Hollywood’s Neil Patrick Harris is tipped to play retro villain The Toymaker when he guest stars in Doctor Who next year.
Showrunner Russell T Davies has revealed that Harris’s eerie character will be “the greatest enemy the Doctor has ever faced”.
And speculation is rife that he will morph into the warped shop-owner who appeared in the third run of the classic series back in 1966, played by Michael Gough, the actor who later became Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred in the Batman films.