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From: solar penguin <solar.penguin@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: This is not the end, and the Moment was not prepared for
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 09:58:00 -0000 (UTC)
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The Last Doctor <mike@xenocyte.com> wrote:

> Tell me how you do a regeneration scene without doing a regeneration scene.
> 
> What if ... the next Doctor has not been cast yet, and Billie Piper is
> playing the Moment in a call back to the Watcher in Logopolis. The next
> Doctor then emerges from her at the start of the next episode.
> 
> This allows RTD to film Ncuti's departure before casting his successor. I'm
> currently hoping this is all a gimmick. Because I'm not sure I can cope
> with Billie as the Doctor - I'm still disappointed that they wasted Archie
> Panjabi as the Rani. She was top of my list for the next female Doctor.
> 

TBH at this point, I’d rather keep Billie Piper as the Doctor and
replace RTD.

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solar penguin