Nakuti Gatwa To Star As Doctor Who Fourteenth Doctor

[{"selector":"#anim-b7e4dbbc-d1d0-433e-8922-f54da44000e0 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(1.1635582395790232%, -1.1625741926579034%) scale(0.8928571428571429)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6a4bfa09-f435-4560-8c2a-7e9d15133e06","keyframes":{"opacity":[1,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4cb3e087-53c3-49e4-902d-4f1047d17526","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(3)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] The BBC has named Ncuti Gatwa as Doctor Who’s Fourteenth Doctor. Gatwa will take over the position in 2023, changing Jodie Whittaker as the present Doctor.

Gatwa mentioned in an announcement to the BBC: "This position and the present means quite a bit to so many individuals all over the world, myself included,

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The Scottish actor beforehand performed Eric Effiong in Netflix’s comedy sequence Sex Education, and also will star alongside Margot Robbie within the upcoming Barbie film.

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Whittaker made historical past as the primary girl to look because the Doctor when the BBC forged her for the position in 2017.

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This episode is anticipated to premiere on the finish of this yr to coincide with the one hundredth anniversary of the BBC.

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This serves as a plot machine to go the baton between lead actors and was initially launched to easy out the transition between actors after the First Doctor, William

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