It's the Sixth Doctor discussing the Sixteenth, and Colin Baker makes a salient point about Billie Piper's status as Doctor Who 's potential new lead. Doctor Who fans are no strangers to utter confusion, but season 15's finale defiantly raised that bar when Ncuti Gatwa regenerated into Billie Piper .

For context, it must be stressed that the rampant uncertainty surrounding Doctor Who season 16 put Russell T Davies in a very difficult position. With Gatwa needing to be written out, the show's future unclear, and audiences expecting a big finish, Doctor Who found itself seeking an open-ended, ambiguous solution that could serve as both a conclusion and a beginning.

Presenting Billie Piper as (possibly) the Sixteenth Doctor achieved that, but not without creating more proble

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