And just like that, he was gone, and the Ncuti Gatwa era is over. It was the shortest tenure in the role since Christopher Eccleston did just one series in 2005, and even within his brief run there was more than one episode where Gatwa barely featured.
But without doubt the first Black actor to lead the show left his mark on the role – an incarnation with a winning smile, the catchphrase “babes”, relentless enthusiasm, and without the emotional baggage that was increasingly weighing down his predecessors. He departed with joy.
