The imminent replacement of Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi affords the franchise yet another opportunity to shake things up with a female Doctor, or man of another race.
Waller-Bridge is likely off the table, but is The BBC setting itself up for backlash, to tease a female Doctor before regenerating another male?
There’s also the fact that Waller-Bridge is likely filming Ron Howard’s Han Solo reshoots for the foreseeable future (the Doctor Who Christmas special is already in production), to say nothing of supposed Fleabag Season 2 production in November, denial from her own theatre company, or the in-demand writer-actress’ other projects.
Stay tuned for the latest on Doctor Who’s Christmas special and Season 11 as it arrives.