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Jenna Coleman: Bernie Sanders and Larry

Casting a female David share some

‘Doctor Who’ is ‘genius’

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ‘identical DNA’
— Jenna Coleman, a for-
mer “Doctor Who” com- By The Associated Press
panion, says casting a BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) —
female as the lead of the Henry Louis Gates Jr., the
long-running sci-fi series is host of “Finding Your Roots”
“genius.” on PBS, says the show
“Oh, I love it,” the actress “couldn’t have scripted”
said Monday during a the discovery that actor,
Television Critics Associa- comedian Larry David and
tion panel about her Mas- In this July 28, 2016 file photo, Senator Bernie Sanders are
terpiece series, “Victoria.” actress Jenna Coleman related.
Earlier this month, Jodie poses for a portrait during An episode where the two
the 2016 Television Critics
Whittaker was an- Association summer press learn they’re distant rela-
nounced as the 13th of- tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. tives will air on the show’s
ficial incarnation of the Associated Press upcoming fourth season,
galaxy-hopping Time Lord “It’s very exciting times,” premiering Oct. 3.
who travels in a time ma- she said. David has impersonated
chine shaped like an old- On the BBC’s “Doctor Sanders on “Saturday Night In this combination photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and
fashioned British police Who,” the main charac- Live.” speaks at a rally on April 20, 2017, in Omaha, Neb., and actor-
telephone booth. ter can regenerate into Gates spoke about the producer Larry David appears at the “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Coleman added that she new bodies, allowing for discovery Monday during panel during the HBO Television Critics Association Summer
thinks Whittaker is “bril- endless recasting possibili- a panel about his show as Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. Associated Press
liant and lovely” and she ties. part of the Television Critics
“can’t wait to hear” Whit- Coleman played a “Doc- Association’s annual sum- three chromosomes and “third cousin or something”
taker’s voice as the char- tor Who” companion from mer press gathering. “that’s a lot of matches.” while promoting the return
acter. 2012 to 2015.q He said Sanders and David Last week, David told TV of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
share “identical DNA” of critics that Sanders is a to HBO.q