
Gordon Ramsay cries as he describes the 'devastating' loss of Jock Zonfrillo - with Nigella Lawson and Marco Pierre White remembering the chef Lea and Jonathan reunited when he achieved TV notoriety during his recurring guest run on Glee, where she was part of the principal cast. Jonathan first shot to fame on Broadway in the 2006 musical Spring Awakening opposite rising starlet Lea Michele. He left the show in 2010 to make way for Steven Moffat, who was ultimately succeeded by Chris Chibnall until last year, when Russell returned.ĭuring his time away from Doctor Who, Russell wrote such programs as A Very English Scandal about the Thorpe Affair and It's A Sin about the AIDS crisis.

The current revival of the show was kickstarted by Russell in 2005 after the legendary program had been dormant for 16 years. Jonathan will be part of a cast that includes Coronation Street alumna Millie Gibson, 18, as the Doctor's 'companion,' aka his human sidekick. So strap on your space boots, this is going to be a blast!' Russell T Davies, the program's showrunner, crowed: 'This is an incredible coup, and a great honour, to get such a huge star striding on to our set. The TARDIS, which is able to travel through both space and time, is the Doctor's mode of transport and is famously disguised as a telephone box.

Dashing: Frozen actor Jonathan Groff, pictured at the Met Gala this Monday has landed a mystery role on the iconic British sci-fi series Doctor Who
