Billie back as Doctor?

NCUTI GATWA has left Doctor Who and said he “loved every minute of it” as he is seen regenerating into Billie Piper in the season finale.

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Piper, 42, first appeared in the series as the companion to the ninth Doctor in 2005, playing Rose Tyler alongside Christopher Eccleston’s Time Lord - and then again for the 10th Doctor played by David Tennant.

Piper appeared to replace Gatwa, who leaves Doctor Who after two seasons in the science-fiction series, as she arrived on screen with the words “Oh, hello!”.

Piper said: “It’s no secret how much I love this show, and I have always said I would love to return to the Whoniverse as I have some of my best memories there, so to be given the opportunity to step back on that Tardis one more time was just something I couldn't refuse, but who, how, why and when, you'll just have to wait and see.”