The BBC has launched the primary official search for Ncuti Gatwa’s season of Physician Who, the place he’ll be taking on for Jodie Whitaker because the Fifteenth Physician. Additionally pictured is his companion Ruby Sunday, as performed by Millie Gibson.
Gatwa’s casting was first confirmed all the way in which again in Could amidst countless rumors and hypothesis, again when it initially appeared like he’d be the Fourteenth Physician earlier than it was revealed that David Tennant was making his return. Since then, particulars on Gatwa’s incarnation have been extremely scarce, with the one different huge factor of word is that Russell T. Davies is again within the showrunner seat after having revitalized the present again in 2005.
Past that, the one different factor to notice about Gatwa’s Physician is that fairly frankly, he seems to be good as hell. Earlier Medical doctors have every had their very own fashionable seems to be, and Fifteen’s is among the strongest in current historical past. It’s simply immediately iconic, and Gatwa makes that combo look good. Clinching all of it collectively are the rings as seen in a observe up video the place Gatwa and Gibson gasoline one another up, which additionally fortunately confirms that the latest season of Physician Who has begun filming.
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It’ll be awhile earlier than we see him and Gibson collectively, although. Tennant and a returning Catherine Tate as Donna Noble might be headlining a trio of specials meant to rejoice the franchise’s sixtieth anniversary. These specials might be dropping someday in November 2023, after which the Fifteenth Physician will headline the present for a number of years. And that change in 2023 will deliver with it Disney+, the place the present will completely air exterior the BBC and will imply a lift to the present’s funds.
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