David Tennant, best known to his fans as the Tenth Doctor in the BBC sci-fi television show Doctor Who, has grabbed the lead role in a pilot for NBC called Rex Is Not Your Lawyer — an hour-long legal dramedy about a Chicago lawyer who suffers from panic attacks.

The show was first developed two years ago, but was only greenlit this past August because the studio could not find a suitable actor to play the main role until Tennant came along, according to a report from Reuters. While the report doesn’t mention whether Tennant will be adopting an accent (British or his native Scottish), it’s probably more likely that he’ll be portraying an American.

It’s hard to imagine Tennant in a role that doesn’t in some way touch the sci-fi genre. However, it’s always been clear that his acting abilities stretch far beyond what we’ve seen him do on Doctor Who alone.