Cast keeps growing: Only Murders in the Building lands another Doctor Who alum
Another Doctor Who alum is Arconia‑bound, giving the building’s murder‑comedy vibe a playful sci‑fi jolt—care to guess who’s moving in?
File this under delightful coincidences: Peter Capaldi is heading to London with the Only Murders in the Building crew. According to Deadline, the former Twelfth Doctor will appear in Season 6 as a recurring guest star — and he won’t be the only Time Lord in the neighborhood.
The Doctor Who effect
Capaldi joins a growing cluster of Doctor Who alumni set for the show’s London arc. He’ll share the season with two other Doctors and a couple of familiar British comedy faces.
- Peter Capaldi — recurring in Season 6; played the Twelfth Doctor on Doctor Who
- David Tennant — recurring in Season 6; the Tenth and Fourteenth Doctor
- Jodie Whittaker — recurring in Season 6; the franchise ’s first woman Doctor
- Jim Broadbent — aboard this season; once portrayed an alternate First Doctor in the 1999 Comic Relief special The Curse of Fatal Death
- Richard Ayoade — among the season’s players; Deadline notes he has his own Doctor Who connection
The Time Lord streak layers onto an already stacked ensemble that pairs comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short with Selena Gomez, and has featured scene-stealers like Michael Cyril Creighton, Da’Vine Joy Randolph (an Academy Award winner), and Meryl Streep.
Across the pond mystery
This year’s case sends Charles, Oliver, and Mabel out of the Arconia and into London. The new season kicks off when rival podcaster Cinda Canning collapses and dies just outside the building’s gates, launching the trio into a fresh investigation that unfolds on British turf and, naturally, on their true-crime podcast.
Season 6 spans 10 episodes and shifts the action to London.
The series will continue streaming on Hulu in the U.S. as the sleuths chase their most international whodunit yet.