{"id":52558,"date":"2024-06-03T19:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T17:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2050225"},"modified":"2024-06-03T22:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T20:37:38","slug":"doctor-who-star-jonathan-groff-says-rogue-is-not-who-he-appears-to-be","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-star-jonathan-groff-says-rogue-is-not-who-he-appears-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who star Jonathan Groff says Rogue is not \u201cwho he appears to be\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Glee and Mindhunter star is making his debut in the Whoniverse. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 03 June 2024 at 17:00 PM<\/p>

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At long last, after much speculation about who Rogue<\/a> actually is, we\u2019re set to uncover the mystery for ourselves in this week\u2019s upcoming episode of Doctor Who.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s release, Rogue<\/a>, sees Ncuti Gatwa<\/a>\u2018s Doctor and Millie Gibson\u2019s Ruby Sunday<\/a> tackle the Regency era, where they find that guests at a duchess\u2019s party are being murdered.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s there that they also come across a \u201cmysterious bounty hunter\u201d called Rogue who, according to the episode synopsis, \u201cis about to change the Doctor\u2019s life forever\u201d.<\/p>\n

So, who exactly is Rogue? Well, details are naturally being kept under wraps for now, but actor Jonathan Groff, who plays Rogue, has said that his character is not exactly who you think he is.<\/p>\n

Groff revealed: \u201cRogue is an alien bounty hunter and a man of mystery. When we meet Rogue, and he first meets the Doctor, we\u2019re in a Regency era. Rogue is not necessarily who he appears to be when you meet him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor and Jonathan Groff as Rogue in Doctor Who.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Groff is no stranger to the screen by any means, having had notable roles in Glee, Mindhunter, Hamilton and The Matrix Resurrections, to name just a few.<\/p>\n

However, it is the actor\u2019s first time in the long-running sci-fi, with the American also revealing that he had previously never seen an episode of Doctor Who.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cRussell [T Davies] sent me about five episodes of Doctor Who from throughout the years, including the first episode that ever aired in black and white. So, I had a very quick crash course before I started.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for whether we can trust Rogue or not, we\u2019ll just have to tune in and see, but we do know that it was a personal favourite of Gibson and Gatwa\u2019s<\/a>.<\/p>

Chatting to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Gibson said: \u201cIt was cool, because you know what best friends would do, they\u2019d travel to the Regency era and then be like, \u2018I\u2019m gonna go find a scandal!\u2019 So yeah, that was my favourite episode for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rogue is the last episode to come before the anticipated two-part finale of the season, which showrunner Davies revealed will leave fans \u201cscreaming\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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