Maisie Williams – (C) BBC – Photographer: Simon Ridgway

BBC have announced that ‘Game of Thrones’ star Maisie Williams has landed a guest starring role on ‘Doctor Who.’

Williams will be joining Peter Capaldi (The Doctor) and Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) in the upcoming ninth season.

On her first day on set, Maisie Williams said:

“I’m so excited to be working on Doctor Who as it’s such a big and important part of British Culture. I can’t wait to meet the cast and crew and start filming, especially as we’ll be shooting not too far from my home town.”

Steven Moffat said he was “thrilled” to have her on board:

“We’re thrilled to have Maisie Williams joining us on Doctor Who. It’s not possible to say too much about who or what she’s playing, but she is going to challenge the Doctor in very unexpected ways. This time he might just be out of his depth, and we know Maisie is going to give him exactly the right sort of hell.”

Comedian and actor Rufus Hound, who recently appeared in the series Cucumber, also joins the guest cast alongside BBC Three’s Siblings and CBBC’s Horrible Histories star Tom Stourton, Ariyon Bakare, Simon Lipkin, Ian Conningham, Murray McArthur, Barnaby Kay, John Voce, and Struan Rodger.

‘Doctor Who’ Season 9 will return on BBC One this Fall with further casting to be announced in due course.

I am super excited about the news. Are you excited too?