The wait is over: Ncuti Gatwa will play the Doctor in the next season of the popular English TV series Who’s the doctor. The arrival of the 29-year-old actor was announced on Sunday on the social networks of the series broadcast on the BBC.
Here is the future! Ncuti Gatwa is the Doctorwill we read in a Twitter publication.
Sometimes talent walks in the door and it’s so bright and bold that I stand in awe and thank my lucky stars.Russell T. Davies, the show’s one-man band, in a statement by Ncuti Gatwa.
The actor will then be the 14th Doctor of Who’s the doctor – an alien who travels in time – and the first black actor to perform in this character. She replaced Jodie Whittaker, who was the first woman to play the role.
Unlike Doctor, I may only have one heart, but I will give it my all in this seriessaid Ncuti Gatwa in a statement.
The latter made a name for itself in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Educationwhere he plays Eric Effiong, who is openly gay but comes from a very religious family.
This character also earned him a BAFTA finalist for three consecutive years.
First broadcast on the BBC in 1963, Who’s the doctor is considered the oldest science fiction series in television history. However, it experienced a long hiatus: discontinued in 1989, resumed in 2005.
Source: Radio-Canada
