For a moment there, an awful lot of people thought Olly Alexander could be Jodie Whittaker's Doctor Who successor - until his manager confirmed that the Years and Years singer wasn't set to be the 14th Doctor after all.

In this week's podcast we take a look at the rise and fall of this particular rumour, and try to guess when we'll actually learn the truth about the next Doctor - whoever he or she might be.

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