Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has addressed a particular critique of Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor, with some fans arguing that he cries too much.
Earlier versions of The Doctor have had less frequent outbursts of genuine emotion, preferring to maintain a more calm and collected approach to the chaotic events unfolding around them.
However, Gatwa’s Doctor shed tears on several occasions in his debut season, leading some viewers to question if these intense bursts of joy or sadness signified a larger issue to be solved.
Davies has pushed back against this idea in a new interview with TVLine, confirming that The Doctor’s teary moments were a personal choice by Gatwa during his performance – and the screenwriter backs it to the hilt.
Newsletter: Daily NewsletterTitle: Never miss a thing. Get the best of RadioTimes.com sent to your inbox.Description: For details on how we use your data, please see our privacy policy.Layout: horizontalEnvironment: live-likeLogged In Body Copy: Sign up to be the first to know about breaking stories and new series!Logged In Success Message: Thanks, you are now signed up to our daily TV and entertainment newsletters! We look forward to sending you our email updates.Logged In Preferences Hyperlink Text: To manage your email preferences, click here.Logged Out Body Copy: Sign up to be the first to know about breaking stories and new series!Logged Out Success Message: Thanks, you are now signed up to our daily TV and entertainment newsletters! We look forward to sending you our email updates.Logged Out Sign In Message: Sign in to/ register for a RadioTimes.com account to manage your email preferences“I remember the first time [Ncuti] did it, which is in The Church on Ruby Road. He thought Ruby had vanished, been erased from time and space, which was astonishing, and he turned around in the studio and gave us that performance, which was absolutely spellbinding,” recalled Davies.
“You don’t tell an actor whether to cry [or] not to cry – not an actor of that stature. Absolutely not,” he continued. “It’s like, you wouldn’t tell anyone to laugh or not to laugh! It’s a beautiful thing he does, and it’s a completely new thing for the Doctor, that opens doorways into whole new experiences.”
Davies went on to say that The Doctor’s broader range of emotions allows for stories that fans “haven’t seen before,” taking issue with those calling for “something new” while complaining about these very additions.
He concluded: “I’m just here to watch and thank the lucky stars that I get to share in a princely performance like that. What an actor. Amazing.”
Gatwa is currently back on screens as the nation’s favourite Time Lord in Doctor Who season 15 (also known as season 2 of Davies’s new era), which continues this weekend with an episode titled Lux – written by Davies and directed by Gentleman Jack’s Amanda Brotchie.
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