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[sholio]

Major, major recent Doctor Who spoilers under the cut. Also general chatter about the current fate of an Iron Fist actor.

I'm still entire seasons behind on Doctor Who (loved the 12th Doctor, but was very meh about his first season and haven't seen beyond that yet) but I don't really try that hard to avoid spoilers for that show, and have now found out that Sacha Dhawan -- Davos on Iron Fist -- is playing the new regeneration of the Master.

GOOD FOR HIM! I wouldn't have guessed Sacha would be the first of the cast to show up in a high-profile role, but that's fantastic. He's so adorable and I think that the repressed-axe-crazy way he played Davos is very appropriate to the Master (and apparently so do the BBC casting people).

Anyway, it's always fun watching a whole new fandom discover an actor from a different fandom you're also in, and especially when it's a fan-favorite role like this one. But will it lead to people watching Iron Fist just for Davos, tho', and if so how disappointed are they going to be.

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[sovay]

and have now found out that Sacha Dhawan -- Davos on Iron Fist -- is playing the new regeneration of the Master.

Yes! I was so glad to read that! I don't know if I ever mentioned that prior to Iron Fist, I had seen Dhawan in exactly one role, the protagonist of Gatiss' The Tractate Middoth (2013), and based on that alone I was happy to see him in Iron Fist. Basically I'm just happy whenever he's working. He's in the new BBC Dracula, too.

[sholio]

I don't think you mentioned it, no! That's really nifty to find out! *goes to read*

I'm pretty sure I haven't seen him in anything else (at least, if so, it was a minor role and didn't stick). It's really wonderful that his career is doing this well - it makes me happy to know.

[lilacsigil]

HE'S SO GREAT! He showed up (in disguise) and I thought he was a one-off character but I was thrilled to see him anyway, because he's so good, but no! He's a major character!

[sholio]

Yay!! :D I'm really looking forward to it. And I'm really delighted that he's landed a major role in a show with a big, active fandom too.

[thedivinegoat]

I haven't seen Iron Fist yet, so I (amusingly!) only knew him as the Waris Hussein, first director of Doctor Who in An Adventure in Time and Space. Which has led to arguments as to whether it counts to add him to the list of actors re-used in different DW roles.*






*I mostly think no, but keep persuading myself back the other way.

[sholio]

Ha, that's really interesting! I ... yeah, I don't know which side I'd come down on.

Also, I just went and Wikipedia'd Hussein's bio, and he sounds like a really fascinating guy! I had absolutely no idea the first Doctor Who director was a gay Indian dude.

[thedivinegoat]

It started so strongly! It just needs to remember where it came from.

(I will ignore my Bristolian bias and not hold it against him that he went to Clifton College!)

[dirty_diana]

Aw, yay Sacha! I find future success so weird to try and guess - out of all the Gossip Girl-ers, would I have picked Sebastian Stan for the nascent movie star? nope.

[sholio]

I KNOW RIGHT?? You just really never know. It's always fascinating to get interested in a new actor and then trace them back through a bunch of weird roles in indy dramas, or watch someone you knew as a bit player in something else take off. And it is so unpredictable who that's going to happen to.

[ginger_rude]

But...but...Missy.

[sholio]

Awwww. :( Though the nice thing about Doctor Who is that she can always come back through timey-wimey shenanigans if a future producer or writer wants to bring her back!

[sheron]

What? Wait, wasn't the doctor a woman?

I kept meaning to go back and watch because of that and now it's over? :(

(But good for him!)

[sholio]

12 was Peter Capaldi (and my actual favorite of the new Doctors so far). He's gone, but the female Doctor is still here!

[ladyanne]

I have never seen him (Sacha Dwahan) in anything before, but I got to see the new Dr. Who episodes today and he did a great job! I will have to go see Iron Fist now so I can see more of him.