Jared Garfield – best known for playing Nathan Nightingale in Hollyoaks – is listed as playing Ben Jackson in the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
The character of Ben – a Royal Navy seaman – was a companion to the first Doctor (William Hartnell) and the second (Patrick Troughton) and was played by the late actor Michael Craze from 1966-67.David Bradley is playing the first Doctor in 'Twice Upon a Time' – and his companions Ben and Polly will also appear in the episode.
'Twice Upon a Time' will revisit the end of the first Doctor's era, as he encounters our current Doctor (Peter Capaldi) as both near their own regeneration.
For the first Doctor, that means becoming Patrick Troughton's second Doctor... and for the 12th, it means Jodie Whittaker's first female incarnation.
As series boss / writer Steven Moffat explained: "It's the 12th Doctor saying to Number One, 'Listen, you have to [change] or all of this stuff won't happen!' and the 1st Doctor saying, 'Well, what about you?' – they go off on a crazy adventure with Mark Gatiss and Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie) and decide whether or not they're going to carry on... which of course, they are!"
Doctor Who will return to BBC One and BBC America this Christmas for Capaldi's (and Moffat's) swansong, before returning with a new Doctor and a whole new team in 2018.
Doctor Who Magazine issue 516 is out this week.
Via Digital Spy by Morgan Jeffery
