{"id":50485,"date":"2024-04-30T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T08:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2032877"},"modified":"2024-04-30T12:06:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T10:06:20","slug":"ncuti-gatwa-and-millie-gibson-star-on-this-weeks-radio-times-with-3-special-covers","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/ncuti-gatwa-and-millie-gibson-star-on-this-weeks-radio-times-with-3-special-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson star on this week\u2019s Radio Times with 3 special covers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The TARDIS travellers on chemistry, mischief, dancing at the Oscars and racing across time and space. <\/p>

By Tom Loxley\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 30 April 2024 at 08:30 AM<\/p>

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Sixty years of Doctor Who<\/a> adventures have provided limitless possibilities for generations of febrile imaginations, whether they belong to its viewers or its writers. After all, how many television heroes can travel wherever they choose in time and space?<\/p>\n

The new season doesn\u2019t disappoint on either front, with the TARDIS touching down in Regency-era England, the Swinging Sixties and, since it can\u2019t all be grounded on planet Earth, a universe populated by space babies.<\/p>\n

Unlike previous Doctors, who might arrive in a different epoch or galaxy wearing a second-hand overcoat, multi-coloured scarf, or even a crushed-velvet dinner jacket, this one has the courtesy to dress appropriately. At least in the sense that there is a new outfit for nearly every adventure.<\/p>\n

It helps, of course, that the man who plays him, Ncuti Gatwa, is described by his stylist, Pam Downe, as a \u201cclothes horse\u201d. He needs to be to pull off some of these looks \u2013 not least the tight, white Regency breeches.<\/p>

But there is more to the new season than a considerably larger wardrobe bill. The adventures are bigger and bolder, the ambition seems to have grown to match the budgets that come from the BBC joining forces with Disney<\/a>, and at the heart of the series is a winning relationship between Gatwa\u2019s Doctor and his companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson).<\/p>\n

To mark this new start for the latest Doctor, we sent lifelong fan \u2013 and Radio 3 arts presenter \u2013 Matthew Sweet to test their chemistry. Read his interview with the new Doctor and his latest fellow traveller in this issue, which has three special covers.<\/p>\n