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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 {{ | '''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 [[series 12 (Doctor Who)|series 12]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', beginning with his introduction in ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]''. Notably, he was the first [[person of colour|non-white]] actor, and specifically the first [[British]]-[[India]]n actor, to be cast in this role for television.<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> | ||
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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Executive producer [[Matt Strevens]] had also offered Dhawan a role in [[series 11 (Doctor Who)|series 11]], for ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|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.<ref name="interview1" /> | Executive producer [[Matt Strevens]] had also offered Dhawan a role in [[series 11 (Doctor Who)|series 11]], for ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|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.<ref name="interview1" /> | ||
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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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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Sacha Dhawan (born 1 May 1984[1][2]) played the Spy Master in series 12 of Doctor Who, beginning with his introduction in Spyfall. Notably, he was the first non-white actor, and specifically the first British-Indian actor, to be cast in this role for television.[3]
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]
Non-DWU work
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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.
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ jimngstunts (1 May 2017). Happy birthday to the Steel Serpent @sacha_dhawan!. Instagram.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Doctor Who Team (3 January 2020). Q&A with Sacha Dhawan!. Doctor Who. Retrieved on 4 January 2020.
