Let’s simply say it: The state of Physician Who, for the time being, will not be precisely all that nice. The sequence’s most up-to-date season concluded with a shock regeneration and Fifteenth Physician Ncuti Gatwa’s exit from the TARDIS after simply two seasons. The following Physician could or might not be (however most likely isn’t) former companion Billie Piper. There’s a whole spinoff about Sea Devils, of all issues, to get via subsequent yr. And the bigger destiny of the sequence stays in limbo whereas all of us look ahead to Disney+ to determine whether or not they need to stay the BBC’s manufacturing accomplice and proceed to air future seasons of the present.
Granted, Physician Who’s future is most likely not as bleak as this all makes it really feel. Whereas clearly an unintended break, this uncomfortable hiatus will in the future finish. The Piper twist (no matter it seems to be) will turn out to be one other piece of bizarre sequence lore. The BBC is nonetheless dedicated to the franchise, it doesn’t matter what Disney decides to do. In any case, this IP merely makes an excessive amount of cash to let it exit on such an terrible observe. It’s going to be okay, Whovians. Actually.
However should you want additional proof of this reality, look no additional than Prince William. Sure, actually. His Royal Highness made a uncommon pop culture-themed official go to to Dangerous Wolf Studios in Cardiff, ostensibly to fulfill with a number of the trainees supported by the Prince of Wales Bursary and Display screen Alliance Wales. However whereas he was there, the Prince of Wales additionally received a personal tour of the Physician Who set, together with a visit onboard the TARDIS.
That is, in fact, the type of factor that’s typically catnip for Anglophiles, Royal watchers, and Whovians. However William’s surprising go to can be a much-needed ray of hope in a time throughout which Physician Who followers haven’t precisely had a ton to have a good time. On essentially the most fundamental stage, it confirms that the TARDIS set remains to be standing, one thing many naysayers on-line, desirous to insist the sequence is being quietly canceled, had been insisting wasn’t the case. Physician Who might not be filming anytime quickly (sigh), however this isn’t the habits of a manufacturing firm that’s planning to pack all of it in at any second.
