5 d. ago Varada Sethu on her Doctor Who debut: 'I don't know how I'd deal with Ncuti Gatwa's level of fame'

The 32-year-old is stepping into one of the biggest roles on primetime television. She chats Andor, playing a pirate and being stopped in the street

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2 w. ago Who is starring in the new series of Doctor Who as Graham Norton confirmed to appear?

The newly regenerated Time Lord returns to our screens this weekend, but who else could we see?

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2 w. ago ‘I can’t believe I’m paid to watch Ncuti Gatwa!’: Doctor Who’s boundary

From being crowned Miss Newcastle to making waves in Star Wars’ first same-sex couple, the Doctor’s latest assistant has had a stellar rise to fame. The actor chats stunts, space and why she’s hungry for moreMost teenagers rebel against their parents in small ways: sneaking out, stealing a nip of Cointreau, arriving home past curfew. Not Varada Sethu, the Newcastle-raised actor who’s about to grace screens as new companion Belinda Chandra in the forthcoming season of Doctor Who. Her rebellion took on a go-big-or-go-home attitude befitting a future screen star: when she was 18 she entered, and subsequently won, the Miss Newcastle beauty pageant. “Oh my God, I thought that was gonna be buried somewhere!” she exclaims when I bring it up. The whole thing was “kind of an accident”, she explains: “My sister and I were walking around in Eldon Square shopping centre, and they asked us if we wanted to enter, and I thought: ‘Yeah, I’ll give it a go’ – I thought it might piss off my paren...

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2 w. ago Who is Varada Sethu, the Andor star set to be the new Doctor Who companion?

You may recognise the actor from Doctor Foster, Hard Sun and Hanna

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3 w. ago Doctor Who star shuts down ‘woke’ criticisms: ‘We’re doing the right thing’

Sethu will be the Doctor’s companion in the new season

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3 w. ago BBC star feared she'd 'never work again' as she admits 'I was depressed'

Doctor Who star Varada Sethu has admitted that she was left feeling "depressed" at one point in her career.

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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