Gatwa will be 'magical' as next Dr Who
- Publication: Belfast Telegraph
- Date: 2022-10-17
- Author: Connie Evans
- Page: 7
- Language: English
JODIE Whittaker has said Ncuti Gatwa will be "magical" on Doctor Who and will reach audiences that she has not been able to.
The 40-year-old British actress has played the 13th incarnation of The Doctor since 2017, after she took over the role from Peter Capaldi.
Speaking ahead of her final feature length special — The Power Of The Doctor — airing next week. Whittaker said: "This family grows and it will be bigger than us and it will go on, and Ncuti will be extraordinary and he will bring an audience that we haven't reached and his performance will be so magical.
"Now we get to sit back and enjoy it as the fans that we can be now, knowing that whatever is to come we were once a pan of that."
Sex Education star Gatwa (30) was announced as the lath Doctor in May and will take over from Whittaker later this month.
Asked to share some advice for her successor, Whittaker said: "It's yours for the taking. there's no advice you can give."
Whittaker also spoke candidly about how emotional she became while making and watching her final Doctor Who episode, say-ing:1 just knew those moments, but I guess the wonderful thing is you can't spoiler the end because we knew I was regenerating so I really only started crying over something I knew was about to happen."
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