Olly Alexander is set to replace Jodie Whittaker as Doctor Who‘s latest Time Lord, according to reports.The Years & Years frontman and star of last year’s critically acclaimed Aids drama It’s A Sin would become the first openly gay actor to play the Doctor in the show’s 58-year history.Whittaker, the first Time Lord to be played by a woman, will step aside after two specials in 2022, with The Sun now claiming that pay negotiations between Alexander and the BBC are “at an advanced stage”.Russell T.
Davies, who created It’s A Sin and previously worked as a writer and producer for Doctor Who, is said to have been “impressed with [Alexander’s] work and felt he was a great fit for the Doctor.”A source claimed that the actor and singer was “on.
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