She’s a winner, child. Per Selection, Rupaul’s Drag Race star Jinkx Monsoon is about to hitch the solid of The BBC’s long-running collection Physician Who in a “main function” this upcoming season.
“In a galaxy of comets and supernovas, right here comes the largest star of all. Jinkx Monsoon is on a collision course with the TARDIS, and Physician Who won’t ever be the identical once more,” mentioned showrunner Russell T Davies. The creator and author behind Queer as Folks and A Very English Scandal, Davies is returning to run Physician Who after a 13-year hiatus from the present, which he revived in 2005 and left for the primary time in 2010.
Monsoon, who gained each the fifth season of Drag Race and the seventh season of Drag Race All Stars, has lately taken Broadway by storm, taking part in Mama Morton in Chicago—receiving rave critiques and breaking field workplace information alongside the best way. “I’m honored, thrilled, and completely excited to hitch ‘Physician Who!,’” mentioned Monsoon on social media. “Russell T Davies is a visionary and a superb author — I can’t wait to get into the weeds with him and the crew! I hope there’s room within the TARDIS for my baggage.”
Monsoon joins Intercourse Schooling‘s Ncuti Gatwa, who was beforehand introduced as the subsequent Physician, taking the reins over from Jodie Whitaker. However earlier than Gatwa will get his flip because the Time Lord, the 14th Physician, David Tennant, will return to the function together with his co-star Catherine Tate for 3 particular episodes in November 2023 that may coincide with the collection’ sixtieth anniversary. Gatwa’s stint as The Physician will start through the vacation season.
First premiering on the BBC in 1963, Physician Who follows the travails of a Time Lord a.ok.a The Physician, an extraterrestrial who seems to be human, aboard a time-traveling spaceship known as the TARDIS. Many celebrated actors have taken turns because the Physician, together with Peter Capaldi, Matt Smith, David Tennant, Christopher Eccleston, Peter Davison, and Tom Baker. Wishing Monsoon and her fabulous Judy Garland impression a secure and fruitful journey aboard TARDIS.
