Let’s take a look at Ncuti Gatwa’s first official Doctor Who promo shots

This weekend, the official Doctor Who Twitter account released the first promotional images of Gatwa in his Doctor costume alongside new companion Ruby Sunday, played by Millie Gibson. The Ruby Sunday outfit seems vaguely like something Billie Piper’s Rose Tyler would’ve worn, but that could just be the blonde hair tripping us off. Meanwhile, Gatwa’s Doctor suit seems a little more muted that Whittaker’s lovably wacky combo, but it’s hard to deny that you’d think “that person might be The Doctor” if you saw him… running through a hallway on a spaceship that looked suspiciously like a warehouse in Cardiff.

He’s wearing a fuzzy-looking orange shirt and a brown stripey suit, but some photos in the replies to the main post show that he also has some cool rings on that seem exactly like the sort of unique pop that a Doctor costume usually has (see also: suspenders, scarf, tennis shoes, the aforementioned bowtie).

Tennant’s second run as the Doctor will begin in November of 2023 with three special episodes that also feature Catherine Tate reprising her role as Donna Noble (we say this every time, but that’s going to require some explaining). We don’t know when Gatwa will officially take over, but—again—there are timey-wimey shenanigans going on here, so there’s really no use trying to predict anything anyway.