To say fans in the Doctor Who community are taking the uncertainty of the show’s future badly is a bit of an understatement. Since its return in 2005, fans have withstood changing cast, production teams, and even streaming partners with the knowledge of a clear path forward. This is not the case at the moment. At the climax of the second season of the show on Disney+, lead actor Ncuti Gatwa regenerated without warning and turned into Billie Piper with no explanation. Fans (me) were confused. This prompted a former writer of the series to say Doctor Who is “as dead as we’ve ever known it.” Series producer Jane Tranter was not pleased about this.

The full quote from writer Rob Shearman (“Dalek” from 2005, plus a number of spinoff works) came from Doctor Who Magazine . (h/t Den o

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