The fate of televised Doctor Who hasn’t been this unclear in decades. We don’t know when the series will be coming back to our screens – or even if it will, though it seems highly unlikely that one of the BBC’s most profitable shows will be left to wither on the vine. We certainly don’t know what form it will take, or how the behind-the-scenes production details will shake out.

But it’s not just the logistics of distribution deals that make this particular hiatus feel so fraught. The most recent season made some divisive storytelling choices, and the finale saw the surprise (and, to many fans, premature) exit of Ncuti Gatwa , as well as his apparent replacement by series icon Billie Piper – though again, the exact nature of Piper’s involvement remains a mystery.

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