For the time being, this is only a rumor, which is becoming more and more incessant in the British media.

Olly Alexander could be the next incarnation of Doctor Who in the eponymous series, the fourteenth artist to slip into the costume of the character created in 1963.

The 30-year-old singer, ex-leader of the group Years and Years who announced his separation in March, is, according to the

Sun

, finalizing negotiations with the BBC to succeed Jodie Whitaker in this role.

The departure of the latter, the first woman to play, since 2017, the whimsical character capable of traveling through time and the universes aboard her Tardis, has not, however, been confirmed.

The support of Russel T. Davies

But, as the Guardian explains, some expect the next season and the two special episodes that will air in 2022 across the Channel, to be his last appearances in the role.

The English daily adds that Olly Alexander would have the support of Russel T. Davies, who relaunched

Doctor Who

in 2005 and signed, at the beginning of the year, the mini-series

It's a Sin in

which Olly Alexander played one of the roles. main.

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