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BBC Ncuti Gatwa Is the Fourteenth Doctor Who, Working with Russell T. Davies

Ncuti Gatwa Is the Fourteenth Doctor Who, Working with Russell T. Davies

The BBC has announced that Rwandan-Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa will play the Fourteenth Doctor in Doctor Who, working with returning showrunner Russell T. Davies. Twenty-nine-year-old Gatwa is best known for portraying Eric Effiong in the Netflix series Sex Education, for which he earned the Best Actor Award at the 2020 Scottish BAFTAs.

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Ncuti Gatwa provided the following statement about becoming the Fourteenth Doctor Who:

There arenā€™t quite the words to describe how Iā€™m feeling. A mix of deeply honoured, beyond excited and of course a little bit scared. This role and show means so much to so many around the world, including myself, and each one of my incredibly talented predecessors has handled that unique responsibility and privilege with the utmost care. I will endeavour my upmost to do the same. Russell T Davies is almost as iconic as the Doctor himself and being able to work with him is a dream come true. His writing is dynamic, exciting, incredibly intelligent and fizzing with danger. An actorā€™s metaphorical playground. The entire team have been so welcoming and truly give their hearts to the show. And so as much as itā€™s daunting, Iā€™m aware Iā€™m joining a really supportive family. Unlike the Doctor, I may only have one heart but I am giving it all to this show.

Meanwhile, Russell T. Davies gave his own statement about about Ncuti Gatwa joining Doctor Who:

The future is here and itā€™s Ncuti! Sometimes talent walks through the door and itā€™s so bright and bold and brilliant, I just stand back in awe and thank my lucky stars. Ncuti dazzled us, seized hold of the Doctor and owned those TARDIS keys in seconds. Itā€™s an honour to work with him, and a hoot, I canā€™t wait to get started. Iā€™m sure youā€™re dying to know more, but weā€™re rationing ourselves for now, with the wonderful Jodieā€™s epic finale yet to come. But I promise you, 2023 will be spectacular!

As Davies noted, the (controversial) Chris Chibnall era of Doctor Who with Jodie Whittaker is currently coming to a close, and our resident genius film critic Darren Mooney recently presented a grand, unified theory of what the heck that era is actually supposed to be about.


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