Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies piled on the nostalgia when he revealed that Ncuti Gatwa’s fifteenth Doctor is set to meet The Beatles in his upcoming series.
At a private screening of the upcoming Christmas special, Russell said: ‘[The Christmas special is] completely different to the next episode, isn’t it? And then the one after that, that’s the Beatles … that’s nuts!’
It will not be The Beatles’ first appearance on the hit British sci-fi series, albeit it will be their first partly-posthumous one.
A clip of the band performing their song Ticket To Ride featured in a 1965 episode during the tenure of the very first Doctor.
The episode after the Christmas special will be the first episode of eight in the fourteenth series, which is due to air sometime in 2024.
Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies piled on the nostalgia when he revealed that Ncuti Gatwa’s (pictured) Fifteenth Doctor is set to meet The Beatles in his upcoming series
It will be their second appearance on the show after clip of the band performing their song Ticket To Ride featured in a 1965 episode during the tenure of the very first Doctor
Ncuti, 31, is a Rwandan-Scottish actor, previously best known for his role as Eric Effiong in Sex Education.
He was announced as the fifteenth Doctor in May 2022, and made his debut on 9 December in a special episode.
It was the third and final episode of the 60th anniversary special, and it saw The fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) ‘bi-regenerate’ into the Fifteenth Doctor.
This meant that, for the the first time, two incarnations of the Doctor co-existed.
The Fourteenth Doctor stayed on Earth with his companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) and the Fifteenth began roaming the universe with his companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson).
Fellow Scottish actor David, 52, also played the Tenth Doctor from 2005 to 2010, making him the first to play two incarnations.
The Tenth Doctor was charismatic and easygoing, while the The Fourteenth Doctor is humorous and compassionate.
Ncuti’s Time Lord is very hyper and wears his emotions on his sleeve, and is also quite lonely.
The very unexpected twist saw Ncuti’s Doctor emerge alongside David as the pair ‘bi-renegerated’ – with them both surviving the process
The fourteenth Doctor stayed on Earth with his companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) and the fifteenth began roaming the universe with his companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson)
Ncuti starred in Netflix’s Sex Education from its first series 2019 to its last in 2023.
Previously, he did a lot of theatre work and, in an interview with The Rolling Stone, Ncuti expressed his desire to return to the stage.
However, he reassured fans it would not be until he had finished at least two series of Doctor Who.
In 2024, Ncuti will appear in Apple TV war miniseries Masters Of The Air alongside Golden Globe winners Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan.
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