Doctor Who’s Sixtieth Anniversary Could Be Even Bigger Than We Thought

A trifecta of Doctors are assembling to have fun 60 years of Doctor Who. With Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) subsequent in line and set to begin filming this November, The Hollywood Reporter has realized the transition to the subsequent period of the present could play out a bit in another way.

Outgoing showrunner Chris Chibnall beforehand confirmed that Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker could be taking her bow this October in a particular that’s set to be part of the BBC Centenary celebrations. Meanwhile, subsequent yr for the Sixtieth Anniversary of Doctor Who David Tennant will reprise his function because the fan-fave time lord, this time beneath the stewardship of returning showrunner Russell T. Davies. THR has reported that not solely co-star Neil Patrick Harris stated some feedback that, “have led to speculation that Gatwa will appear in 2023’s celebrations, a move that could see Tennant’s incarnation of the Doctor regenerate into Gatwa’s,” however there might in truth really be as much as three specials in 2023 timed with Doctor Who’s Sixtieth anniversary. So many secrets and techniques that apparently NPH is greater than prepared to let spill just a bit, as THR notes “details about the special, as with most things Doctor Who, are being kept tightly under wraps by the BBC.”

Ncuti Gatwa’s debut season, the 14th for the sequence since its return, will start filming this November with a premiere that could be in 2024. That’s a very long time to attend so hopefully Gatwa performs an enormous function within the celebration subsequent yr. At least we’ll see him within the subsequent season of Sex Education and alongside Margot Robbie in Barbie.

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