Doctor WhoRecruitsDrag Race‘s Jinkx Monsoon

The TARDIS has picked upanother new starforDoctor Who ’s next time of year : drag star Jinkx Monsoon , who will come along in the approaching 14th season of the show in what the BBC discover as a “ major young role . ”

Monsoon — who has also appear inSteven Universe , and of late on Broadway as Chicago ’s Mama Morton , as well as execute and winning seasons of bothRu Paul ’s Drag Raceand Drag Race All - Stars — will appear alongside Ncuti Gatwa ’s fifteenth Doctor in the 2024 season of Doctor Who .

“ In a coltsfoot of comets and supernovas , here comes the large star of all , ” returning showrunner Russell T. Davies said ina press release . “ Jinkx Monsoon is on a collision track with the TARDIS , and Doctor Who will never be the same again ! ”

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“ I ’m honored , thrilled , and utterly delirious to join Doctor Who , ” Monsoon tote up . “ Russell T. Davies is a visionary and a brilliant writer — I ca n’t hold off to get into the weeds with him and the crew ! I hope there ’s room in the TARDIS for my baggage . ”

Beyond being a “ major ” role , details about Monsoon ’s character are being hold open under wraps . But the move to retch ahistory - making drag artistat a prison term when drag is being place by good - offstage reactionaries and politico in both Doctor Who ’s home in the UK and abroad , it ’s great to see the series take a confident whole step frontward in placing LGBTQIA people everywhere in Doctor Who ’s talkative , and welcoming , purview of sentence and distance — in all its dimensions .

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