Olly Alexander is a British musician, actor and LGBTQ+ advocate/spokesperson that has released several albums with his band 'Years and Years' with a third debuting later this year. He has also succeeded with a progressive career in film and television with small film roles in the likes of Gullivers travels, Great expectations and The Riot club and more recently he has had glowing acclaim and reviews for his role in the Channel 4 tv series It's a Sin playing the reckless and inquisitive character of Ritchie Tozer.
Currently there is nothing confirmed yet as to who the next Doctor Who will be and Jodie Whittaker still has two more specials to release in 2022 but that won't stop the rumour mill churning and in regards to Doctor who castings there always seems to be a little bit more of reliable information once the top three or four contenders for the role are in media circulation. Other names being thrown around are the likes of Phoebe Waller-Bridge of Solo fame, Michaela Coel as seen in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, as well as Kelly Macdonald from Brave, Richard Ayoade, Jodie Comer and Tom Rosenthal all with a heavy background of U.K. television and film content.
It does seem a strong possibility though that Olly Alexander could well be the next Doctor Who and hopefully we should hear something soon confirming the casting released by the BBC and it's safe to say that an LGBTQ+ casting will ruffle some feathers due to some older mindsets being fans of the character that's been around since the sixties. With all due respect to any of the complaints likely to be made by close minded fans and non fans alike I think that Doctor Who is the perfect character to play around with when it comes to casting due to the nature of the Doctor regenerating into a new being at the end of every character series run. It couldn't be better set up really for inclusion of various races, genders and personalities to take over the role and make it their own.
I would love to read fans comments on the possibility of this new casting!