{"id":39909,"date":"2023-11-17T13:47:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T12:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1928261"},"modified":"2023-11-17T14:11:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T13:11:30","slug":"doctor-who-brings-back-william-hartnells-first-doctor-with-ncuti-gatwa","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-brings-back-william-hartnells-first-doctor-with-ncuti-gatwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who brings back William Hartnell\u2019s First Doctor with Ncuti Gatwa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gatwa described the moment as “very wild”. <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 17 November 2023 at 12:47 PM<\/p>

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Ncuti Gatwa has revealed he will be in scenes with the first ever Doctor Who<\/a>, William Hartnell.<\/p>\n

While the specific nature of how their scene will play out is yet to be revealed, Gatwa teased a \u201cvery wild\u201d moment where his Doctor and Hartnell\u2019s Doctor cross paths.<\/p>\n

William Hartnell, who died in 1975, was the first incarnation of the Doctor from 1963 to 1966, before reprising his role for the show\u2019s 10th anniversary in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n

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Speaking at the GQ magazine Men of the Year awards, Gatwa said (as per The Mirror<\/a>): \u201cIt has been a crazy year. I shouldn\u2019t say this but I shot a scene, somehow, with the first ever Doctor, William Hartnell. We end up in the same scene together at some point.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo see that history \u2013 now a Black man as the Doctor! It was just very wild.\u201d<\/p>\n

While there have been iterations of the First Doctor in modern episodes, including opposite Peter Capaldi and Jodie Whittaker, his character has been portrayed by David Bradley.<\/p>

Gatwa will be making history as the first Black actor to be cast as the regular lead in Doctor Who, with the 31-year-old expected to make his first appearance over the festive period, followed by his debut season as the Doctor in 2024.<\/p>\n

However, Whovians won\u2019t have to wait that long for a new instalment of Doctor Who, with the series making a return on Saturday 25th November for the first of its three 60th anniversary specials.<\/p>\n

These will feature David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and the return of his companion Donna Noble, played by Catherine Tate.<\/p>\n

The BBC declined to comment when approached by RadioTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>