Doctor Who
Summary
Steven Moffat has nothing but praise for Ncuti Gatwa as the fresh lead ofDoctor Who . The former showrunner escape the show from 2010 to 2017 , during the Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi runs as the Dr. . After provide the show , Moffat come back to write " Boom " , which featuredDoctor Who ’s current lead roll member , Gatwa ’s Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday ( Millie Gibson ) , trying to survive a frightful war . Gatwa began his discharge as the Doctor during the 2023 Christmas Special , after he rive from David Tennant ’s Fourteenth Doctor .
DuringMoffat ’s audience withScreen Rant ’s Caitlin Tyrrell , Moffat explained that he saw niggling difference between Gatwa ’s Doctor and late Doctors . While his reactions are new , the newest Doctor still has an years - onetime perspective on situations and is more than subject of surviving terrific and difficult situations . Moffat also describes the viciousness of standing beside the Doctor for Ruby and his many other companions . check into out his full quotation below :
Well , I think one of the things about The Doctor is you need to be reminded at some point that , despite all the newness - because The Doctor always seems very new at first , you murder the audience with , " No , it ’s still him . " I think once he ’s on the landmine , and he ’s trying to give orders , and he ’s getting scared and he ’s getting quite scathing ? You realize , " No , Capaldi ’s still in there . Tom Baker ’s still in there . William Hartnell ’s still in there . “It ’s still the same ancient wildcat looking out of those brand - novel optic . I think it ’s crucial to see that . But also , I had great faith in Ncuti as an actor , and I recall , " We ca n’t limit him to just running around . " You have to do that at the beginning . You really do . It ’s enceinte fun to travel with Doctor Who in his illusion box , and then you ’ve perplex to have the world strike . Ruby actualise he ’s completely insane and not true . He ’s dangerous - I mean , all hero are dangerous . They just prove to be life-threatening in the right direction . And move with the Doctor can be deadly . Had his invertebrate foot landed a consequence harder on that mine , she ’d have been forsake in the middle of a state of war . So , it is the object lesson . This is not just for sport , and he ’s crazy . He ’s softheaded .
How Ncuti Gatwa Compares To Previous Doctors
The Doctor Regenerates, But His Core Personality Remained The Same
Every actor who play the Doctorbrings their own energy and perspective to the function . Christopher Eccleston , for instance , work the serious Ninth Doctor , while William Hartnell played the bitter and grumpy First Doctor . The alone circumstance that spawned their then - current regeneration created unlike personalities that defined their total test . The same is unfeigned for Ncuti Gatwa ’s Doctor , who has presented himself as an self-important , flirtatious , and partly vulnerable theatrical role . Even when terrified , he bear aside from the rest of the pack with his handling of his various crises .
Major Doctors
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First Doctor
William Hartnell
The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor, joined by new companion Ruby Sunday.
1963 - 1966
2nd medico
Patrick Troughton
1966 - 1969
Third Doctor
Jon Pertwee
1970 - 1974
Fourth Dr.
Tom Baker
1974 - 1981
Fifth medico
Peter Davison
1982 - 1984
Sixth Doctor
Colin Baker
1984 - 1986
Seventh Doctor
Sylvester McCoy
1987 - 1989
Eighth Doctor
Paul McGann
1996
Ninth Doctor
Christopher Eccleston
2005
Tenth medico
David Tennant
2005 - 2010
Eleventh Doctor
Matt Smith
2010 - 2013
Twelfth Doctor
Peter Capaldi
2014 - 2017
Thirteenth Dr.
Jodie Whittaker
2018 - 2022
Fourteenth Doctor
2022 - 2023
Fifteenth Doctor
Ncuti Gatwa
2023 - Present
As the most late major iteration of the Doctor , the Fifteenth Doctor still has characteristics that link him to the other versions of the lineament . Like the rest , he is still an age - old and grotesque being with extensive experience treat uttermost situation . He has left behind numerous companions , and it has made him brute and downright callous at times . He is capable of threatening horrific events , and he is more than able of keeping those promises . All the same , he retains his self - control and want to do well by those around him .
A military organization dedicated to protect the Earth from alien threats , UNIT has been part of Doctor Who lore for a very longsighted time .
Just as old companions have , Ruby is beginning to realize just how terrifying the MD is . Though he does n’t quite think them all , the Doctor has survive through millions of years , and it has created a world who is " serious " and " not reliable " in Moffat ’s words . The duality between a dangerous threat and a charismatic friend is what makes the Doctor great , and Gatwa has translate that personality for a unexampled era . As the Fifteenth Doctor extend to delineate himself , he will get a line more about his place in theDoctor Wholore .
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The previous Doctor Who serial stick in the Fifteenth Doctor , joined by new fellow traveller Ruby Sunday .
