The latest of which is that Reece Shearsmith is set to play Patrick Troughton in League of Gentlemen co-star Mark Gatiss' biopic, An Adventure in Space and Time.
And it seems that, like much of Gatiss' plans for the upcoming special, this has been a casting years in the making.
"I first asked Reece [to play this role] about 12 years ago when I started thinking about this project," Gatiss told the Radio Times. "We were in the midst of League of Gentlemen and I just remember thinking, if anyone plays Patrick Troughton, it should be Reece.
"Like the second Doctor, he's small, saturnine and a comic genius. The complete package. He thought it was a fantastic idea and I've kind of nurtured it all this time."
Troughton, of course, played the second Doctor between 1966 and 1969, inheriting the role from original star William Hartnell (who will be played by Harry Potter's David Bradley).
"Reece [is] not steeped in Doctor Who like I am, but has been lightly dipped over the years," Gatiss added. "I know he's delighted to be a part of An Adventure in Space and Time."
Well, who wouldn't be?
Also starring in Adventure are Brian Cox (BBC head of drama Sydney Newman), Jessica Raine (Doctor Who's first producer Verity Lambert), Jeff Rawle (Doctor Who's associate producer Mervyn Pinfield), Jemma Powell (actress Jacqueline Hill) and Claudia Grant (actress Carole Ann Ford). Waterloo Road's Jamie Glover will play actor William Russell, while the real Russell will make a cameo as a character named Harry.
Matt Strevens (Misfits) is producing the project, with Terry McDonough (Breaking Bad) serving as director.
And in other Doctor Who news, Nick Hurran will direct the show's 50th anniversary episode - scripted, of course, by the one and only Steven Moffat.
Hurran, who has previously helmed the episodes The Girl Who Waited, The God Complex, Asylum of the Daleks and The Angels Take Manhattan, confirmed the news at the Glasgow Film Festival over the weekend.
Get a gander at what's in store for the Time Lord and his new companion Clara in the BBC America trailer below.
Doctor Who will return to BBC One with new episodes from March 30.
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