David Suchet of the long-running ITV program Agatha Christie’s Poirot will guest star as The Landlord in Series Ten of Doctor Who.
The United Kingdom has their fair share of iconic television and movie franchises, some of them spanning decades. Of course, the most well-known of these is Doctor Who. Another is Agatha Christie’s Poirot, based on Christie’s writings. The ITV program, which ran from 1989 to 2013, starred David Suchet as the literary character Hercule Poirot, a mustachioed Belgian detective.
Soon, the worlds of these two shows will collide in a way. It was recently reported by Den of Geek that Suchet will guest star as The Landlord in an episode (written by Mike Bartlett) of Series Ten of Doctor Who.
Along with the announcement, the BBC released a promotional image of the character.
David Suchet as The Landlord (credit: BBC)
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Suchet has had a long, full, and distinguished career in acting. His first role was as a storyteller in ‘Part 3 – The Detectives’ and ‘Part 4 – Lying in Wait’ of the 1966 story ‘Emil and the Detectives’ from the television program Jackanory. He most recently played Oberon in Shakespeare Live! From the RSC, and will play Dr. Fagan in the upcoming mini-series Decline and Fall.
Agatha Christie appeared as a character on Doctor Who in the 2008 Tenth Doctor episode ‘The Unicorn and the Wasp.’ She was portrayed by Fenella Woolgar. Daphne Oxenford — who played the Archivist in part two of the 1987 Seventh Doctor serial ‘Dragonfire‘ — filmed scenes as an elderly Christie for ‘The Unicorn and the Wasp.’ They were cut from the episode’s broadcast, but included on the DVD. It was her final role.
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