Doctor Who season 15 adds ex-Coronation Street star
Doctor Who season 15 spoilers follow.
Former Coronation Street star Charlie Condou is joining the cast of Doctor Who.
According to the Radio Times, Condou will have an undisclosed role in the science fiction show's 15th season, where he'll star alongside Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson and new companion Varada Sethu. The BBC has not commented on Condou's casting.
Condou is best known for spending several years in Weatherfield as sonographer Marcus Dent, a former love interest of Coronation Street mainstay Sean Tully (Antony Cotton).
After leaving the cobbles in 2014, Condou joined Holby City as surgeon Ben Sherwood between 2019 and 2020. He was part of a major storyline where his character Ben came out as gay.
A few years back, Condou spoke about the difficulties of finding work after he originally left Coronation Street.
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"I had a bit of breakdown after I left Corrie, as I had left for the right reasons but suddenly I had [no] job, no money, and things were tough and I got myself into therapy because I needed to help myself," he recalled to Brood Magazine.
"It's very easy to look back and blame the fact that my dad wasn't around and my mum was working all the time, or whatever it may be, but it's very easy to blame your problems on other people. And while that might be the reason for your problems, at some point you have to take ownership of that."
He will be appearing in Doctor Who season 15 along with another soap star — former EastEnders star Anita Dobson.
The Walford icon will be reprising her role as Mrs Flood after she menacingly predicted The Doctor's story would end in "absolute terror" in the season 14 finale.
Dobson has promised that viewers will learn more about this mysterious Mrs Flood in the new season. It was previously revealed that she knew about the TARDIS and predicted the return of Sutekh the Destroyer.
Before we get to season 15, Doctor Who returns at Christmas with a festive special co-starring Ncuti Gatwa and Nicola Coughlan.
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