Drag Race icon Jinkx Monsoon will seem within the new season of Physician Who. (BBC)
The return of Physician Who is sort of upon us. Forward of the brand new season, Russell T Davies has clarified an enormous hearsay about Jinkx Monsoon’s character.
Showrunner Davies has already laid out what followers can count on for the brand new season, which is able to see Ncuti Gatwa moving into the titular character’s Tardis with an added contact of “queer power“, in addition to importantly discussing race on the collection.
Additionally revealed to be heading up the collection is RuPaul’s Drag Race two-time winner Monsoon in her upcoming function because the camp villain Maestro. Not only a fairly face, the star’s character has been confirmed to be “the Physician’s strongest enemy but”.
In April, it was introduced that the non-binary drag star – the one contestant in Drag Race historical past to win the crown twice, on season 5 and All Stars seven – would serve up extra-terrestrial brilliance as Maestro in season 14.
Davies spoke out about fan hypothesis that Maestro might have hyperlinks to one of many Physician’s earlier enemies, the Grasp – given the similarities of their names.
Nonetheless, it’s a completely happy coincidence, as the previous collection author rejected the rumours. “No, it has nothing to do with the Grasp… It’s a totally completely different pantheon of gods that we’ve launched,” he informed Radio Occasions.
“I did assume after I named them Maestro that there was an opportunity that which may overlap. It causes hypothesis, which is enjoyable, however the Grasp is form of parked for the second. There’s been plenty of the Grasp lately, so it’s time to begin once more and have a recent begin to the present.”
However there’s extra the place that got here from, because the showrunner added that the fourth episode within the upcoming season “has bought probably the strangest villain you’ll ever see”.
“After which episode 5 has nice large ugly monsters, that are unbelievable, so good previous Physician Who territory.”
Viewers will see Monsoon’s Maestro for the primary time in episode two of the collection, “The Satan’s Chord”.
Physician Who returns for its 14th collection on 11 Might at midnight on BBC One within the UK and Disney+ elsewhere.