Best known in these parts as Cinta Kaz in the debut season of Star Wars Andor, actress Varada Sethu will be joining the Doctor (aka Ncuti Gatwa) in his latest adventures alongside Millie Gibson for the second season of this latest iteration of Doctor Who which will arrive in 2025. The first full season of the 15th Doctor (the 40th season since 1963) will debut on 11th May on BBC iPlayer at midnight before being broadcast on BBC One later that day.
The actress who recently appeared in the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor said it’s an “honour” to appear in the show. Ncuti Gatwa’s first series as the Doctor will begin in May, with Coronation Street actress Millie Gibson playing companion Ruby Sunday. The BBC says that Sethu will join the pair in the following series which will be broadcast in 2025.
As well as Andor, the actress has been seen in the 2018 crime drama Hard Sun, and Jurassic World Dominion.
Sethu said it was an “honour to be a part of the Whoniverse” and she felt “like the luckiest person in the world. I couldn’t ask for a better team than Ncuti and Millie to be on this adventure with.”
