Could Rebecca Root become the first transgender Doctor Who?

The trio wrapped up a day of Doctor Who festivities that also included a session with NuWho’s first showrunner, Russell T Davies and a fascinating discussion about The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who with experts Simon Guerrier and Dr Marek Kukula.

Peter Capaldi has said making more than one series of Doctor Who in a year would mean the quality of the show would suffer. Once Peter Capaldi explains why, the reason becomes clear and makes a lot of sense.

The Time Lord, 57, skirted around questions about his future on the show at the Radio Times Festival in London at the weekend, but is expected to be back again in 2016.

“We’ve been going since January 6 and the crew, who are wonderful, are exhausted”. We do the best we can to produce our show to an immensely high quality.

Fans of Doctor Who will all be aware by now that current companion, Jenna Coleman, is bowing out of the show towards the end of the current series.

Recently, Doctor Who has given us a fez fanatic and a fabulously frowny Scotsman, but who could be next to take control of the TARDIS? While this fact is more than a little humorous considering the lineage of the series – classic Who episodes from the 60s, 70s, and 80s include some comically bad effects – its nonetheless true.

He added that executive producer Steven Moffat would not be able to commit to more episodes, saying it would compromise his vision. Nothing is more terrifying than more “Night Terrors” or “Fear Her”. He now plays the 12th incarnation of the Doctor.

“I would always be happy (to return) if there was a good story”, she told Entertainment Weekly. While we might get a few more weak episodes, Wednesday nearly certainly get more great episodes as well.