{"id":52178,"date":"2024-05-28T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2046800"},"modified":"2024-05-28T11:56:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T09:56:35","slug":"doctor-who-star-callie-cooke-im-obsessed-with-david-tennant","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-star-callie-cooke-im-obsessed-with-david-tennant\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who star Callie Cooke: \u2018I\u2019m obsessed with David Tennant\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Published: Tuesday, 28 May 2024 at 05:00 AM<\/p>

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Incoming Doctor Who<\/a> guest star Callie Cooke has revealed she is \u201cobsessed\u201d with the show\u2019s former star, David Tennant, while praising current lead Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s work on next week\u2019s Dot and Bubble.<\/p>\n

The actor will play \u201can influencer of the future\u201d called Lindy Pepper-Bean, who lives on a seemingly \u201ccarefree\u201d planet called Finetime where children of the wealthy can be sent to live a \u201cperfect\u201d life.<\/p>\n

However, this being Doctor Who, things aren\u2019t as rosy as they seem, with the teaser at the end of 73 Yards<\/a> showing creepy monsters loose on the social media-savvy inhabitants.<\/p>\n

Cooke explained: \u201cThe tone of the episode when it starts is incredibly shiny and silly and, to the eye, looks quite harmless. But it definitely has a dark side and an undercurrent that is so important, I think Russell does that so well in his writing.<\/p>

\u201cAnd Ncuti blew us all away on set \u2013 he is such a brilliant actor, so you can expect to see that!\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor went on to say that she has \u201calways wanted\u201d to be in the show, proceeding to share her two favourite Doctors \u2013 and a somewhat surprising choice for the show\u2019s scariest monster.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a Matt Smith fan, also a David Tennant fan because I am obsessed with him as an actor,\u201d she said. \u201cIn terms of monsters, I actually think the Bogeyman in Space Babies<\/a> is one of the scariest monsters I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking of her latest role, Cooke added: \u201cLindy is incredibly complex \u2013 she\u2019s very privileged, very sheltered, set in her ways, petulant and sometimes a bit annoying \u2013 which was an exciting mix to play.<\/p>\n

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Callie Cooke as Lindy in Doctor Who.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC Studios\/Bad Wolf\/James Pardon<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cShe really cares about her friends, but she probably cares more about how she looks and comes across more!\u201d<\/p>\n

Dot and Bubble also stars Tom Rhys Harries (White Lines) as Ricky September, while the ever-mysterious Susan Twist<\/a> will be back too \u2013 this time, in the role of Penny Pepper-Bean (presumably a relative of Lindy as that\u2019s quite a distinctive surname).<\/p>\n

Gatwa and co-star Millie Gibson will also be back in action, and it will be great to see them together again after they spent much of the preceding episode, 73 Yards, eerily separated from one another.<\/p>\n

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