Neil Patrick Harris

Considering he is a magician, it makes perfect sense why the BBC would cast Neil Patrick Harris as villain The Toymaker in the 60th Anniversary special for 'Doctor Who'.

It turns out the 'How I Met Your Mother' star is able to dazzle audiences with his illusions and sorcery, though Neil insists he is only so good at it because of his lengthy acting career.

He said: “There's a big connection between magic and acting ... Because if you think about it when you're watching a magician perform a trick, he's explaining the facts of what's happening, those may not be the actual facts.

"And so in enacting there are facts of a script but you're able to act around it and fill it in. There are facts of things that happen and it's our job as humans to process what those facts mean to you and embellish upon it.”