Peter Davison and Jill Halfpenny Complete London's Legally Blonde Cast

Peter Davison and Jill Halfpenny will join the previously announced Sheridan Smith, Duncan James, Alex Gaumond, Aoife Mulholland and Susan McFadden in Legally Blonde, directed by Jerry Mitchell. The musical begins previews at the Savoy Theatre on December 5. Davison joins the cast as Callahan, Elle Woods' ruthless Harvard professor, while Halfpenny will appear as beautician Paulette. 

Davison is best known for his run as the Doctor in Doctor Who from 1981 to 1984. He has appeared on stage in Spamalot, Chicago, An Absolute Turkey and Arsenic and Old Lace. His long television resume includes All Creatures Great and Small, The Last Detective, At Home with the Braithwaites, A Quick Guide to Parenting, A Very Peculiar Practice, Ain't Misbehaving and Fear Stress and Anger. Film credits include Parting Shots, Black Beauty and Molly.

Halfpenny's stage credits include Uncle Vanya, The Bodies and Chicago. She is well known for her role as Kate Mitchell on the hit series EastEnders. In 2004, she won the BBC series Strictly Come Dancing, going on to earn two more wins during Christmas 2004 and 2008. Additional television credits include Dalziel and Pascoe, Coronation Street, Peak Practice, Heartbeat, Birds of a Feather, Shameless and The Catherine Tate Show. She is currently appearing on the West End in Calendar Girls.

In Legally Blonde, college sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods (Smith) doesn't take no for an answer. So when her boyfriend Warner (James) dumps her for someone "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and heads for Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

The production also features Emma Bateman (Stenographer), Dan Burton (Padamadan, Nikos), Darren Carnall (Kiki), Peter Davison (Callahan), Chris Ellis-Stanton (Grandmaster Chad, Dewey, Kyle), Alex Gaumond (Emmett Forrest), Jill Halfpenny (Paulette), Nadine Higgin (Judge, Saleswoman), Ibinabo Jack (Pilar), Duncan James (Warner Huntington III), Caroline Keiff (Vivienne Kensington), Amy Lennox (Margot), Andy Mace (Dad, Winthrop, Reporter), Susan McFadden (Serena), Sorelle Marsh (Courtney, Mom, Whitney), Suzie McAdam (Enid), Matthew McKenna (Aaron), Sean Mulligan (Pforzheimer), Aoife Mulholland (Brooke), Roxanne Palmer (Kate, Chutney), Sergio Priftis (Carlos), Sheridan Smith (Elle Woods), Tamara Wall (District Attorney) and Ed White (Lowell), as well as Jane McMurtie, Sherrie Pennington, Lucy Miller, Fabian Aloise and Francis Haugen.