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If you’ve seen the Doctor Who series 15 finale, you probably have some questions about THAT scene.

The Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) regenerates, and when the process is complete, we see Billie Piper emerge. Is Billie playing Rose Tyler again? Or is she the Sixteenth Doctor? Has reality shifted? What’s going on?

There’s a lot of questions, and Billie Piper isn’t ready to answer them just yet.

“Oh, this is such a minefield, and now I have to really engage with how I answer this,” Piper says during an appearance at Florida Supercon.” Okay, all I can say is I was approached very last minute, and I can’t talk about in what capacity, but I found it very emotional to film, and I think it’s a really great ending. As in, I found it quite moving. And it was really fun to film because it had such a cloak-and-dagger feeling about getting it made. So, yeah, I have to lie a lot about everything to do with Doctor Who it seems.”

Skillful answer, Piper.

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has stated that we could be in for a long hiatus before Doctor Who series 16 begins. If that’s the case, we’ll be speculating about Piper’s new role for some time. However, Piper has shown that she can dance around any questions the fans throw her way, so it’s safe to say we won’t be getting any spoilers. At least from her.

We filmed the entire Doctor Who panel with Billie Piper and Christopher Eccleston just for our Popverse members.

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