Neil Patrick Harris to star in ‘Doctor Who’

• Next year, Neil Patrick Harris will guest star on ‘Doctor Who.’
• Doctor Who star Ed Harris is already filming scenes for the show’s 60th anniversary in 2023.
• The 29-year-old will play Nouti Gatwa, the new Doctor Who, BBC has confirmed.

The BBC revealed today (13.06.22) that the ‘How I Met Your Mother’ actor is already filming scenes for the show’s 60th anniversary in 2023.

His role, however, is being kept under wraps by the show’s producers.

Showrunner Russell T Davies, 59, said in a statement: “It’s my huge honor to open our studio doors for the mighty Neil Patrick Harris… but who, why, what is he playing? You’ll just have to wait. But I promise you, the stuff we’re shooting now is off the scale. Doctor beware!”

Harris, who starred in ‘Doogie Howser, M. D.’ and has girl and boy twins with his actor partner David Burtka, 47, will play Nouti Gatwa, the new Doctor.

When Jodie Whittaker, 39, exits her role as the two-hearted Tardis time-traveler at the end of this year, the 29-year-old will take over.

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There has been suspicion that Davies’ statement alluded to Harris’ wicked portrayal as Count Olaf in ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events.’

Gatwa said he was “deeply honored, beyond excited and of course a little bit scared” to become the next Doctor.

Gatwa’s ‘Barbie’ co-star Simu Liu, 33, said that the actor needed to hire protection after news of his casting due to the show’s avid fandom.

He added to Variety: “He had to get security in and around not only his place of residence but the places of residence of his entire family.”

Since the show’s return in 2005, other actors who have played the shape-shifting Time Lord include Christopher Eccleston, 58, David Tennant, 51, Matt Smith, 39, and Peter Capaldi, 64.

Hugh Grant, 61, shot down a rumor in the Mirror earlier this year that he was “in talks” to replace Whittaker, stating, “Nothing against Dr W but I’m not.” “I have no idea where the story originated.”