Doctor Who 60th anniversary trailer confirms Toymaker return, offers more Meep mayhem

The BBC has launched a new 2 minute look at Doctor Who's 60th anniversary episodes and finally confirmed Neil Patrick Harris' character in the trio of specials.

While the majority of the footage concentrated on David Tennant's 14th Doctor and his reunion with former companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), it also offered a first shot of Ncuti Gatwa's 15th Doctor in a blink and miss it final shot.

Harris has been confirmed as playing the Toymaker, a character first faced by William Hartnell's first Doctor some 57 years ago when he faced off against Michael Gough's The Celestial Toymaker.

The trailer also offered more footage of Beep the Meep, a character from the 1981 cartoon series The Star Beast which premiered in Doctor Who Weekly. The furry creature is voiced by Harry Potter's Miriam Margolyes.

There's still no official word yet on the transmission dates of the episodes.

Watch the Doctor Who 60th anniversary trailer below.