Doctor Who star Millie Gibson has addressed her future on the show ahead of the new series launching next month, where she will star alongside Ncuti Gatwa.
The actress, 19, spoke in an interview with Radio Times where she broke her silence about rumors that she was fired after just one series.
She made her long-awaited debut as the Fifteenth Doctor’s companion Ruby Sunday in the 2023 Christmas special, but after it was reported that she had been dropped after just one series.
The upcoming 2024 season of the hit sci-fi show will return to screens in May for an eight-episode run, with Ncuti, 31, taking on the role of the iconic Time Lord.
However, earlier this year it was reported that Millie would only appear in a handful of episodes before being replaced by Varada Sethu, 32, who was said to have already started filming.
Doctor Who star Millie Gibson has addressed her future on the show ahead of the new series launching next month, where she will star alongside Ncuti Gatwa.
The actress, 19, spoke in an interview with Radio Times where she broke her silence about rumors that she was fired after just one series.
But now the BBC has announced that Gibson and Sethu will appear in the 2025 series alongside Ncuti.
Millie has said that she hasn’t filmed Ruby’s final scene yet and that her day isn’t over yet.
In terms of his long-term future on the show, he told the publication, “I know how next season will end.” But after that I can only guess.
“In a few decades I may be here with a cane.”
To accompany the interview, the couple posed together in a series of shots in various costumes from the show.
In January it was claimed that Millie would be finishing Doctor Who in the coming weeks to “tie up loose ends” and would not appear in the 2024 Christmas special.
An informant said Mirror: ‘Millie Gibson is almost gone and there’s a new partner, which is really exciting. Russell keeps things moving and doesn’t let the grass grow, that’s for sure.’
MailOnline contacted Millie and Varada’s representatives at the time. The BBC declined to comment on the claims.
She made her long-awaited debut as the Fifteenth Doctor’s companion Ruby Sunday in the 2023 Christmas special, but after it was reported that she had been dropped after just one series.
To accompany the interview, the couple posed together in a series of shots in various costumes from the show.
In terms of his long-term future on the show, he told the publication, “I know how next season will end.” But after that I can only guess. In a few decades I may be here with a cane.
It comes after Ncuti admitted he is “terrified” ahead of the start of the new series of Doctor Who in two weeks.
The actor’s first full run in the TARDIS will hit screens on Saturday, May 11, with the long-awaited series releasing its first two episodes on BBC iPlayer at midnight.
The episodes will arrive on BBC One on the same day, ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest grand final.
Ncuti made his debut as Time Lord on Christmas Day in a special episode of the show last year, but his first full series will air next month.
When asked how he felt ahead of the release during an appearance on The One Show last Friday, he said: “Scary, terrifying, but also exciting because we’ve put so much love into it.”
‘I’m ready for the world to see. Heart is racing but ready for it.’
The new season of Doctor Who will see Ncuti return as the Fifteenth Doctor, alongside Millie as Ruby, after they made their debut on Christmas Day last year in The Church on Ruby Road.
In the upcoming series, audiences will see the Doctor and Ruby travel through time and space on adventures to unknown lands, Regency-era England, outer space worlds and the 1960s.
Ncuti will become the first queer Doctor Who and the first black Time Lord in a full series.
He said Variety: ‘Did you know? It makes a lot of sense to me.
“I feel like anyone who has a problem with someone who isn’t a straight white man playing this character isn’t really a true fan of the show. You haven’t been watching!”
‘Because the show is about regeneration and the Doctor is an alien, why would they only choose to be this type of person?’
Showrunner Russell T Davies echoed Ncuti’s thoughts: “They weren’t exactly the straightest men of the past.
On how the Doctor differs from the screen star, Russell added: “You’re talking about someone who has a lightness and a joy that, to me, rings with a strange energy.”
“He rarely drives the story vehemently, but you will see moments exploring it. We will not hand over a neutered doctor.
Ncuti made his first appearance as The Doctor in the third 60th anniversary special in December, when The Doctor ‘bigenerated’, meaning two incarnations of him existed at the same time.
He and the Fourteenth Doctor (played by David Tennant) foiled the Toymaker’s evil plan.
The previous incarnation decided to stay on Earth with her own TARDIS, her best friend Donna Noble, and her family.
Speaking ahead of the festive episode, titled The Church On Ruby Road, Ncuti revealed he wants to bring his “beautiful black self” to the character, when asked what will be different in his incarnation of the Doctor.
He said: “It’s a very difficult question to answer because the role of the Doctor is everything anyway.”
Now the BBC has announced that Gibson and Sethu will appear in the 2025 series alongside Ncuti.
Ncuti will become the first queer Doctor Who and the first black Time Lord in a full series
“He’s an explorer who’s been around for a billion years, so he’s got a lot of quirks and complexities, rage and joy, and he’s filled with a lot of emotions.
“So choosing what I was going to highlight differently is a very difficult question to answer.
‘I guess it’s me, my beautiful black self. I bring my blackness.’
Ncuti will be the first black actor to take on a full-time role as The Doctor, after Jo Martin briefly played a version of the character in 2020.
