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04.12.2023 - 23:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa has said he is "ready but nervous" ahead of playing the new Doctor Who for the biggest role in his career yet after auditioning for the role in February last year before he landed the gig.
The Rwandan-born star, who also appears in popular Netflix show Sex Education and Greta Gerwig's hit Barbie movie, was unveiled to the world by showrunner Russell T Davies two months later.
In an exclusive interview with the Big Issue magazine, the 31-year-old said: "It’s felt like I’ve been the Doctor and also had to hold off from being the Doctor for most of the last two years.
"So how do I feel about people seeing it? I feel ready. But I’m sooooo nervous."
The star said it was exciting to have David Tennant and Catherine Tate back for some special episodes, adding: "A nice little lead-in for me! It feels like it’s come full circle – because David was my Doctor and such a great inspiration to me as an actor.
"I would have been 13 – a pivotal time. And firstly, he’s Scottish. Plus he was so charismatic and fun – I mean all the Doctors have been fun, all the way back.
"Well, I don’t know if you can say that about William Hartnell. Maybe he wasn’t fun. But David had such a Scottish almost feral-ness to him, which is what I liked. I felt an affinity to that. So for him, of all people, to be handing the baton over – it just feels really surreal."
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