Surprise! If you had been nonetheless ready on all of the information for Doctor Who’s sixtieth anniversary, in time-twisting type the BBC is already teasing us with information for what’s to return past it—like a brand new face becoming a member of staff TARDIS.

Announced by the BBC throughout tonight’s annual “Children in Need” telethon occasion, Millie Gibson will play the brand new companion alongside Ncuti Gatwa’s fifteenth Doctor. No particulars had been revealed concerning the character, past the truth that their identify is Ruby Sunday.

“Whilst still being in total disbelief, I am beyond honored to be cast as the Doctor’s companion,” Gibson mentioned in an announcement released by the BBC. “It is a gift of a role, and a dream come true, and I will do everything to try and fill the boots the fellow companions have travelled in before me. And what better way to do that than being by the fabulous Ncuti Gatwa’s side, I just can’t wait to get started.”

Doctor Who will probably be again in November 2023 for a trio of anniversary specials, starring David Tennant because the 14th Doctor, Catherine Tate as returning companion Donna Noble, and Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney as Rose. Ncuti Gatwa is predicted to debut because the fifteenth Doctor on the climax of those specials, earlier than showing “over the festive period” that yr and ultimately in season 14 of the present, anticipated to be broadcast a while in 2024.

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