Indira Varma is the latest star to join the cast of the upcoming season of Doctor Who. The British actor, who is no stranger to sci-fi and fantasy, will be playing the mysterious Duchess, one of a number of major guest stars appearing in mysterious roles alongside the Fifteenth Doctor.
The BBC reports that Varma, who previously starred as Suzie on the first season of the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood in 2006, will be making a second trip to the Whoniverse. She will star alongside Ncuti Gatwa, who will debut as the Fifteenth Doctor in the new season of Who, which will debut after a trio of specials starring David Tennant's Doctor later this year.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Who Is Indira Varma? Varma made her screen debut in Mira Nair's 1996 erotic historical drama Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. She subsequently appeared on the series Rome, Luther, and Human Target, and in Bride and Prejudice, Exodus: Gods and Kings, and Basic Instinct 2.