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Russell T Davies reveals planning behind keeping Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor Who role secret
27.05.2022 - 23:19 / msn.com
Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies has revealed the ‘spectacular operation’ it took to keep Ncuti Gatwa’s casting as the new Time Lord a secret. The Sex Education star was announced as the 14th Doctor earlier this month, taking over from Jodie Whittaker. While he announced the exciting news on the day of the Bafta awards, Ncuti had actually known the role was is since February, and it’s been a secret ever since.
Showrunner Russell has admitted the announcement of his casting was very carefully timed to coincide with the awards ceremony, so everyone working on the show had faced a tense few months desperate for the news not to leak out. Russell described the reveal as a ‘spectacular operation’, noting therewas a specific plan in mind. In the Production Notes column of the new issue of Doctor Who magazine,he said: ‘[The plan was to] release a cryptic post online at 11:30am.
Let that go viral. Then an official statement at 12:30pm, released tothe press. ‘My mate Stefan texted me, always ready with a complaint.
“Bit low-key,”he said. Oh you wait, I thought, as we hit 13:30 and… Flash, bang, pop,scream, the new Doctor walked onto the biggest red carpet in the world!‘People going crazy for him! That was quite a sight, camera crews andmicrophones and journalists in the blazing sunshine yelling, “Ncuti!Ncuti!”‘Russell admitted that the reveal took a ‘hell of a lot of planning’. He added: ‘The fact that we had to do all this in secret meant we wererattling with tension.
‘Not only had Ncuti’s name not been leaked, but he hadn’t even beenguessed. His casting had been locked away, since February, with all ofus worrying that it would be spoiled, any day now. ‘But it worked.
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