Scottish-Rwandan actor, Ncuti Gatwa, has been announced as the new Doctor Who—the leading role in a beloved UK BBC television series. He becomes the first Black and African-born actor to officially play the iconic role.Doctor Who—a science fiction franchise—has been airing for nearly 60 years in the UK over 39 seasons. Throughout the show, the Doctor regenerates into different people and a new lead actor takes over. Gatwa is now the fourteenth person to play Doctor Who and will replace the previous Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, who took over the role in 2017.Ncuti Gatwa moved to Scotland during the Rwandan genocideGatwa was born in Nyarugenge, Kigali, Rwanda in the early nineties. He and his family fled Rwanda in 1994 at the
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