After the upcoming season finale, the way forward for Physician Who is wanting somewhat unclear, amid experiences that the present might be “rested” on the finish of the present sequence.
Final week, the BBC shut down experiences suggesting that Ncuti had been “axed” from the present, which got here months after it was first claimed within the tabloid press he’d be stepping down from his function as The Physician later this 12 months.
“Any suggestion that Ncuti Gatwa has been ‘axed’ is pure fiction,” a spokesperson instructed HuffPost UK.
They added: “As now we have beforehand said, the choice on season three will probably be made after season two airs and every other claims are simply pure hypothesis.”
Stating {that a} co-production cope with Disney+ was all the time as a consequence of finish after 26 episodes – and that there’s nonetheless “a complete spin off, The Battle Between The Land And The Sea” to air later this 12 months – the BBC rep concluded: “As for the remaining, we by no means touch upon The Physician and future storylines.”
The ultimate instalment within the present season of Physician Who is because of air on BBC One on Saturday 31 Could.