“Physician Who” showrunner Russell T Davies is addressing the collection’ unsure future.

Final month’s finale of the present’s second season on the BBC and Disney+ noticed the departure of Ncuti Gatwa because the Physician and the reintroduction of Billie Piper (who performed companion Rose Tyler throughout David Tennant’s run within the early 2000s). Nevertheless, “Physician Who” has but to be picked up for a 3rd season by the BBC and Disney+. It was initially given a two-season order beneath a co-production pact between the businesses that hoped to boost “Physician Who’s” profile within the U.S.

In a column for the most recent problem of Physician Who Journal, Davies — who shepherded the 2005 revival of the collection earlier than returning in 2023 — admitted that even he doesn’t know the place the collection is headed.

“We don’t know what’s taking place but,” Davies wrote, asserting that he could be taking “a pause” in writing for the publication “whereas everybody works that out.” He added that “hopefully, we’ll have information quickly.”

Nevertheless, Davies insisted that he’s assured “Physician Who” will all the time exist in some type. “‘Physician Who’ won’t ever finish!” he wrote. “There are pathways resulting in potential futures — we’ve nonetheless received the thriller of that vivid and blazing ending, ‘Oh, howdy,’ sure certainly, howdy Billie!”

Although Gatwa’s Physician did regenerate into Piper, it was not explicitly acknowledged that she will probably be subsequent to wield the sonic screwdriver. In an announcement to the BBC after the episode’s airing, Piper stated followers should wait and see what her return means for the present.

“It’s no secret how a lot I really like this present, and I’ve all the time stated I might like to return to the Whoniverse as I’ve a few of my greatest reminiscences there, so to be given the chance to step again on that Tardis yet another time was simply one thing I couldn’t refuse, however who, how, why and when, you’ll simply have to attend and see,” Piper stated.

Rumors began swirling round Gatwa’s potential departure even earlier than the Season 2 premiere in April, however then intensified with scores down from final season. Gatwa, who made historical past as the primary brazenly queer Black actor to tackle the position, led “Physician Who” alongside companions performed by Millie Gibson and Varada Sethu.