The Musketeers is to kill off Peter Capaldi's villainous Cardinal.

The character will meet his demise off-screen, due to Capaldi's Doctor Who commitments, Radio Times has revealed.



"Come the next series, the Cardinal will be dead," actor Tom Burke - who plays Athos - confirmed. "He'll just be gone.

"It's a great example of economic storytelling. Their new nemesis will be Rochefort, who's played by Marc Warren."



Mad Dogs and Hustle actor Warren was unveiled as the show's new chief villain earlier this month.

His character - the Comte de Rochefort - is a dashing aristocrat new in Paris, who is hiding a very dark past.

Series two of The Musketeers is currently shooting in Prague, while Capaldi is filming his first series of Doctor Who in Wales.

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