Overview

• Sienna-Robyn Mavanga-Phipps’ TikTok account confirmed that the original Season 2 finale ended with the Doctor, Ruby and Belinda celebrating at a party under the watch of Susan Foreman.
• The cut scene would have established Poppy as the Doctor’s daughter and linked her to Carole Ann Ford’s Susan Foreman as her granddaughter.
• Late-stage reshoots replaced the party sequence with an unexpected regeneration of Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor into Billie Piper’s Sixteenth Doctor.
• In an official BBC statement, Ncuti Gatwa confirmed his exit from the role and thanked fans for welcoming him to the Whoniverse.
• No formal renewal has been announced following Gatwa’s departure, leaving key storylines and the show’s continuation in question.