--- description: 'Doctor Who' returns to the BBC this fall title: 'Game of Thrones' Star Maisie Williams to Appear on 'Doctor Who' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc451da93c5b548aa/698785c2cd1bba3d046f5e96/ap788749691114-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Game of Thrones_ Star Maisie Williams to Appear on _Doctor Who_ by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 30, 2015 3:15 PM CUT  Actress Maisie Williams attends the UK Film Council Party during the 2015 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany on Feb. 7, 2015. Actress Maisie Williams attends the UK Film Council Party during the 2015 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany on Feb. 7, 2015.Joel Ryan—AP by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 30, 2015 3:15 PM CUT Maisie Williams is going from Westeros to the TARDIS: The _Game of Thrones_ fan favorite is shooting a guest spot on the BBC’s _Doctor Who_. On her first day on set, the 17-year-old actress said: ”I’m so excited to be working on _Doctor Who_ as it’s such a big and important part of British culture. I can’t wait to meet the cast and crew and start filming, especially as we’ll be shooting not too far from my home town.” Executive producer Steven Moffat added: “We’re thrilled to have Maisie Williams joining us on _Doctor Who_. It’s not possible to say too much about who or what she’s playing, but she is going to challenge the Doctor in very unexpected ways. This time he might just be out of his depth, and we know Maisie is going to give him exactly the right sort of hell.” In addition to her role as Arya Stark on HBO’s _Thrones_, Williams recently starred in the docu-drama _Cyberbully_. _Doctor Who_ returns to the BBC this fall. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/30/maisie-williams-doctor-who "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3763397/maisie-williams-doctor-who-game-of-thrones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3763397/maisie-williams-doctor-who-game-of-thrones/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Star Maisie Williams to Appear on Doctor Who","datePublished":"2015-03-30T15:15:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:32:38.591Z","description":"'Doctor Who' returns to the BBC this fall","url":"https://time.com/3763397/maisie-williams-doctor-who-game-of-thrones/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","doctor who","Maisie Williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc451da93c5b548aa/698785c2cd1bba3d046f5e96/ap788749691114-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc451da93c5b548aa/698785c2cd1bba3d046f5e96/ap788749691114-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actress Maisie Williams attends the UK Film Council Party during the 2015 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany on Feb. 7, 2015.","caption":"Actress Maisie Williams attends the UK Film Council Party during the 2015 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany on Feb. 7, 2015.","creditText":"Joel Ryan—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3763397/maisie-williams-doctor-who-game-of-thrones/","name":"Game of Thrones Star Maisie Williams to Appear on Doctor Who"}}]}] ```