Radio Times has reported that Alan Cumming will appear in Series 11 of Doctor Who.

Cumming is to play King James I.  The actor confirmed this on Will Young and Chris Sweeney’s podcast Homo Sapiens.

Cumming is an actor, singer, writer, producer and director.

He has been in countless television, movie and theatre productions, including Goldeneye, X2, Spy Kids, Tin Man and many more.

Cumming has been quoted as saying:

“I’m James I. So I’m kind of like, you know, a kind of dandy, foppy, coward who kind of comes alright in the end. And they said he might come back.”

Asked if he was playing a villain, Cumming replied in the affirmative, adding that he was “like, a nice baddie.