Overview

• Doctor Who remains on hiatus after Ncuti Gatwa’s departure with no successor named by the BBC.
• Dyer has declared he’d play the Doctor as “incredibly working-class” and “a bit alpha” to set his take apart from past leads.
• The actor compared the role’s cultural stature to James Bond, saying it offers scope for a left-field, “mental” performance.
• Bookmakers have repeatedly slashed Dyer’s odds for the part despite his confirmation that he hasn’t been formally approached.
• His emergence as a contender highlights the franchise’s appetite for fresh interpretations as it eyes its next lead.