{"id":19471,"date":"2022-07-29T14:54:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T12:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1688346"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:31:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T13:31:29","slug":"doctor-whos-yasmin-finney-overwhelmed-with-joy-to-join-who-niverse","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-whos-yasmin-finney-overwhelmed-with-joy-to-join-who-niverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s Yasmin Finney \u201coverwhelmed with joy\u201d to join Who-niverse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 29 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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New Doctor Who star Yasmin Finney has revealed that she is \u201coverwhelmed with joy\u201d to be joining the beloved sci-fi show.<\/p>\n

The Heartstopper star will be playing a new character called Rose in the 60th anniversary special in 2023, and she made the new comments about her casting in an interview with Attitude<\/a>,<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels crazy to be part of the Who-niverse, to be seen in the industry as a Black, queer person \u2014 it overwhelms me with joy,\u201d she said. \u201cIt tells me the industry is changing, we\u2019re slowly getting there.\u201d<\/p>

And she also joked about the possibility of a crossover between Doctor Who and the hit Netflix show Heartstopper, in which she plays the role of Elle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would be amazing: a\u00a0Doctor Who\u00a0x\u00a0Heartstopper crossover would be fab,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re manifesting it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

While little has been revealed about Finney\u2019s character so far, her name is very significant \u2013 with Rose being an allusion to the Doctor\u2019s former companion played by Billie Piper.<\/p>\n

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Understandably, there\u2019s been plenty of speculation amongst the Who fanbase about what that might mean \u2013 with some suggesting Finney could be playing a parallel universe variant of Rose Tyler (Piper), and others proposing that she might be Donna Noble\u2019s teenage daughter.<\/p>\n

What we do know is that the character will definitely be trans<\/a>, with Finney confirming that while speaking at a London Trans+ Pride event earlier in July.<\/p>\n

When her casting was first announced in May, returning showrunner Russel T Davies teased: \u201cLife on Doctor Who gets brighter and wilder, how can there be another Rose?<\/div>\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll find out in 2023, but it\u2019s an absolute joy to welcome Yasmin to the Doctor Who set.\u201d<\/div>\n\n
Doctor Who is available to stream on\u00a0BBC iPlayer<\/a>. Check out more of our\u00a0Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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