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Doctor Who faces its most uncertain future in decades after Ncuti Gatwa’s departure following just two seasons as the Fifteenth Doctor. Former series writer Robert Shearman declared in Doctor Who Magazine issue 622 (via Cultbox),

I go through phases, I have a real push/pull thing with the show. At the moment I’m in a ‘pull’ phase. It’s weird because the show is probably as dead as we’ve ever known it.

Gatwa regenerated into Billie Piper in the Season 15 finale on May 31, 2025, but the exact role remains unclear.

With no confirmed Sixteenth Doctor, no Season 16 greenlight, and Disney’s streaming partnership uncertain, the franchise confronts challenges that…

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