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'Doctor Who' Alum Peter Davison Joins 'Call the Midwife' for Christmas Special

Lacy Baugher Milas

24 Sep 2020 — 2 min read

The Fifth Doctor is heading to Poplar for the holiday season - former Doctor Who star Peter Davison will be appearing in this year's Call the Midwife Christmas special.

According to the series' official Facebook page, Davison will be playing Mr. Percival, the ringmaster of Percival’s Circus, a traveling group that arrives in the East End neighborhood of Poplar just in time for the festive season.

This year's feature-length holiday installment will take place in December of 1965, and though everyone at Nonnatus House is looking forward to traditional celebrations with all the trimmings, nothing goes quite to plan. Sister Monica Joan is rushed to the hospital, and Trixie is incensed to receive a subscription to a Marriage Bureau as a Christmas gift.

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