Matt Lucas to Co-Host Next Season of 'The Great British Baking Show'

Former Doctor Who companion Matt Lucas is trading in the TARDIS for a stint in The Great British Baking Show tent. The actor and comedian will be taking over for outgoing host Sandi Toksvig, who is leaving the reality series after three seasons.

The popular reality baking competition, with now airs on Channel 4 in the U.K. (after much drama) as The Great British Bake Off and streams on the U.S. on Netflix (following a network shift) as The Great British Baking Show, will return for its eleventh season or seventh collection depending on which country you're watching in and how its broadcasger is counting. (The most recent season is the one that featured a final trio of David, Steph and Alice, for the record.)

We know, we know. It's all more confusing than it should be.

Lucas's first season in the tent will likely come later this year. There is no official word yet on when the next season of the Baking Show will hit our screens, but if past is prologue it's probably headed our way toward the end of summer. During Season 7, Netflix made weekly episodes available to stream roughly in time with the BBC airing (if a few days later), so that also feels like it should be a safe guess one more.