— saying that jodie whittaker a chris chibnall said they only wanted to do three _ chibnall said theyhe ratings have not been _ that, the fact that the ratings have not been necessarily successful in its most _ not been necessarily successful in its most recent series and suggests the fact— its most recent series and suggests the fact that you are having to bring — the fact that you are having to bring in — the fact that you are having to bring in a _ the fact that you are having to bring in a new showrunner as well as a new_ bring in a new showrunner as well as a new doctor, — bring in a new showrunner as well as a new doctor, that could mean yet another _ a new doctor, that could mean yet another relaunch. i kind of suggest that maybe dr who might need a bit of a rethink. that maybe dr who might need a bit ofa rethink. i that maybe dr who might need a bit of a rethink. i think it still and could — of a rethink. i think it still and could be — of a rethink. i think it still and could be popular. obviously it's got hu-e could be popular. obviously it's got huge international appeal an

showrunner chris chibnall, who appointed the actress in the role, will also be leaving.rt with dr who. jody whitaker has had enough. yes, not hu:el jody whitaker has had enough. fie: not hugely surprising. she jody whitaker has had enough. .23 not hugely surprising. she will have done by the time this comes out, the last episode goes out around 0ctober. she will have done around the same number of episodes like the series and a few specials as stated tenants, as matt smith, as peter capaldi, so it's, i think i'm a not surprising news that she wants to move on, and of course, that's the beauty of doctor who as a show and as a programme. there are people who will have left her tenure as the doctor, people will have been less keen and had other performers who were their favourite doctor going back to the past, but the way that show reinvents itself every few years by having that device of thinking, well, 0k, years by having that device of thinking, well, ok, the lead actor is moving on, how can we deal with this? well it has this device called regeneration where part of the

who is going to be in charge of doctor who for when jodie whittaker and the current showrunner chris chibnallpoint when they are coming along and have lots of talent, but before they are too massively big that other people can come along and swamp them with bigger offers or more control orjust better use of their time. people talked about phoebe waller—bridge before jodie whittaker was appointed. she has got a huge, 20 million+ deal with amazon, she's doing her own material all over the place, does she really want to spend nine months of the year working on a show that she doesn't write and isn't involved in except acting, which is a hard job, five, six—day weeks for three quarters of the year. there are people coming up, lovely people like amari douglas, who we saw in russell t davies' it's a sin, actresses like hermione corlfield. if you'd asked me two years ago, i might have said florence pugh, but again, now she's too big, she's an oscar nominee, she's in black widow, she's doing massive stuff all over the globe. not too big for doctor who, surely? the bbc can't compete with the time and