In sentences that sound like shitposts but are in fact actual news, akin to Bryce Dallas Howard Is Yaddle, the BBC has confirmed that one of Doctor Who’s deep-cut villains for its 60th anniversary specials, Beep the Meep, will be suitably voiced for such a triumphant return by acting icon Miriam Margolyes.

“I’m relieved I got to work on Doctor Who before I died. With sci-fi you never know,” Margolyes said in a statement that is also bordering on shitpost-sounding territory. “Thank you for making an old woman very happy.”

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