Doctor Who reveals first look at Ncuti Gatwa’s official costume

[{"selector":"#anim-3c70594a-617a-4ce3-8714-413721fdf2d7","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-09b35658-cbe6-4de9-b010-21e466f6ff37","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 237.47797%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The official look for Ncuti Gatwa in the upcoming Doctor Who season has been made public.

[{"selector":"#anim-913ed598-9e65-4a37-bc07-f9ad6deb0d23","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-01be6422-e1db-40ba-83c0-083778312618","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.51104%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who centres on The Doctor, a Time Lord with the power to change into several forms.

[{"selector":"#anim-87f43c27-ba3c-46b7-86dc-1dfec0f878e4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8bd1eef6-e182-420a-97c3-d1aac8bded62","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.51104%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The actor portraying The Doctor has frequently changed throughout the course of six decades and approximately 900 episodes

[{"selector":"#anim-dc3beb1c-5c17-4163-942d-54c6c67d3002","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4ccc6546-59b2-40dc-b724-2f0e11d12401","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.51104%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] This past Saturday, the BBC gave viewers an early Christmas surprise by releasing two new photos of actor Gatwa and Millie Gibson

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[{"selector":"#anim-754d5955-efe5-4317-9ae4-b15537a001b8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-244d808f-176b-4b02-8b64-835fb00fb63f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.51104%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1400,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Unfortunately, it won’t be until next November, when Doctor Who celebrates its 60th anniversary, that we get to see the fifteenth Doctor in action.

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