{"id":50257,"date":"2024-04-25T18:02:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2031433"},"modified":"2024-04-25T19:11:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:11:56","slug":"david-tennant-has-been-guiding-therapist-father-figure-to-doctor-whos-ncuti-gatwa","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/david-tennant-has-been-guiding-therapist-father-figure-to-doctor-whos-ncuti-gatwa\/","title":{"rendered":"David Tennant has been \u201cguiding therapist father figure\u201d to Doctor Who\u2019s Ncuti Gatwa"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pair shared some memorable moments in The Giggle. <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 25 April 2024 at 16:02 PM<\/p>

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Ncuti Gatwa has described former Doctor Who<\/a> star David Tennant as a \u201cguiding therapist father figure\u201d in a new interview, ahead of season 14\u2019s much-anticipated debut.<\/p>\n

Due to the introduction of the revolutionary \u2018bi-generation\u2019 (as opposed to the regenerations of before), the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors were able to share a scene together before parting ways.<\/p>\n

And since filming wrapped on The Giggle, it appears that they\u2019ve kept in touch, with Gatwa telling Variety<\/a> that Tennant has offered advice since \u2013 including on \u201cthe things to read, and the things not to read\u201d.<\/p>\n

The former Sex Education<\/a> and Barbie<\/a> actor also revealed that Tennant is one of the people that made him want to get into acting in the first place, reflecting on the surreal experience of performing opposite him \u2013 in his underwear.<\/p>

\u201cTo play this role beside him, who played this role which made me want to do this role, and him also being there \u2014 it was so many layers of full circle,\u201d said Gatwa. \u201cAnd on top of it, you\u2019re wearing no pants! There was so much going on that day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following his debut in The Giggle, Gatwa\u2019s first full Doctor Who adventure came in the form of Christmas special The Church on Ruby Road<\/a>, which co-starred Millie Gibson as human companion Ruby Sunday.<\/p>\n

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David Tennant and Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC Studios<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Both are set to star in seasons 14 and 15 (also known as seasons 1 and 2 by showrunner Russell T Davies), but fans have questioned what could happen beyond that point.<\/p>\n

Reassuringly, Gatwa told Variety that he\u2019s \u201cnot going anywhere soon\u201d, while Davies added that he\u2019s \u201calready making plans\u201d for further instalments \u2013 even though he\u2019s confident that Gatwa will be \u201cleading a movie franchise\u201d in five years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n

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