New Doctor Who Season 12 Premiere Clip Teases Lenny Henry’s Villain
We’re just over three weeks away from the return of Doctor Who for the first time in a whole year. And in a bid to make it worth the agonizing wait, season 12 will kick off with a grand two-part storyline titled “Spyfall,” which – as you can tell from that title – will draw inspiration from James Bond. And you can now get a good feel for how this spy/sci-fi mash-up will go down via the new clip above. The minute-long preview sees companions Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Ryan (Tosin Cole) impersonating journalists, with some water-tight aliases and faked online history to back them up. Their interviewee is the character played by Sir Lenny Henry, who looks to be an archetypal Bond-style supervillain. We learn from this brief clip that, though he grew up poor, this self-made businessman is now spoiled and selfish and no doubt has some evil plan up his expensive sleeves. “Spyfall” isn’t just a pun on 2012’s Skyfall but is also a very literal title, as the synopsis for the stor...