LONDON (AP) — A well-recognized face to “Doctor Who” followers is rejoining the long-running British sci-fi sequence as Ncuti Gatwa exits the lead position after two seasons.
In Saturday’s season finale, Gatwa’s Time Lord regenerated and followers obtained a glimpse of Billie Piper, who performed the character Rose Tyler for 35 episodes between 2005 and 2013. Tyler was a companion to variations of the physician performed by Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant.
Producers are preserving Piper’s new position secret — for now.
“Just how and why she is back remains to be seen,” the BBC mentioned in a press release after the finale aired.
“It’s an honour and a hoot to welcome her back to the TARDIS, but quite how and why and who is a story yet to be told,” showrunner Russell T Davies mentioned in a press release.
Piper mentioned “Doctor Who” has offered a few of her finest reminiscences and she or he couldn’t cross up the chance to return again.
“It’s no secret how much I love this show, and I have always said I would love to return … but who, how, why and when, you’ll just have to wait and see,” she mentioned.
If Piper does certainly turn into the Physician, she can be the third lady to fill the well-known footwear.
The Rwanda-born, Scotland-raised Gatwa, 29, was the primary Black actor to helm the present, however he wasn’t the primary Black Physician — Jo Martin performed “Fugitive Doctor” in a number of episodes. Gatwa took over the position from Jodie Whittaker in 2023.
Whittaker was the thirteenth Physician — and the primary lady to play the central galaxy-hopping, extraterrestrial Time Lord who regenerates into new our bodies, taking up from Peter Capaldi in 2017. Martin was the second lady.
“Doctor Who” first aired from 1963 to 1989 and returned in 2005. Within the U.S., new episodes air on Disney+.
