54 h. ago Real reason new Doctor Who companion was chosen for TARDIS role

Former Miss Newcastle Varada Sethu battled to become an actress and says that she and Ncuti Gatwa play time-travellers who 'really are equals'

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54 h. ago Varada Sethu says Doctor Who makers doing the ‘right thing’ with diversity

The Indian-born actress will join the series as Belinda Chandra, a new companion to the Doctor, played by Ncuti Gatwa.

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54 h. ago ‘Woke’ criticism of Doctor Who proves show on right track, says its newest star

Varada Sethu joining series as Doctor’s latest companion, marking first time Tardis team is wholly people of colourCriticisms that Doctor Who has become too “woke” prove the series is doing the right thing by being inclusive, its new star Varada Sethu has said.Sethu plays the Doctor’s latest travelling companion, Belinda Chandra, in new episodes airing next month. With Ncuti Gatwa returning as the Doctor, the pairing marks the first time a Tardis team will comprise solely people of colour. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa joins Brian May and his wife Anita Dobson at the star

The stars were out in force for the premiere of the second season of Doctor Who in London on Monday.

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57 h. ago Ncuti Gatwa: Beautiful to explore relationship with new Doctor Who companion

The new season of Doctor Who sees Belinda Chandra and the time-travelling alien come up against ‘great dangers’ and ‘ferocious enemies’.

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3 d. ago Our Beautiful Boys by Sameer Pandya review – teenage lives at the crossroads

A night of violence exposes the dynamics of race, masculinity and privilege at play in America’s schools The Marabar caves in A Passage to India represent the breakdown of order and communication as well as provoking the terrible accusation that drives EM Forster’s story. Sameer Pandya plays with a similar plot device in his compelling US-based novel, including an epigraph from Forster’s classic.It is set in southern California, where three teenage boys on the brink of adulthood – stars of their high school American football team with promising college careers ahead of them – attend a party at an abandoned house in the hills. Vikram is an Indian American, while Diego, who is Latino, lives with his academic mother. MJ is white with wealthy parents. Part of the pleasure of Pandya’s writing lies in his unravelling of identity politics – a theme explored in his debut, Members Only.Our Beautiful Boys by Sameer Pandya is published by Bloomsbury (£16.99). To support the Guardian and Observ...

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8 d. ago ITV Coronation Street star breaks silence on 'exciting' new role after soap exit

Charlie Condou, who played in Coronation Street's Marcus Dent, has joined the cast of Doctor Who as the show's 15th Doctor Ncuti Gatwa's companion for an "exciting" new escapade

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8 d. ago Coronation Street's Charlie Condou reveals 'exciting' new role 11 years after soap exit

Former Coronation Street star Charlie Condou has joined the cast of Doctor Who for its upcoming 15th series, and will come face-to-face with Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor

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9 d. ago Doctor Who frontman Ncuti Gatwa brushes off axe fears as he and new companion Varada Sethu travel to New York's iconic Empire State Building ahead of show's return

Taking the TARDIS across the Atlantic, the pair travelled to the top of New York's iconic Empire State Building for a photocall.

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1 week ago Death in Paradise star joins Doctor Who for new series in mysterious role

A Death in Paradise and Slow Horses star is heading into the Whoniverse to team up with Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu for an episode of the new series of Doctor Who that begins next month.

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1 week ago Slow Horses actor Kadiff Kirwan ‘elated’ to guest star in Doctor Who

His Slow Horses co-stars Christopher Chung and Freddie Fox will also guest star.

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2 w. ago Beautiful little UK village with one of Britain's best rated walks for spring

Discover Marshfield, a historic Cotswold village with charming stone cottages and one of Britain’s best spring walks exploring beautiful rivers, fields, and woodlands

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2 w. ago Doctor Who's Jo Martin will return to title role 'in a shot' amid Ncuti Gatwa exit rumours

While Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa is rumoured to be stepping back as the titular time lord after the next series, there's one former Doctor who is keen to return in the role

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3 w. ago Freddie Fox to play ‘fearsome villain’ in new Doctor Who series

The actor is set to play a fearsome villain from another planet in the forthcoming episode.

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