Actor Ncuti Gatwa, who plays the 15th Doctor on Doctor Who, recently promoted the upcoming series by sharing that he wants the show to feature a dance scene that has the Doctor destroy “a monster with twerking.”
Key art for Doctor Who (2024), BBC Studios
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly about the show, Gatwa discussed what was on his wish list for Doctor. He informed the outlet, “I need a big dance number! That’s what I’m going to put into the universe: I need the Doctor to have a big, fierce dance routine that, like, destroys a monster with twerking.”
He added, “Or maybe some death drops, and that’s what will drop the monster.”
Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th Doctor in Doctor Who Christmas Special “The Church on Ruby Road” (2023), BBC
Not only did Gatwa reveal he wants a dance number with twerking, he also confirmed the show will attempt to push disordered sexual behavior.
While discussing the costumes for the show that designer Pam Downe had shown him, Gatwa told EW, “She laid out her sketches on the table, and I saw kilts and skirts and all kinds of gender-pushing, societal-pushing outfits. And I was like, ‘Yes, let’s do all of them.’”
Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th Doctor in Doctor Who Christmas Special “The Church on Ruby Road” (2023), BBC
Interestingly, after noting that the show will promote disordered sexual behavior, Gatwa also declared that the show reflects where Britain is societally.
He said, “The show is so quintessentially British, and it’s a show that has accumulated the power to reflect where Britain is societally. I was like, ‘It would be really interesting to travel through all the subcultures of Britain that it’s had in the past up to now through his clothes.’ This character represents the U.K. in a weird way, almost like Captain Britain. So, how do we tell that story through fashion?”
Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th Doctor in Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special “The Giggle” (2023), BBC
None of this is surprising. As reported by The Daily Mail, Gatwa previously promised that the show would lean into his leftist, liberal bubble.
He said, “As I say, I live in a very leftist, liberal bubble. And in fact, there’s a really great episode coming up next year where we lean into that.”
Key art for Doctor Who (2024), BBC Studios
Gatwa’s co-star Millie Gibson also informed The Independent that the show “will attract a lot of Gen Z” because it will “go with the times and represent a lot of faces and themes that are really important to see on television.”
To that point she also detailed, “There’s so many controversial elements to this season – the good sort of controversy – and it’s what we need to see on our tellies.”
Gibson even admitted that many viewers will be put off by the show, “Some people might think, ‘This isn’t the Doctor Who I know.’ But I’m really excited to see it … It’s really cool that they’re doing concepts like these and changing it up.”
Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday in Doctor Who Christmas Special “The Church on Ruby Road” (2023), BBC
The show has only lost viewers since it returned last year. The first standalone episode featuring Gatwa, “The Church on Ruby Road” was one of the least watched debuts for a new Doctor in the history of the show. It only saw 4.7 million people tune in to the episode in the United Kingdom.
The episode only outperformed the first episode of Doctor Who, “An Unearthly Child” that saw William Hartnell play the Doctor. That episode, which premiered back in 1963 only brought in 4.4 million viewers and saw significantly reduced viewership due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Subsequent episodes of Hartnell’s Doctor saw viewership balloon to 10.4 million by its 10th episode.
Not only was Gatwa’s first standalone episode of the Doctor, the second worst debut for a Doctor, but the episode had the worst ratings for a Doctor Who Christmas special ever.
Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday in Doctor Who Christmas Special “The Church on Ruby Road” (2023), BBC
What do you make of Gatwa’s comments regarding Doctor Who?
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Disordered is the only word for this.
Let em. This is what they think people want. Who are we to stop these idiots. Dr Who itself is already a dead franchise. It isn’t coming back.
Not a fan of doctor who
But even I hate how they have destroyed
This BBC classic