With just 18 episodes under his belt and moving on at a time when the show's future was temporarily in doubt, Gatwa's story isn't completely new to the show -- it has echoes of 1985. 

But with the actor apparently now done with Doctor Who and the show struggling to achieve the same levels of adoration we saw previously with its (perhaps outgoing) showrunner, we wonder how Gatwa's episodes will be looked upon in years to come...

Shownotes

The Rest is Entertainment on "The Future of Doctor Who"

Bonnie Langford talks Reality War reshoots

As ever, the longer edition of this podcast went out on Patreon first. There is also a video of that chat.

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