Is Bringing a Legendary Actor Back to the Genre

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Since 2011, one sci-fi anthology series has ruled them all — Black Mirror. The Charlie Brooker-created series is now set to return to Netflix for its seventh season, boasting a massively impressive cast, and a few eyebrow-raising returning directors. But for big fans of TV science fiction, the biggest development here is likely the comeback of one beloved actor known best for his travels through space and time.

That’s right, Black Mirror Season 7 on Netflix will see the return of Peter Capaldi to TV science fiction. Back in 2014, he stepped into the titular Time Lord role on Doctor Who, but hasn’t appeared in TV sci-fi since he regenerated into Jodie Whittaker back in 2017, who, oddly enough, was in Black Mirror before she was the lead of Doctor Who.

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