Ncuti Gatwa looks set to star alongside the late William Hartnell in 'Doctor Who' - after revealing they "ended up in the same scene together".
Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa is to star opposite the First Doctor after they 'ended up in same scene'
The 31-year-old actor, who has taken over the role of the titular Time Lord in the BBC sci-fi series, admitted it was "very wild" to be in the same scene as William, who portrayed the First Doctor from 1963 to 1966 before his death in 1975 aged 67.
He told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "It has been a crazy year.
"I shouldn’t say this but there was a scene that I somehow shot with the first ever Doctor, William Hartnell.
"We ended up in the same scene together ... and to see that history and now a black man is the Doctor is just very wild."
Earlier this month, Ncuti admitted he "wasn’t able to enjoy" filming 'Doctor Who'.
He told the December/ January issue of British GQ: "It was annoying.
"I just wasn’t able to enjoy things anymore because [from the] outside, I can see that this is amazing, and oh, my God, you work with amazing people, and it’s a great opportunity, but I just felt like I was trying to get to the end, the finish line."
The former 'Sex Education' star initially put the audition out of his mind because he had no idea if he would be successful in his bid to land the coveted TV role.
He added: "I knew I needed to go in and give them a wink and a [smile].
"But I almost forgot about [the audition] as soon as I left the room, because there was just no way. Because there’s life and then there’s life.
"I’m a good actor [but] this is a 60-year-long British institution and I’m a black man, so I never thought that I’d be chosen to front something that is basically the heart of the BBC."
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