New 'Doctor Who' actor announcement coming Sunday and we can't even
It's about time: We're going to learn the identity of the 13th Doctor on Sunday, after the Wimbledon Men's Final.
The BBC announced the coming reveal of the next actor to play the lead role in its flagship sci-fi series Doctor Who via Twitter. The tweet included this video that showed objects and landmarks around the planet changing to the number 13.
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The identity of the next Doctor is a secret more closely guarded this time than it ever has been in the past. The last time the role changed in hands, in 2013, Peter Capaldi had been widely rumored to be the 12th Doctor, thanks to a flurry of bets from insiders that led British bookies to stop taking any more bets.
The smart money this time around has bounced around. It briefly settled on Phoebe Waller-Bridge, star of the hit comedy series Fleabag and an actor on the upcoming Han Solo movie. However, Waller-Bridge and her production company have both issued categorical denials.
Currently leading the UK betting: Kris Marshall, best known to American audiences as the optimistic Brit who flies to the U.S. to find love in Love Actually.
Whomever steps into the TARDIS next, we'll find out after the tennis is over. Let's just hope it doesn't go into tie-breaker sets. This is important, dammit.
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Chris is a veteran tech, entertainment and culture journalist, author of 'How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,' and co-host of the Doctor Who podcast 'Pull to Open.' Hailing from the U.K., Chris got his start as a sub editor on national newspapers. He moved to the U.S. in 1996, and became senior news writer for Time.com a year later. In 2000, he was named San Francisco bureau chief for Time magazine. He has served as senior editor for Business 2.0, and West Coast editor for Fortune Small Business and Fast Company. Chris is a graduate of Merton College, Oxford and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is also a long-time volunteer at 826 Valencia, the nationwide after-school program co-founded by author Dave Eggers. His book on the history of Star Wars is an international bestseller and has been translated into 11 languages.
