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Emily Garbutt

David Tennant has been a "guiding therapist father figure" to Ncuti Gatwa as he prepares for his first season of Doctor Who

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Ncuti Gatwa is about to put a whole new spin on Doctor Who in his first season as the titular Time Lord, but he's been more than happy to receive guidance from Doctors past before stepping into the TARDIS full-time. 

In a new interview, Gatwa told Variety that David Tennant, who played the Doctor between 2005 and 2010 and again in 2023, has been a "guiding therapist father figure," advising him about "the things to read, and the things not to read."

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