Indira Varma, the Game Of Thrones veteran most recently seen in Obi-Wan Kenobi is adding to her genre credentials. She's now landed a role as apparent villain The Duchess in the next series of Doctor Who.###Varma, who already has Who-niverse credentials following a two-episode guest spot on Torchwood back in 2006, will be presumably causing trouble in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Ncuti Gatwa's 15th Doctor next year.###"I’m thrilled to be in Doctor Who and peculiar ly excited to be crossing cosmic paths with Ncuti, as the Doctor, and look in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ward to creating interplanetary mischief with him," Varma says. "I loved playing Suzie Costello in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Russell T. Davies in Torchwood so am thrilled to be entering this world again."###Says Davies, "I’m overjoyed to be reunited with Indira after our Torchwood days, and this part is truly spectacular! A whole new audience will be hiding behind the settee when the Duchess unleashes her terror."###Doctor Who will be back on our screens this autumn in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the 60th anniversary special episodes featuring the return of David Tennant (this time playing the 14th incarnation of The Doctor) and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e Gatwa takes over during the festive season.###Varma, meanwhile, will also be seen in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, in cinemas on 11 July.