With the new season, Davies offers callbacks to past iterations of the show — with a twist. The Tardis has a stark white interior and backlit circles, echoing the original 1960s ship. However, the Doctor’s sonic screwdriver has been updated with a new look and bears a Rwandan proverb, a nod to Gatwa’s heritage.

Doctor Who is back in full force this weekend with the start of Ncuti Gatwa’s time in the TARDIS as the fifteenth Doctor alongside companion Ruby Sunday, played by Millie Gibson. They’ll be faced with space babies,

Doctor Who is a long-standing and beloved character. Originally running from 1963 to 1989 and presently since 2005, The Doctor has been played by fourteen different actors; his alien species’ convenient physiological trait of being able to regenerate after a fatal wound allows each new actor to step into the role and soft-reboot the series as they do so.