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RTD's new memoir is out next week, and The Guardian have shared a tell-all extract that reveals what happened towards the end of the RTD2 era

In the extract, he talks at length about the difficulties in promoting the show for two years despite knowing the axe was going to fall, story details on his pitch for the abandoned 2026 Christmas special, his frustration that he couldn't have the 2025 leaker 'Andrew' arrested because the BBC thought prosecuting someone for leaking Doctor Who spoilers would look weird, and describing the Billie Piper cliffhanger as a 'piece of piss' you can either ignore or explain in seven words

I was lukewarm on the last series, but really loved Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor, but the shocking regeneration that seemingly gave us Rose as The Doctor really was a "oh shit" kind of twist. That being said, with everything that's happened since, do you think that whoever does pick the show up again, will they continue from that story thread, or do you think it'll be a Paul McGann situation all over again? A one and done and maybe will get officially brought back into the canon later down the line?