Doctor Who” showrunner Russell T Davies is addressing the series’ uncertain future. Last month’s finale of the show’s second season at the BBC and Disney+ saw the departure of Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor and the reintroduction of Billie Piper (who played companion Rose Tyler during David Tennant’s run in the early 2000s).

Piper’s reintroduction marks the end of Gatwa’s run as The Doctor after two seasons. The Sun reported ahead of the finale that Gatwa had exited the series due to low ratings, and that Disney+ would no longer be a co-production partner of the show.

Doctor Who is in a strange place right now, comparable to when the original incarnation of the show went off the air in 1989. Granted, we’re not quite at that stage with the current version of the show,