Ncuti Gatwa will take over from Jodie Whittaker as the star of Doctor Who, the BBC has announced. The 29-year-old will become the 14th Time Lord on the popular science fiction show.
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Ncuti Gatwa will take over from Jodie Whittaker as the star of Doctor Who, the BBC has announced. The 29-year-old will become the 14th Time Lord on the popular science fiction show.
Being an avid doctor fan since Jon Pertwee, and having even watched the William Hartnell incarnation (b/w) I feel I have just got 'fed up' with this whole series.
People mention the writing, but the old series used to be spread across maybe 4-6 episodes so you'd have something to look forward to each Saturday, but now since the reboot it's all crammed into a single episode, so if you miss one, so what!
On top of that, especially since the writing of 'Chibnal' we seem to have 50+ minutes of TV, but about 25 minutes of that is focused on 'make me aware", which has lead to pathetic story lines,and historically inaccurate as well as introducing some aspects of sexuality, diverse or not, which is totally unnecessary and really ends up being a 'filler' for an episode that is only 25 minutes long.
Thank God the BBC license fee will be coming to an end!
For some reason the media seem to think that a lot of Dr Who fans were opposed to Jodie Whitaker because she was a woman - They weren't, there have been many Time Lords, that were women, such as Romana, who was a great character, but the Doctor is the Doctor, and why are people constantly trying to fix what isn't broken.
I heard some fantastic names being mentioned, such as Martin Sheen, Hugh Grant etc.,which made me look forward to re-kindling my love for this series - but sadly no - lets be diverse!! - for god sake, it's set in space and time - how many aliens do you need to be diverse?? - Do Daleks have this issue? - "oh look, he's painted Red, Shouldn't he be Silver?.. No.
Why are they not making changes elsewhere, such as Russell Brandt to play Richard Prior, of Colin Firth playing Malcolm X, or even Liam Neeson as Nelson Mandella
Enjoy this coming series -It will be the last as the sale of merchandising will be zero.
While Tennant and Smith are both great actors, they benefited from having exceptional writing. So I'm really looking forward to seeing new Davies episodes more than anything else.
How is that a "Bold choice". Nothing "Bold" about it. As obdue says it is in fact "predictable" - they had to go in this direction. Don't get me wrong I think it is a great choice, but it is a choice that was almost made for them. Anything else would have been disappointing and risk losing viewers. But now with Russell T Davies back in the driving seat for 2023 as well there is much for the fan to look forward to.
So predictable.
However, as the previous casting proved, the actor means very little. I guess we'll see how the quality of the writing is gonna be.
Bold choice! I love Ncuti Gatwa in Sex Education and I'm looking forward to seeing him as the fourteenth incarnation of Doctor Who. I believe he's going to bring much needed fresh elements to the beloved character. The article mentions that he will make his debut as the Time Lord in 2023, but that is not entirely true. Indeed he will appear full-time as Doctor Who in 2023 but his debut in the titular role is expected to be in BBC's centenary 90-minute special in October 2022 which will be Jodie Whittaker's farewell.