The latest instalment of Doctor Who introduces Jonathan Groff’s character Rogue, and fans watching the Bridgerton-themed episode have reacted emotionally online to his fate Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Contains spoilers for the Doctor Who episode Rogue. The sixth episode of the new series of Doctor Who has left fans devastated following a heartbreaking twist in the story of Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor . In the episode entitled Rogue, the Doctor and his companion, Ruby ( Millie Gibson ), arrive at a ball in Bath in 1813 and join in with the dancing.
However, the Doctor spots a man on the balcony above the ballroom watching all those below, so he leaves Ruby to enjoy fulfilling her Bridgerton fantasies and goes up to investigate. The stranger, played by former Glee star Jonathan Groff , reveals his name is Rogue, and eventually the Doctor learns he is a bounty hunter sent to Earth to track down an alien called a Chuldur, who kills people and then shape-shifts into an exact replica of them, just for fun. The pair team up to stop the Chuldur and, when they realise there may be more than one, they devise a plan to transport the evil bird-like creatures to a barren dimension from where there is no return.
Throughout the episode, there is a fizz of electricity between the Doctor and Rogue, and .