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Ncuti Gatwa Bids “Bittersweet” Farewell To ‘Doctor Who’ After Two Seasons: “Time To Hand Over The Keys To That Beloved Blue Box”
After 2 seasons as the Fifteenth Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa is leaving the TARDIS behind, seemingly handing over the keys to a familiar face in Billie Piper.
The just-aired explosive Season 2 finale of the Disney+/ BBC One co-production, titled “The Reality War,” saw Gatwa’s character sacrifice himself to save the baby Poppy, companion Belinda’s (Varada Sethu) daughter. In the concluding moments of the sequence, the Doctor’s physique gives way to a shower of shimmering and swaying golden light, only for his features to be replaced via a regeneration into Rose, whose first words — “Oh, hello!” — bring about the shocking cliffhanger of an ending. Upon being announced as the Fifteenth Doctor in 2022, Gatwa made history as the first openly queer Black actor to assume the identity, and with his exit, he becomes the second shortest-tenured performer in the role, following Eccleston, who departed after a season.
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