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The incumbent Fifteenth Doctor is played by Ncuti Gatwa, who took over the role from David Tennant following the conclusion of "The Giggle" (2023). Outside of television many actors have played the Doctor on in various BBC-licensed spin-offs on television, stage, radio, film, audio plays, and webcasts. The character's ability to periodically ...
The twelfth series saw the reintroduction of the Master, this time played by Sacha Dhawan who recurred across the series. [89] Meanwhile, Barrowman briefly returned to Doctor Who as Harkness in "Fugitive of the Judoon", after a ten year absence from the series, and starred in the 2021 New Year's Day special, "Revolution of the Daleks". [90] "
John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American actor, author, presenter, singer and comic book writer. He is known for his roles as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who (2005–10; 2020–21) and its spin-off Torchwood (2006–11), and as Malcolm Merlyn in the Arrowverse (2012–19).
The post, alongside comments from incoming Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies, [9] led to speculation that Gatwa had been cast as the Doctor. This was later confirmed that same day by the official Doctor Who Twitter account. [10] Gatwa is the first black actor, [11] first African-born actor, and first openly queer actor to headline as the ...
Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) [1] is an English actor, writer, director and producer. Rising to prominence for playing Mickey Smith in Doctor Who (2005–2010), [2] he received critical acclaim for writing, directing, and starring in the teen crime drama films Kidulthood (2006), Adulthood (2008) and Brotherhood (2016) and the BBC Three television pilot West 10 LDN (2008). [3]
Amelia Eve Gibson (born 19 June 2004), [1] known as Millie Gibson, is an English actor.She is best known for portraying Kelly Neelan in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2019 to 2022, and Ruby Sunday in the BBC-Disney+ co-production science-fiction series Doctor Who since 2023.
Actors who auditioned for the role in the 1996 film included Michael Crawford, Rowan Atkinson (who played a spoof version of the Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death), Liam Cunningham [27] (who appeared in the 2013 Doctor Who episode "Cold War"), Mark McGann (whose brother Paul McGann eventually got the role), [28] Trevor Eve, Michael Palin ...
Freema Agyeman (/ ˈ f r iː m ə ˈ æ dʒ ɪ m ən /; [1] born Frema Agyeman; 20 March 1979) [2] [failed verification] is an English actress. She rose to fame with her role as the Doctor's companion Martha Jones in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2007–2010) and its spin-off Torchwood (2008), and received further recognition for playing Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips in the ITV ...