Doctor Who fans can get ready for the second season to launch on Disney+ on April 12. The show will be available at 12 a.m. Pt and 3 a.m. Et. Viewers in the UK can catch it on BBC or stream it on BBC iPlayer the same day.

The season features eight episodes in total, releasing one by one each week. In the second episode, Alan Cumming will guest star, voicing Mr. Ring-a-Ding, a cheerful, singing cartoon who lives in Sunny Town with his friend Sunshine Sally. But in 1952, after years of performing, Mr. Ring-a-Ding starts noticing the world beyond the screen, leading to some unsettling consequences.

This isn’t Alan Cumming’s first time in the Whoniverse. He previously played King James I in a 2018 episode titled ‘The Witchfinders.’

Russell T Davies, the showrunner, praised Cumming for his performance, saying, ‘Only Alan Cumming could give a runaway cartoon so much wit,...