Nick Frost will appear in this year's Doctor Who Christmas special.

Rumours of Frost's casting had previous been circulating online, though the BBC is yet to confirm who the Hot Fuzz star will play in the hour-long episode.

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Coronation Street star Natalie Gumede and Misfits star Nathan McMullen will also make guest appearances.

Completing the cast are Michael Troughton - son of Doctor Who star Patrick Troughton - and Glue actress Faye Marsay.



Nick Frost said: "I'm so thrilled to have been asked to guest in the Doctor Who Christmas special, I'm such a fan of the show.

"The read-through was very difficult for me; I wanted to keep stuffing my fingers into my ears and scream 'No spoilers!' - every day on set I've had to silence my internal fan boy squeals!"

Steven Moffat added: "Frost at Christmas - it just makes sense! I worked with Nick on the Tintin movie many years ago and it's a real pleasure to lure him back to television for a ride on the TARDIS."

The December episode will be Peter Capaldi's first full Doctor Who Christmas special, with the actor replacing Matt Smith as the Doctor last December 25.

Doctor Who continues this Saturday at 7.30pm on BBC One, with the episode 'Time Heist'.

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