New `Doctor Who´ 星／主役にする is `Sex Education´ actor Ncuti Gatwa
LONDON (AP) - Ncuti Gatwa will take the mantle from Jodie Whittaker on "Doctor Who," the BBC 発表するd Sunday, ending 憶測 over the iconic Time Lord's next regeneration.
"いつかs talent walks through the door and it´s so 有望な and bold and brilliant, I just stand 支援する in awe and thank my lucky 星／主役にするs," returning showrunner Russell T Davies said in the 放送者's 解放（する）. "Ncuti dazzled us, 掴むd 持つ／拘留する of the Doctor and owned those TARDIS 重要なs in seconds."
Gatwa, whose first 指名する is pronounced 'SHOO-tee, 現在／一般に 星／主役にするs in Netflix´s high school comedy-演劇 "Sex Education" as the effervescent Eric Effiong, who is 率直に gay but from a 高度に 宗教的な family.
The Rwanda-born, Scotland-raised Gatwa, 29, will be the first 黒人／ボイコット actor to 舵輪／支配 the quintessential British sci-fi show, but he won´t be the first 黒人／ボイコット Doctor - Jo ツバメ has played "逃亡者／はかないもの Doctor" in several episodes.
Whittaker became the 13th Doctor - and the first woman to play the central 星雲-hopping, extraterrestrial Time Lord who regenerates into new 団体／死体s - in 2017, when she took over from Peter Capaldi. Her last episode of "Doctor Who" is 推定する／予想するd to 空気／公表する later this year.
The 初めの run of "Doctor Who" spanned 1963 to 1989. Since the show was 生き返らせるd in 2005, the Doctor has been played by Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith, in 新規加入 to Capaldi and Whittaker. Other 星／主役にするs, like Karen Gillan and Billie Piper, have made their 指名するs on the show as the Doctor's "companion."
Ncuti Gatwa 提起する／ポーズをとるs for photographers upon arrival for the British 学院 Television Awards in London, June 6, 2021. Ncuti Gatwa will take the mantle from Jodie Whittaker on "Doctor Who," the BBC 発表するd Sunday, May 8, 2022 ending 憶測 over the iconic Time Lord's next regeneration. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
"This 役割 and show means so much to so many around the world, 含むing myself, and each one of my incredibly talented 前任者s has 扱うd that unique 責任／義務 and 特権 with the 最大の care. I will 努力する my 最大の to do the same," the 解放（する） 引用するd Gatwa - who 述べるd his emotions as "a mix of 深く，強烈に 栄誉（を受ける）d, beyond excited and of course a little bit 脅すd" - as 説.
In 新規加入 to seeing the start of Gatwa's 任期, next year also 示すs Davies' return to "Doctor Who" after more than a １０年間's absence.
"Russell T Davies is almost as iconic as the Doctor himself and 存在 able to work with him is a dream come true," Gatwa said.
The writer and 生産者 ran the reboot until 2009, and has worked on shows like "A Very English スキャンダル" and "It's A Sin" in the 暫定的な. He 約束s a "みごたえのある" 2023.
"Unlike the Doctor, I may only have one heart b ut I am giving it all to this show," Gatwa 追加するd.
FILE - In this とじ込み／提出する photo 時代遅れの Saturday, July 13, 2019, actress Jodie Whittaker sits in the 王室の Box on Centre 法廷，裁判所 to watch the women's （テニスなどの）シングルス final match between Serena Williams of the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs and Romania's Simona Halep on day twelve of the Wimbledon Tennis 選手権s in London. Ncuti Gatwa will take the mantle from Jodie Whittaker on "Doctor Who," th e BBC 発表するd Sunday, May 8, 2022 ending 憶測 over the iconic Time Lord's next regeneration. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, とじ込み／提出する)
