Archie Panjabi, an Indian-born British actress and Emmy Award winner, will portray a villain in the upcoming second season of “Doctor Who.”

The information on Panjabi was obtained from deadline.com. Specifics about her persona are still unknown.

Panjabi has joined the cast of “Sex Education,” which includes Ncuti Gatwa as the title character, Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday, and Varada Sethu as Belinda Chandra, the fifteenth Doctor’s co-companion.

The Disney+ and BBC shows are scheduled to return in 2025. The Doctor and Ruby Sunday go on adventures throughout time and space in Season 1, visiting war-torn future planets and the Regency period of England.

They meet both friends and enemies during their travels aboard the TARDIS, a time-traveling vessel fashioned like a police box, including a bogeyman and the Doctor’s most formidable adversary to yet.

The British television series, which debuted in 1963, centers on an alien character known as the Doctor. The first Time Lord was portrayed by William Hartnell, while the other fourteen were, among others, Tom Baker, Peter Capaldi, Matt Smith, David Tennant, Jodie Whittaker, Christopher Eccleston, and Gatwa.

Speaking about the actress, Panjabi won an Emmy Award for her performance as “Pinky Kaur Bhamra” in the 2002 movie “Bend It Like Beckham,” which served as her breakthrough role in the US.

She then went on to work on a number of TV and movie projects, such as “The Constant Gardener” (2005), “A Good Year” (2006), “A Mighty Heart” (2007), and “San Andreas” (2015). Additionally, she starred in television series including “Under the Bridge,” “Blindspot,” “Two’s The Fall,” “Shetland,” and “Snowpiercer.”

The popular television series “The Good Wife” featured Panjabi in six seasons as “Kalinda Sharma,” for which she is most recognized. For the part, she was nominated for three Emmys, and in 2010 she won her first one for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series.