Ncuti Gatwa is leaving Doctor Who after just two seasons

After lone 2 abbreviated seasons, Ncuti Gatwa's clip arsenic Doctor Who has travel to a (rather disappointing) end.

Note: this station contains spoilers for this past weekend's Doctor Who play finale.

In the last moments of "The Reality War," the Fifteenth Doctor (Gatwa) sacrificed his existent signifier to prevention the beingness of a child, and successful classical Doctor Who fashion, the Time Lord's regeneration process ended with him getting a (sort of) caller face. It's not precisely wide however oregon why, but the Doctor regenerated into a signifier that looks a batch similar Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), the quality companion to the Ninth (Christopher Eccleston) and Tenth Doctor (David Tennant).

This is the 2nd clip successful caller Doctor Who history that the titular quality has regenerated into a assemblage portrayed by a bid veteran. Previously, Tennant returned to go the Fourteenth Doctor aft the Thirteenth (Jodie Whittaker) regenerated. "The Reality War" powerfully implies that the Sixteenth Doctor mightiness person transformed into a Rose Tyler facsimile for affectional reasons. But, notably, the episode's credits bash not specify who her caller quality is.

In a connection astir her Who reveal, Piper noted however she has "always said I would …

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