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# Doctor Who: Ncuti Gatwa to replace Jodie Whittaker, BBC announces
- URL: https://werd.io/doctor-who-ncuti-gatwa-to-replace-jodie-whittaker-bbc-announces/
- Published: 2022-05-08T18:09:50.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-08T18:09:50.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:23

“The Scottish actor, who was born in Rwanda, starred as Eric Effiong in Netflix’s hugely popular Sex Education about the socially awkward high school student Otis (Asa Butterfield) and his sex therapist mother Jean (Gillian Anderson). He will become the first black actor to play the title role full-time.” With no shade to the current era, which I’ve enjoyed very much, I can’t wait.

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