GAME OF THRONES & OBI-WAN KENOBI Actress Indira Varma Joins DOCTOR WHO

game of Thrones AND Obi-Wan Kenobi actress Indira Varma is set to join the next season of Doctor who. She also previously appeared in the Doctor who spin-off series Torchwood, but will take on a new role, a mysterious character called The Duchess.

Varma said in a statement: “I am thrilled to be in Doctor Who and especially excited to traverse cosmic paths with Ncuti, as the Doctor, and look forward to making interplanetary trouble with him. I loved playing Suzie Costello to Russell T Davies in Torchwood, so I’m excited to enter this world again.

Showrunners Russell T. Davies he called the part of the duchess “truly spectacular”. She will join the 15th Doctor, played by Ncuti Gatwa, in his cosmic adventures, following the brief return of David Tennant as the 14th Doctor. Future season of Doctor Who also features Millie Gibson as Ruby and Jonathan Groff (Mindhunters, knock on the booth) who will play a key host role.

Doctor Who will return in November 2023 with three special episodes that will see David Tennan return as the 14th Doctor to coincide with the show’s 60th anniversary, e Catherine Tate she will also return as Donna. The first episode of Gatwa will air during the holidays. After that, Ncuti Gatwa will take over.

Davis opened up about the journey leading up to the introduction of the 15th Doctor, saying, “If you thought David Tennant’s appearance came as a shocker, we have plenty more surprises to come. Ncuti’s path to the Fifteenth Doctor is filled with mystery, horror, robots, puppets, danger and fun. And how does that relate to the return of the wonderful Donna Noble? How, what, why? We give you a year to speculate, and then all hell will break loose.”

There is also a Doctor Who spin-off series in the works which will focus on the military research organization UNIT, which has appeared various times in the franchise since 1968. That series will star Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, who has appeared in 10 Doctor Who episodes since 2012. The spin-off will focus on Stewart leading the organization.

Speaking earlier about his spin-off plans, Davies said: ‘So I thought – without any criticism of the people who were running it at the time, because they were running it within BBC measures – it had come about time for the next phase for Doctor Who. I thought the streaming platforms were ready, the spin-offs were ready; I always believed in spin-offs when I was there. I did Torchwood as a spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures as a spin -off. Those spin-off -offs dropped off when I left, and I can see why. And I left well after 2008, when money got scarce, I think it’s fair enough for the public service broadcaster that the money is spent on other things.”

Doctor Who will premiere exclusively on the BBC for the UK and Ireland. Disney+ will be the exclusive home for new seasons of Doctor Who.

Varma will also appear in the next series of Max, Dune: The Sisterhood.

Source: Deadline