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'''Sacha Dhawan''' (born [[1 May (people)|1 May]] [[1984 (people)|1984]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/4903889/sacha-dhawan-the-boy-with-the-topknot-cast/|title=Who is Sacha Dhawan? The Boy With The Topknot actor playing Sathnam Sanghera and star of Sherlock and The History Boys|author=Kavanagh, Joanne|date of source=13 November 2017|website name=The Sun|accessdate=1 January 2020}}</ref><ref>jimngstunts (1 May 2017). [https://www.instagram.com/p/BTjgPEAja02/ Happy birthday to the Steel Serpent @sacha_dhawan!]. ''Instagram''.</ref>) played {{dhawan}} in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'' and ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]''. Notably, he was the first [[person of colour|non-white]] actor, and specifically the first [[British]]-[[India]]n actor<ref name="interview1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/2a517b0b-f7d0-48ab-94f1-8d210d31111b|title=Q&A with Sacha Dhawan!|author=The Doctor Who Team|date of source=3 January 2020|website name=Doctor Who|accessdate=4 January 2020}}</ref>, to be cast in this role for television.
'''Sacha Dhawan''' (born [[1 May (people)|1 May]] [[1984 (people)|1984]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/4903889/sacha-dhawan-the-boy-with-the-topknot-cast/|title=Who is Sacha Dhawan? The Boy With The Topknot actor playing Sathnam Sanghera and star of Sherlock and The History Boys|author=Kavanagh, Joanne|date of source=13 November 2017|website name=The Sun|accessdate=1 January 2020}}</ref><ref>jimngstunts (1 May 2017). [https://www.instagram.com/p/BTjgPEAja02/ Happy birthday to the Steel Serpent @sacha_dhawan!]. ''Instagram''.</ref>) played {{dhawan}} in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'', ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]''. Notably, he was the first [[person of colour|non-white]] actor, and specifically the first [[British]]-[[India]]n actor<ref name="interview1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/2a517b0b-f7d0-48ab-94f1-8d210d31111b|title=Q&A with Sacha Dhawan!|author=The Doctor Who Team|date of source=3 January 2020|website name=Doctor Who|accessdate=4 January 2020}}</ref>, to be cast in this role for television.


He earlier played a fictionalised version of [[Waris Hussein]] in the docudrama ''[[An Adventure in Space and Time (TV story)|An Adventure in Space and Time]]''.
He earlier played a fictionalised version of [[Waris Hussein]] in the docudrama ''[[An Adventure in Space and Time (TV story)|An Adventure in Space and Time]]''.
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== Credits ==
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
==== ''Doctor Who'' ====
* ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'' - {{Dhawan|n=O / The Master}}
* ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'' - {{Dhawan|n=O / The Master}}
* ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]'' / ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'' - {{Dhawan|c}}
* ''[[Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)|Ascension of the Cybermen]]'' / ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'' - {{Dhawan|c}}
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* ''[[Ghost Walk (audio story)|Ghost Walk]]'' - [[Matthew (Ghost Walk)|Matthew]]
* ''[[Ghost Walk (audio story)|Ghost Walk]]'' - [[Matthew (Ghost Walk)|Matthew]]


==== Classic Doctors, New Monsters ====
==== ''Classic Doctors, New Monsters'' ====
* ''[[Fallen Angels (audio story)|Fallen Angels]]'' - [[Joel Finch]]
* ''[[Fallen Angels (audio story)|Fallen Angels]]'' - [[Joel Finch]]


==== Dark Eyes ====
==== ''Dark Eyes'' ====
* ''[[The Reviled (audio story)|The Reviled]]'' - [[Jaldam]]
* ''[[The Reviled (audio story)|The Reviled]]'' - [[Jaldam]]


==== Aliens Among Us ====
==== ''Aliens Among Us'' ====
* ''[[Zero Hour (audio story)|Zero Hour]]'' - [[Hasan]]
* ''[[Zero Hour (audio story)|Zero Hour]]'' - [[Hasan]]



Revision as of 08:17, 2 March 2020

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Sacha Dhawan (born 1 May 1984[1][2]) played the Spy Master in the Doctor Who television stories Spyfall, Ascension of the Cybermen and The Timeless Children. Notably, he was the first non-white actor, and specifically the first British-Indian actor[3], to be cast in this role for television.

He earlier played a fictionalised version of Waris Hussein in the docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time.

Dhawan also voiced Jaldam in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story The Reviled, Joel Finch in Fallen Angels, Matthew in Ghost Walk, and Hasan in the Torchwood audio story Zero Hour.

Executive producer Matt Strevens had also offered Dhawan a role in series 11, for Demons of the Punjab, but he had to turn it down, as he was already away filming. He was later offered the part of the Master outright, without being asked to audition.[3]

Dhawan was in the original Royal National Theatre cast and film version of The History Boys, alongside James Corden, Russell Tovey, Samuel Barnett, and Samuel Anderson.

Credits

Television

Doctor Who

Other

Audio

Doctor Who Main Range

Classic Doctors, New Monsters

Dark Eyes

Aliens Among Us

External links

Footnotes

  1. Kavanagh, Joanne (13 November 2017). Who is Sacha Dhawan? The Boy With The Topknot actor playing Sathnam Sanghera and star of Sherlock and The History Boys. The Sun. Retrieved on 1 January 2020.
  2. jimngstunts (1 May 2017). Happy birthday to the Steel Serpent @sacha_dhawan!. Instagram.
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Doctor Who Team (3 January 2020). Q&A with Sacha Dhawan!. Doctor Who. Retrieved on 4 January 2020.