Ncuti Gatwa

Mr. Gatwa, a star of the Netflix series “Sex Education,” will be the first Black man to play the title character in the enduring BBC science fiction ...

Ms. Whittaker’s final episode is yet to come, Russell T. Davies, the series showrunner, said in a statement. The BBC has aired 39 seasons of “Doctor Who” over nearly 60 years. When Ms. Whittaker’s turn as the Doctor was announced in 2017, some fans adopted the hashtag #NotMyDoctor and questioned why the character had suddenly changed genders. In July 2017, the BBC announced Ms. Whittaker’s selection in a commercial that aired after the Wimbledon men’s final. “Doctor Who” fans celebrated the news on Twitter on Sunday, with many expressing their excitement to see a doctor who resembles them. It’s something that everyone can enjoy, so I feel very grateful to have had the baton handed over and I’m going to try to do my best.”

Gatwa, best known for the role of Eric Effiong in the Netflix series Sex Education, is the first Black person to be cast full-time in the starring role in ...

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Rwandan-Scottish star of Sex Education has made astonishing journey from couch-surfing to master of the Whoniverse.

While working as a temp at Harrods and sharing a friend’s bed, he lost weight because he could not afford to eat. The idea that he might become an actor first came when he was 17 and his drama teacher complimented him on his talent. “I would get compliments for looking so presentable. The family lived in university accommodation while Gatwa’s father studied for a PhD in philosophy and theology. Auditions weren’t just acting jobs, they were lifelines.” But his father was forced leave the family and move to Cameroon because he was unable to get work as an academic in the UK, which Gatwa has described as “an amazing sacrifice”.

Actor Ncuti Gatwa will take over from Jodie Whittaker as the star of Doctor Who, the BBC has announced.

It was our very last one," the writer and producer said. "It was our last audition. It's a true honour.

The BBC has named Ncuti Gatwa as Doctor Who's Fourteenth Doctor. Gatwa will take over the role in 2023, replacing Jodie Whittaker as the current Doctor.

Whittaker made history as the first woman to appear as the Doctor when the BBC cast her for the role in 2017. The Doctor, a humanoid Time Lord who can travel throughout space and time using the TARDIS, takes on a different form in near-death situations in a process called regeneration. Gatwa will be the first Black man to play the Doctor, a role that has been passed around to different actors since Doctor Who’s debut in 1963.

Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa has been named as the next Doctor Who, the BBC announced on Sunday, making him the first Black actor to play the role.

Ncuti dazzled us, seized hold of the Doctor and owned those TARDIS keys in seconds.” Whittaker, the first woman to play Doctor Who, announced her departure from the series last July, and no date has been set yet for her final episode. A mix of deeply honoured, beyond excited, and of course a little bit scared,” Gatwa said in a statement. Ncuti Gatwa, breakout star of Netflix’s Sex Education, has been chosen to play the next Doctor Who, replacing Jodie Whittaker, the BBC announced on Sunday. The 29-year-old Gatwa is the first Black actor to play the iconic role.

The 29-year-old Scottish-Rwandan actor, just named as Jodie Whittaker's replacement on Doctor Who, is better known as Eric Effiong – his beloved character in ...

But the show’s ratings have appeared to be flailing in the last season especially, with some critics saying it’s become too grim and angsty. Gatwa is also an immigrant to the UK, having moved to Scotland from Rwanda with his family when he was just two years old. Nigerian actor and LGBTQ activist Bisi Alimi is one of many who has celebrated Gatwa’s character for this reason. Get The Watchlist delivered every Thursday. Gatwa lands every line with impeccable comic timing, perfectly contorting his face between disgust and excitement in awkward silences, but he also gives every interaction depth and nuance. Eric is an out-and-proud gay teen from a religious Nigerian-Ghanian family.

Gatwa, best known for the role of Eric Effiong in the Netflix series Sex Education, is the first Black person to be cast full-time in the starring role in ...

"Ncuti dazzled us, seized hold of the Doctor and owned those TARDIS keys in seconds." Davies stepped away from the showrunner role in 2009. Instead, Gatwa's Eric stands out from the ensemble cast with a fully realized personality and inner life.

The Rwanda-born, Scotland-raised Gatwa, 29, will be the first Black actor to helm the quintessential British sci-fi show, but he won't be the first Black ...

"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. The original run of "Doctor Who" spanned 1963 to 1989. "Ncuti dazzled us, seized hold of the Doctor and owned those TARDIS keys in seconds."

Gatwa was born in Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda in the early nineties. He and his family fled Rwanda in 1994 at the beginning of the genocide.

Gatwa is now the fourteenth person to play Doctor Who and will replace the previous Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, who took over the role in 2017. In a statement, Gatwa said: “There aren’t quite the words to describe how I’m feeling. Scottish-Rwandan actor, Ncuti Gatwa, has been announced as the new Doctor Who—the leading role in a beloved UK BBC television series.

Where have you seen the new 14th Doctor before? Or: why Ncuti Gatwa's trousers in Sex Education prove that he'll make a brilliant Doctor.

Gatwa plays “Dougie”, a character that nobody who has seen the miniseries remembers. Now ideally Gatwa would have played Puck, the trickster, or maybe even the mighty King Oberon. That would be thematically handy, but instead in this stage production, Gatwa plays Demetrius, one of the many mortals in the play who gets messed about with love potions. He describes the character as very focused but as somebody who “brings the fun back”. Is that what he plans to do for the Doctor? Or are these in fact two completely unrelated performances? In Dominic Brigstocke’s family comedy, Gatwa plays “Timidus,” a Roman soldier befriended by the protagonist when he gets conscripted. The announcement of a new Doctor is like Christmas for Doctor Who fans, if Christmas came every three-to-five years and appeared without warning. The first thing, as a Doctor Who fan, that you notice while watching Sex Education, is that Ncuti Gatwa is wearing absolutely perfect Doctor trousers – grey tweed that Hartnell, Troughton, or Capaldi would not turn their noses up at.

Ncuti Gatwa will take the mantle from Jodie Whittaker on “Doctor Who,” the BBC announced Sunday, ending speculation over the iconic Time Lord's next ...

The original run of “Doctor Who” spanned 1963 to 1989. “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. “Ncuti dazzled us, seized hold of the Doctor and owned those TARDIS keys in seconds.”

Change makes everyone nervous, especially Whovians. But it's how we regenerate, says the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams.

People thought it was sexism that led Whovians to angst over a female Doctor, and some of it was, but a lot of the Timelord anxiety was timeless. Sometimes I think Doctor Who has a regenerative effect on the whole of society, even the bits that don’t watch it. Of course he’s the Doctor. Of course it’s nothing like his previous role in Sex Education, because it would actually be quite tricky, trying to cast a Doctor from the pool of shows a little bit like it.

The Sex Education star was confirmed as the 14th Doctor Who. Here's everything you need to know about the star including his age, his past roles and when he ...

Yes. The news will make Gatwa the first Black actor confirmed for the role. I'm sure you're dying to know more, but we're rationing ourselves for now, with the wonderful Jodie's epic finale yet to come. Ncuti Gatwa is a Rwandan- Scottish actor, best known for his role in Sex Education. He will become the first black actor to take on the role of Doctor Who.

The casting is revolutionary, while also being precedented, says film and TV writer James Cooray Smith.

It was created by the Canadian Sydney Newman, and its first episode was written by an Australian, Anthony Coburn, produced by Verity Lambert, a Jewish woman, and directed by Waris Hussein, a gay Muslim born in Lucknow when India was still part of the British empire. The black British actor Jo Martin has played the part, but not as the lead. Gatwa is the first black actor to play the role as a series lead. To audition for a series lead is pretty normal for TV, but unusual for Doctor Who. Most Doctors, including Davies’ own previous two, have been people the then showrunner had already worked with. Bad Wolf, the production company responsible for the next series of Doctor Who, tweeted a picture of a post made by Gatwa to his almost 3 million Instagram followers. Doctor Who is, in cliche, a “national institution”, a term first applied to it by the Radio Times as long ago as 1972.

Gatwa is best known for his role on Netflix's Sex Education, where he plays one of the series' leads, Eric — a role for which he recently received a Scottish ...

After Jodie Whittaker, who served as Doctor Who’s lead for 32 episodes, steps down as the 13th Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa will regenerate as number 14. Ncuti dazzled us, seized hold of The Doctor and owned those TARDIS keys in seconds.” In the franchise’s nearly 60-year history, only one other Black actor has ever played the role: Jo Martin starred as a fugitive version of The Doctor who appeared in several episodes during Whittaker’s tenure.

Gatwa will be the first non-white actor to star in the role and will make his Doctor Who debut in 2023.

There's no hiding that the BBC has picked a young and talented actor who will bring a lot of energy to the role. Gatwa, who is best known for playing Eric in Netflix's "Sex Education," will be the first actor of color to play the iconic role. The future is here!