Controversial atheist Professor Richard Dawkins is set to appear in an up coming episode of Doctor Who, playing himself.
Dawkins is an outspoken atheist and secular humanist, his 2006 book The God Delusion argues how religious faith is a delusion and creationism is a crock of shit. In the 1970s Dawkins popularised the concept of gene-centered evolution.
Coincidentally the professor is married to Tom Baker’s ex-wife Lalla Ward who appeared in Doctor Who herself alongside Tom Baker as female Timelord Romana (Mark II).
