First up is Yasmin, played by Mandip Gill. Over the last few years Gill has appeared in various British TV shows like Casualty, Doctors and The Good Karma Hospital. She is best known though for her role in Hollyoaks playing Phoebe Jackson between 2012-2015. She's a relatively unknown actress to most of the UK so this is a big step up for her.
The same could be said of Tosin Cole who plays Ryan. He too appeared in Hollyoaks, between 2011 and 2012 as well as the Eastenders spin-off E20. Doctor Who is not his first sci-fi role though as he did appear in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The most famous of the actors here is Bradley Walsh who will play Graham. He is probably best known as the host of teatime quiz show The Chase but has plenty of acting roles including Coronation Street and Law & Order: UK, the latter of which new showrunner Chris Chibnall wrote for. He also appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures story Day of the Clown as the titular creepy clown.
As I speculated in a recent post, it looks like Chris Chibnall is going for the classic style of a TARDIS crew of four. It seems unlikely that Chibnall will introduce a new Doctor and three new companions in the same episode so could we be seeing them gradually introduced? There is the possibility that the three characters know each other though they make an unlikely group- might Graham be Yasmin and Ryan's teacher?
The other thing to note about this announcement is that production of the series must be about to begin. The cast aren't in costume here so they having reached the filming stage yet but the photo is probably from an early read-through.
It's great to finally have some new information on the next series and I look forward to more news soon.
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