'Doctor Who' season finale surprises fans with an exit — and a familiar face

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A acquainted look to “Doctor Who” fans is rejoining the long-running British sci-fi bid arsenic Ncuti Gatwa exits the pb relation aft 2 seasons

LONDON -- A acquainted look to “Doctor Who” fans is rejoining the long-running British sci-fi bid arsenic Ncuti Gatwa exits the pb relation aft 2 seasons.

In Saturday’s play finale, Gatwa’s Time Lord regenerated and fans got a glimpse of Billie Piper, who played the quality Rose Tyler for 35 episodes betwixt 2005 and 2013. Tyler was a companion to versions of the doc played by Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant.

Producers are keeping Piper's caller relation concealed — for now.

“Just however and wherefore she is backmost remains to beryllium seen,” the BBC said successful a connection aft the finale aired.

“It’s an honour and a hoot to invited her backmost to the TARDIS, but rather however and wherefore and who is simply a communicative yet to beryllium told,” showrunner Russell T Davies said successful a statement.

Piper said “Doctor Who” has provided immoderate of her champion memories and she couldn’t walk up the accidental to travel back.

“It’s nary concealed however overmuch I emotion this show, and I person ever said I would emotion to instrumentality ... but who, how, wherefore and when, you’ll conscionable person to hold and see,” she said.

If Piper does so go the Doctor, she would beryllium the 3rd pistillate to capable the celebrated shoes.

The Rwanda-born, Scotland-raised Gatwa, 29, was the archetypal Black histrion to helm the show, but helium wasn’t the archetypal Black Doctor — Jo Martin played “Fugitive Doctor” successful respective episodes. Gatwa took implicit the relation from Jodie Whittaker successful 2023.

Whittaker was the 13th Doctor — and the archetypal woman to play the cardinal galaxy-hopping, extraterrestrial Time Lord who regenerates into caller bodies, taking implicit from Peter Capaldi successful 2017. Martin was the 2nd woman.

“Doctor Who” archetypal aired from 1963 to 1989 and returned successful 2005. In the U.S., caller episodes aerial connected Disney+.