The BBC have confirmed the casting of Clarke Peters in the upcoming Doctor Who animated adventure, Dreamland.

Peters, best known for his portrayal of Lester Freamon in The Wire, will be providing the voice of a character called Night Eagle, who he describes as ‘an old man but a hell of an archer’.

The 6-part series will be released later this year on the official Doctor Who website and via the BBC’s Red Button service. It’ll then be broadcast in its entirety on BBC Two.

The story will see the Tenth Doctor arriving at the infamous alien hot spot, Roswell, where he stumbles upon a mysterious alien artefact during a visit to a local diner. The object leads him on a mission to rescue Rivesh Mantilax from the threat of the Viperox and the clutches of the American military…