Alan Cumming lands unrecognizable role on the new season of ‘Doctor Who’

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Alan Cumming has landed a role on the upcoming season of Doctor Who.

The BBC announced yesterday that Cumming, 60, will play the role of an animated character called Mr Ring-a-Ding in the second episode.

A press statement described the character as “a happy, funny, singalong cartoon, who lives in Sunny Town with his friend Sunshine Sally. However, in 1952, after years of repeats in cinemas across the land, Mr Ring-a-Ding suddenly looks beyond the screen and sees the real world outside – and the consequences are terrifying.”

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