Doctor Who star spoke at pro-Palestinian protest
Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa spoke at a pro-Palestinian demonstration days after pulling out of Eurovision hosting duties.
Gatwa, who played the 15th Doctor, was among a host of celebrities to speak at the event outside Parliament last month.
Days earlier, the 32-year-old actor had unexpectedly pulled out as the UK's Eurovision spokesman, leading some fans to speculate that he had done so because Israel qualified for the final.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor, the Murder on the Dancefloor singer and BBC Radio 2 DJ, took his place.
The BBC offered no explanation for the last-minute change at the time, other than to blame 'unforeseen circumstances'.
At the pro-Palestinian demonstration on May 29, Gatwa was among high-profile figures who stood in front of a banner that read 'Gaza: Actions Not Words'.
The charity Choose Love organised the rally, in which the names of 15,613 Palestinian children killed in the conflict were read out.
Steve Coogan, Chris O'Dowd, Dawn O'Porter, Juliet Stevenson and Stephen Kapos, a Holocaust survivor, joined Gatwa to take turns reading every name, a process that took more than 18 hours.
Gatwa has previously spoken out against the Israeli government's actions in Gaza and shown his support for Palestinians on social media.
The rally also came days before it was revealed he was being replaced as the Doctor in the final episode of his second series. In a surprise twist, his character regenerated into Rose Taylor, played by Billie Piper.
The move brought his reign as the Time Lord to an end after just 18 months. He was the first Doctor to be played by an openly queer or black actor in the show's 62-year history.
The BBC and Gatwa's representatives were approached for comment.
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