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muriel_volestrangler

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Sun May 8, 2022, 09:26 AM May 2022

Gammon heads will explode: the new Doctor Who is an African immigrant

Ncuti Gatwa: BBC names actor as next Doctor Who star

Actor 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, and the first non-white performer to play the lead role.

Scottish actor Gatwa, who was born in Rwanda, is best known for starring in Netflix's sitcom Sex Education.
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Gatwa will make his debut as the Time Lord in 2023.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61371123
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Gammon heads will explode: the new Doctor Who is an African immigrant (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler May 2022 OP
Looking forward to this Just_Vote_Dem May 2022 #1
He is terrific on Sex Eduation obamanut2012 May 2022 #2
oh, that guy is FABULOUS! I wonder if he'll leave the gay dial turned way up? In Sex Ed he was CurtEastPoint May 2022 #3

Just_Vote_Dem

(2,808 posts)
1. Looking forward to this
Sun May 8, 2022, 09:38 AM
May 2022

I hope they don't do to him what they did to Peter Capaldi his first year; I thought they made Peter's Doctor an unpleasant grouch. Luckily his character was more pleasant after that first year.

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