It’s been 20 years since Physician Who was revived, with the Ninth Physician performed by Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper enjoying his companion, Rose. She continued on in David Tennant‘s first season because the Tenth Physician, then returned in his final in addition to the fiftieth anniversary particular. She’s additionally now again in a regeneration twist following Ncuti Gatwa‘s two seasons because the Time Lord.
To have fun the twentieth anniversary of the present’s return, the BBC launched a particular Physician Who: Unleashed documentary with interviews from solid (together with Piper, Tennant, Jodie Whittaker, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, and Mandip Gill), crew, and writers on Saturday, June 7. (Unleashed episodes are posted after every episode on the present’s official YouTube channel.)
Because the 20 Years in Wales host Steffan Powell famous for the final phase (which you’ll be able to watch beneath), “Once we had been capturing this episode, the Unleashed crew had completely no concept about Billie’s return, so it solely appears proper to play out by sharing among the cheeky little hints she gave us throughout our interview.”
And on the finish of #DoctorWhoUnleashed‘s 20 Years particular, Steffan reveals that that they had no clue Billie was again… however she was dropping slightly trace or two when she was requested concerning the notion of coming again to #DoctorWho.
And so we finish on – Billie Piper’s ideas… pic.twitter.com/dBLmuPUciu
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Billie Piper mentioned, “Yeah, I’d come again. What’s humorous is that I by no means really feel like I’ve left Physician Who as a result of there may be this enormous Physician Who afterlife, which is, clearly individuals nonetheless actually wish to discuss it, it’s an enormous fandom so we do conventions and we meet plenty of the followers, and there’s at all times options and it’s at all times on the TV on some channel and a brand new technology choose it up. So it by no means feels prefer it’s over prefer it does with all the opposite jobs I’ve performed. So coming again is admittedly good enjoyable, however I additionally — so I’d do it, however I nonetheless really feel like I’m in it, only a lot older.”
Her assertion about coming again being “actually good enjoyable” could possibly be her nod to her present return, as Powell mentioned, or it might merely be a reference to her earlier appearances following her exit.
The Physician Who Season 2 finale on Could 31 ended with Gatwa’s Physician regenerating into Piper. There’s, nonetheless, a query of who precisely she’s enjoying for the reason that credit didn’t record, “Introducing Billie Piper because the Physician,” as they often do for the subsequent actor enjoying the Time Lord. With it simply saying, “Introducing Billie Piper,” she might in some way be enjoying Rose and even Dangerous Wolf (created when she seemed into the TARDIS) once more. We’ll simply have to attend and see.