Actor Ncuti Gatwa will take over from Jodie Whittaker as the star of Doctor Who, the BBC has announced.

The 29-year-old will become the 14th Time Lord on the popular science fiction show, and the first person of colour to play the lead role.

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Video chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:28 - Story
1:36 - Headline 1: BBC News - Dr Who: 'It's been tricky trying to keep this under wraps', says Gatwa
4:30 – Headline 2: The Guardian - Doctor who? Ncuti Gatwa’s irrepressible rise to new Time Lord
7:15 - Headline 3: The Mirror - Doctor Who's new Time Lord is Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa as Jodie Whittaker bows out
10:04 - Language summary

Key words and phrases:
under wraps
secret
• The company kept its new plans for expansion under wraps.
• We’re getting married next year but keeping it under wraps for now.

irrepressible
energetic, lively, uncontrollable
• His humour was irrepressible – he made everyone laugh.
• Freya was unable to control her irrepressible temper.

bows out
stops working after doing a job for a long time
• After a long career at the company, he finally decided to bow out.
• She’ll be bowing out of tennis after the next tournament.

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