Doctor Who is reportedly facing the axe, while lead actor Ncuti Gatwa is said to be on the verge of quitting amid a huge drop in ratings and growing fan fury at woke storylines. The Mail has the story.
The long-running sci-fi show has suffered a huge drop in ratings of late, with fans said to be fed up of the injection of woke storylines.
The Scottish actor, 32, joined the show in 2023 after Jodie Whittaker bowed out as the Time Lord, but it’s rumoured that he’s set to walk away from the BBC show after just two seasons.
According to reports, a decision on the show’s future will only be decided by bosses once Ncuti’s second series hits screens later this year.
It is thought that Ncuti has already filmed his regeneration exit scene, with crews allegedly fearing that this could spell the end of the series after a whopping 62 years.
A source told the Sun: “Ncuti doesn’t want to be tied to the series beyond this and plans to relocate to Los Angeles with several Hollywood projects standing by for him.
“His team also see a lot of fan backlash from the series, and don’t want the perception of him still being the Doctor to get in the way of any future work.
“The show has been poorly managed in recent years and there’s a lot of people who’ve been working on this show for years and now being cast aside due to poor leadership.”
The insider added that people had warned that the episodes were becoming “too caught up on an agenda” rather than focusing on “telling a story”, with those people apparently being “shouted down” and “ignored”.
MailOnline has contacted representatives of BBC and Ncuti for comment.
According to the Sun, Ncuti’s first series attracted between “2.25 million and 3.18 million viewers, much less than previous series”.
However, a Doctor Who spokesperson added to the Sun: “This story is incorrect. Doctor Who has not been shelved. As we have previously stated, the decision on season three will be made after season two airs. The deal with Disney+ was for 26 episodes — and exactly half of those still have to transmit.”
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The Mail takes a look at some of the programme’s wokest moments:
Fuming ‘Whovians’ were left outraged at the introduction of transgender and non-binary characters who would lash out at people “assuming their gender”, as well as a deranged new villain played by a drag queen. …
The slump comes after Russell T. Davies returned as showrunner and introduced a string of controversial plots – which included David Tennant’s Doctor realising he was gay after developing a crush on the “hot” Sir Isaac Newton.
Tennant, who stepped back into the Tardis to be the 14th doctor for three Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials, made the hint about his sexuality in a comment to Catherine Tate, who returned as his assistant Donna Noble.
In the exchange about Newton – who appears to be of Indian heritage [!!!] in the show and is played by Nathaniel Curtis – Donna said: “Is it just me or was Isaac Newton hot?”
And the Doctor replied: “He was, wasn’t he? He was so hot. Oh! Is that who I am now?”
Donna added: “Well, it was never too far from the surface, mate. I always thought you…”
In the anniversary special, fans were also introduced to Donna Noble’s transgender daughter, Rose, played by trans actor Yasmin Finney.
The 21-year-old, most recognised for his role as Elle Argent in Heartstopper, scolded Tennant’s Doctor for “assuming the gender” of an alien.
Tennant was called out by Finney’s character for describing a fluffy rat-like creature called Beep The Meep as “him”.
Rose lambasted the Doctor’s assumption that the alien was a ‘he’, asking him: “You’re assuming he as a pronoun?”
In an exchange dubbed “cringe-worthy” by some viewers, the Doctor then apologised and asked Meep if it was a “he or she or they”, to which the creature replied: “My chosen pronoun is the definite article. I am always The Meep.” …
Fans also lamented at the introduction of the screeching, wide-mouthed, ginger-haired non-binary villain, Maestro – played by American drag queen Jinkx Monsoon.
The camp icon, who is seen slithering out of a piano while gurning and laughing maniacally, went viral for correcting another character for using ‘him’ pronouns incorrectly.
In the show, Maestro encounters a man who warns other characters to “get away from him” – to which the villain replies: “Them.”
“What?” the bemused man then asks. “I’m ‘them’, but my notation is ‘Maestro’,” Monsoon’s character then replies, before going on to use musical chords as a weapon. …
And back in 2018, when Jodie Whittaker was the titular Time Lord, fans were introduced to a heavily pregnant man as one of the side characters.
The ‘man’ called Yoss is an alien from a species known as the Gifftans. He reveals that unlike humans, both male and female Gifftans can give birth – with men giving birth to boys and women giving birth to girls.
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