With Peter Capaldi set to call time on his role as the Doctor following the current tenth series of Doctor Who, there’s been a lot of speculation as to who will be the next actor to take on the role of the iconic Time Lord in the long-running BBC sci-fi.
Last month, The Mirror claimed that Death in Paradise’s Kris Marshall had already been cast as the Thirteenth Doctor. However, the Radio Times is now disputing that report, stating that Marshall is no longer a shoe-in for the part, and that Luke Treadaway has caught the eye of the production team thanks to his work in the Sky Atlantic series Fortitude and his role in the feature film A Street Cat Named Bob.
The article also goes on to suggest that Sacha Dhawan – who played director Waris Hussein in the BBC’s Doctor Who dramatisation An Adventure in Space and Time – is also in contention, while the producers have apparently ruled out the casting of a female, having initially given it some serious consideration.
The casting of the Thirteenth Doctor will be decided by new showrunner Chris Chibnall and executive producer Matt Strevens, who will be taking over the show from series eleven. The BBC is refusing to comment on any of the reports, but did confirm that a casting decision is yet to be made.
Originally published May 13, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
