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Who is Varada Sethu? The actress who's 'replacing' Millie Gibson as Doctor Who's new companion


The actress, 32, is set to star alongside Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa who has already made his debut as the Fifteenth Doctor.

Millie made her much-anticipated debut as Ruby Sunday in the 2023 Christmas special, but has already been written out by showrunner Russell T Davies Varada is best known for playing DS Mishal Ali in the BBC apocalyptic TV series Hard Sun, but that was far from her first role. This week, she was seen on set with Ncuti as Penarth Pier was transported back to the 1950s with American cars, including a 1954 Cadillac sat outside the Palazzo theatre.

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