Yasmin Finney, a transgender playing the perfect role of a young trans woman in Heartstopper, is joining the Doctor Who crew.

The Guardian writes:

Finney’s character is called Rose, which was also the name of the companion famously played by Billie Piper in the mid-00s. The relevance of this is currently unknown. What we do know is that Finney was recently spotted filming scenes alongside David Tennant, AKA the Tenth Doctor, and Catherine Tate, AKA the Tenth Doctor’s companion, Donna Noble. In other words, there are more than enough cryptic developments to keep Whoniverse obsessives in a tizzy until the end product finally airs in 2023.

Ncuti Gatwa (left below) will play the Fourteenth Doctor. The Black gay actor stars in another queer-friendly TV series: Sex Education.

(And yes, you should take a look at both Heartstopper and Sex Education, if you have not already!)

More here.