{"id":40060,"date":"2023-11-25T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=40060"},"modified":"2023-11-24T13:03:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T13:03:35","slug":"ncuti-gatwas-fifteenth-doctor-added-to-an-adventure-in-space-and-time-50th-docudrama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2023\/11\/25\/ncuti-gatwas-fifteenth-doctor-added-to-an-adventure-in-space-and-time-50th-docudrama\/","title":{"rendered":"Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor Added to An Adventure in Space and Time 50th Docudrama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor has made his live action debut, in a newly-edited and revised edition of Doctor Who<\/em>‘s 50th anniversary docudrama, An Adventure in Space and Time<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas the original 2013 edition saw David Bradley as William Hartnell, on the verge of leaving Who<\/em>, looking up, across the TARDIS console and seeing Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor, the version of An Adventure in Space and Time<\/em> that played on BBC4 on the 60th anniversary, i.e. Thursday 23rd November 2023, has Ncuti Gatwa taking his place. It’s fitting, seeing as Hartnell was supposed to be looking towards the show’s future, safe in the knowledge that it would continue, no matter what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ncuti even gives a little wink!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is what many suspected, too, especially after Gatwa said<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI shouldn\u2019t say this, but there was a scene that I somehow shot with the First Doctor, William Hartnell. We ended up in the same scene together and to see that history, and now a black man as the Doctor\u2026 I\u2019m very very, very grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

An Adventure in Space and Time<\/em> aired after The Daleks: In Colour<\/em>, a truncated and colourised version of Doctor Who<\/em>‘s second ever serial, with a special montage of further First Doctor clips (plus a Second Doctor one) added at the end — pleasingly including The Beatles’ Top of the Pops<\/em> performance shown in The Chase<\/em>, a glimpse at a TOTP episode otherwise lost from the achives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay, it’s great to see Ncuti as a part of this legacy… but personally, I think it slightly misses something by not having Matt there, seeing as he gives an incredible happy yet pained expression, perfectly capturing the mood of the piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But heck, it’s a brief new look at the Fifteenth Doctor, so we’re happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can watch An Adventure in Space and Time<\/em> on BBC iPlayer as part of The Whoniverse.<\/p>\n

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It’s our first live-action look at the Fifteenth Doctor!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth #DoctorWho Added to An Adventure in Space and Time 50th Docudrama","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[205],"tags":[3158,4871,1938,2781,22,128,362,25,4677,2416,2212,463,1386,123],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/An-Adventure-in-Space-and-Time-David-Bradley-TARDIS-Ncuti-Gatwa-15th.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40041,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2023\/11\/21\/ncuti-gatwa-says-his-doctor-meets-william-hartnells-first-doctor-but-how\/","url_meta":{"origin":40060,"position":0},"title":"Ncuti Gatwa Says His Doctor Meets William Hartnell’s First Doctor — But How?!","author":"Philip Bates","date":"21 November 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"When the Fifteenth Doctor met the First...","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Web-Planet-1st-First-William-Hartnell.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Web-Planet-1st-First-William-Hartnell.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Web-Planet-1st-First-William-Hartnell.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Web-Planet-1st-First-William-Hartnell.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Web-Planet-1st-First-William-Hartnell.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":37939,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2023\/04\/19\/david-bradley-would-love-to-play-the-first-doctor-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":40060,"position":1},"title":"David Bradley “Would Love to” Play the First Doctor Again","author":"Philip Bates","date":"19 April 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"We last saw the First Doctor in Jodie Whittaker's swansong, The Power of the Doctor.","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/An-Adventure-in-Space-and-Time-David-Bradley-TARDIS-1st-First.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/An-Adventure-in-Space-and-Time-David-Bradley-TARDIS-1st-First.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/An-Adventure-in-Space-and-Time-David-Bradley-TARDIS-1st-First.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/An-Adventure-in-Space-and-Time-David-Bradley-TARDIS-1st-First.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/An-Adventure-in-Space-and-Time-David-Bradley-TARDIS-1st-First.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39964,"url":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2023\/11\/30\/a-guide-to-doctor-whos-60th-anniversary-celebrations-when-is-doctor-who-back-on-tv\/","url_meta":{"origin":40060,"position":2},"title":"A Guide to Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary Celebrations: When Is Doctor Who Back on TV? 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