Overview

• Former lead Jodie Whittaker returned in a surprise cameo to aid the outgoing Fifteenth Doctor in his final mission.
• The episode, titled “The Reality War,” aired globally as a primetime event on May 31, 2025.
• The storyline centers on the Doctor’s desperate effort to avert a universe-splitting time schism linked to a young companion.
• In the closing moments a new incarnation takes the TARDIS helm in a twist that echoes the series’ past.
• The BBC and Disney have not confirmed if or when the series will resume, leaving its future status unresolved.