The Daleks had, of course, featured heavily in preceding years, appearing in multiple specials during the Thirteenth Doctor\u2019s era, as well as across season 13, aka Flux, and that Doctor\u2019s swan song The Power of the Doctor.<\/p>\n
An incomplete Dalek was then seen in last year\u2019s Children in Need special<\/a>, starring David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor, and it seemed that would be the last time we would see them for a while.<\/p>\n However, Gatwa has now thrown his own thoughts into the mix, saying in a recent interview that he would be \u201cso angry\u201d if his Doctor never got to do battle with them.<\/p>\n Speaking with Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, Gatwa said: \u201cI\u2019ve heard chats about me not ever facing a Dalek. I\u2019d be so angry if that\u2019s the case!<\/p>\n \u201cBy the time that I\u2019m done with Doctor Who, I better have faced a Dalek. What on earth would be the point of me being Doctor Who without facing a Dalek!\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n He would have good reason to be irked \u2013 were Gatwa not to face the Daleks, he would be the only Doctor not to have done so on-screen other than Paul McGann\u2019s Eighth Doctor, who himself has done so numerous times in audio dramas, and who appeared in The Power of the Doctor, which also featured the creatures (although not in the same scene).<\/p>\n Explaining his reasoning for leaving them out of Gatwa\u2019s first season, Davies previously said: \u201cI do think we\u2019ve had a lot of Daleks lately. Because, actually, lovely Chris Chibnall\u2019s Christmas specials have all been Daleks. So I think they\u2019ve been done a lot, so people are expecting them every year now. So I think they need a good pause.\u201d<\/p> Gatwa is currently filming his second season of the show alongside companions Millie Gibson, playing Ruby Sunday, and Varada Sethu<\/a>, whose character name is currently unknown.<\/p>\n Beyond this, it is not yet known how many seasons Gatwa will be sticking around for, but in December 2022 he said of his future in the role<\/a>: \u201cNo idea, no plan. I just know that I\u2019m loving it and my love for it is growing.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"David](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/doctor-who-david-tennant-children-in-need-485d5a5.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"David")
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