It was announced during Saturday night\u2019s launch show <\/a>that Kingston, who played River Song in Doctor Who<\/a>, would be partnered with fan-favourite Radebe, who is the only Strictly professional to make an appearance in the sci-fi show. <\/p>\n In 2024, Radebe appeared in the Doctor Who episode \u201cThe Devil’s Chord\u201d alongside Strictly judge Shirley Ballas<\/a> in a song-and-dance number with Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th Doctor.<\/p>\n One fan wrote on X\/Twitter: \u201cNot them pairing Alex with the one pro who\u2019s been on Doctor Who. Yep Alex and Jojo for the glitterball, thank you very much.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTWO DOCTOR WHO LEGENDS LET\u2019S GOOOOO,\u201d said another viewer.<\/p>\n A third fan pointed out that the pair should pay homage to the show in one of their routines, writing: \u201cIf they don’t do a Doctor Who themed dance one of the weeks, then it might be the biggest missed opportunity in the history of Strictly Come Dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n One viewer added: \u201cI can already picture them doing one on Halloween week. I beg them to do this for us.\u201d<\/p>\n Kingston said during Saturday night\u2019s show that Radebe was her number one professional choice, and later wrote on Instagram that it was a \u201cStrictly dream come true\u201d.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Alex Kingston is dancing with Johannes Radebe (BBC)<\/p>\n Ahead of the launch, Kingston was asked by Radio Times if she was planning on performing a Time Lord-themed routine<\/a> on the show, but she revealed that contestants don\u2019t make the creative decisions.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don’t have a say,\u201d she said. \u201cWe don’t know. And the dancers, the choreographers, they’re the ones that sort of go and make the decisions and I think we just are then told, \u2018Well, this is what you’re going to be doing now.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Rabebe\u2019s previous dance partners have included chef John Waite, tennis player Annabel Croft<\/a> and Gladiators star Montell Douglas, with whom he finished in sixth place in last year\u2019s series.<\/p>\n Kingston, known for playing Dr Elizabeth Corday in the medical drama ER, served as the Doctor\u2019s wife opposite Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi\u2019s incarnations of the Time Lord from 2008.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Alex Kingston and her pro partner Johannes Radebe (BBC\/Ray Burmiston)<\/p>\n Other pairings for the 2025 series include EastEnders star Balvinder Sopal and new professional dancer Julian Caillon<\/a>, Former England rugby union player Chris Robshaw with Nadiya Bychkova and model Ellie Goldstein paired with Vito Coppola.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, viewers were left frustrated<\/a> over professional dancer Amy Dowden<\/a>\u2019s pairing with controversial contestant, former Apprentice candidate Thomas Skinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Alex](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-21-at-10-40-17.png\")
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