Ncuti Gatwa Is a Barbie, Once more

Not content material with merely being Ken again after his visitor look within the Barbie film coincided with the news that he can be Physician Who‘s newest Physician, Ncuti Gatwa goes full circle together with his very personal fifteenth Physician Barbie doll.

Revealed by the BBC this morning, Mattel Creations will launch new Barbie dolls of the fifteenth Physician and his first companion, Ruby Sunday. He’s Ken no extra!

“Barbie is iconic, so to see a Barbie iteration of the Physician was emotional, surreal, unbelievable and I can’t wipe the smile off my face,” Gatwa instructed the BBC. “I hope children on the market are capable of benefit from the doll and see themselves in it and assume ‘I can do something’”.

Gatwa isn’t the primary Time Lord to be Barbie-fied–Jodie Whittaker’s thirteenth Physician had that honor back in 2018–however Millie Gibson’s Ruby Sunday will mark the primary time a Physician Who companion has entered the Barbie world.

Physician Who fifteenth Physician and Ruby Sunday Barbie Dolls

Neither the Physician nor Ruby include a lot in the way in which of equipment–their respective jackets are removeable, and each have a show stand included, however there’s no sonic screwdriver or something to be discovered right here. However identical to Mattel’s different extra adult-collector-focused Barbie releases, you’ll be able to nonetheless count on to pay a reasonably penny for the Physician and Ruby.

Each dolls will probably be out there by way of Mattel Creations within the US for $55 every beginning as we speak, with an August launch date, however may also ultimately head to Goal, Walmart, and Amazon nearer to launch.

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