The new ‘Doctor Who’ just added some serious muscle and a ‘Drag Race’ legend
Doctor Who is about to get very, very queer.The long-running sci-fi franchise has a habit of shaking up its universe every now and again—as it follows the inter-dimensional adventures of the heroic Time Lord—and this year will be no different, shepherded by returning showrunner Russell T Davies, a.k.a.
the man who brought you Queer As Folk and It’s A Sin.This holiday season, The BBC will air a handful of Doctor Who specials, which are set to feature Heartstopper favorite Yasmin Finney, as well as Neil Patrick Harris, who will be playing some sort of diabolical toymaker?
You know what, when it comes to this show, we don’t ask questions, we just roll with it.But most exciting of all will be the introduction of our “Fifteenth Doctor,” future Barbie star Ncuti Gatwa.
The actor was a major breakout on Netflix‘s coming-of-age comedy Sex Education, playing gay student Eric Effiong, and we were pleased to learn his version of the Time Lord will also be gay!Gatwa’s Doctor will first appear in the holiday special later this year before helming his own season expected to hit the airwaves in 2024. “He’ll be the first gay Doctor, which is going to be super cool, a sexier Doctor,” says Neil Patrick Harris of his future ‘Doctor Who’ co-star Ncuti Gatwa.Davies, for his part, is already hyping up his new Time Lord.
