Actor Ncuti Gatwa, now the star of the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who, is telling potential viewers not to watch the show if they don’t like his casting or his political preaching.
“Don’t watch. Turn off the TV. Go and touch grass, please, for God’s sake,” Gatwa said of his critics in a recent interview with Variety.
As That Park Place points out, the actor is standing on shaky ground if he wants to be openly hostile to the show’s existing fans.
In Doctor Who, the main character is recast every few years and worked into the show’s narrative as “regeneration” — the humanoid but alien “Time Lord” taking on a new physical form and personality. Gatwa is the 15th actor to play
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