The guest cast list for the sixth episode of Doctor Who, Series 11, Demons of the Punjab was released:

It reveals that Yaz will be reunited with her family once again after her ordeal with the Pting in the high-tech hospital in The Tsuragna Conundrum. I hope she remembers to pick up the promised bread on the way back to her family’s flat.

A new member of Yaz’s family is introduced, her grandmother (or Nani), Umbreen, a woman who is reluctant to reveal secrets of her past. Current-day Ubreen is played by Leena Dhingra, who played Miss Chandrakala, the family maid, in the The Unicorn and the Wasp.

1947 Umbreen is played by Amita Suman.

What does Yaz do when curious about her grandmother’s hidden history? She turns to her friend, the Doctor to take her Graham and Ryan back in time to 1947 Punjab to find out.

Be careful what you wish for. 1947 Punjab is embroiled in Partition, a bloody period of conflict and mass migration in India, when it was divided into two countries, Hindu majority India and Muslim majority Pakistan, after the dissolution of British colonial rule.

If that isn’t enough of a problem, there are also demons haunting the land and two of them appear to be named Almak and Kisar.

Almak and Kisar are physically played by creature actors Barbara Fadden and Nathalie Curzner. The two demons are voiced by Isobel Middleton and Emma Fielding, respectively.

Rounding out the cast list for the Punjabi adventure are Shane Zaza as Prem, Hamza Jeetooa as Manish and Shaheen Khan as Hasna.