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The Downton Abbey sisters all prepare to woo the mysterious new suitor in town named "The Mandalorian"
If only.
I think this kind of thing is just a standard part of promotion for productions like this, I follow Disney on IG and did a big Elio event for a bunch of influencers at Pixar.
influencers one of the saddest human inventions
So apparently one of the reasons Ncuti left is because of the physical toll of the role and apparently he's old now 
Doesn't rule out returning one day
Doesn't rule out returning one day
Ncuti Gatwa reveals whether he'd return to Doctor Who – after 'physical, emotional, mental' toll of role
Ncuti Gatwa has opened up on departing Doctor Who after a short tenure as the Doctor.
www.radiotimes.com
I'm remembering the interview with Peter Capaldi where he theorized that he and Matt Smith had both blown out their knees because of excessively doing the run/stop/pivot-dramatically move.
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So apparently one of the reasons Ncuti left is because of the physical toll of the role and apparently he's old now
Doesn't rule out returning one day
Ncuti Gatwa reveals whether he'd return to Doctor Who – after 'physical, emotional, mental' toll of role
Ncuti Gatwa has opened up on departing Doctor Who after a short tenure as the Doctor.www.radiotimes.com
Metro reports the same story, but refers to him as implying he’s coming back. It also refers to fan reaction to Belinda’s character assassination.
So apparently one of the reasons Ncuti left is because of the physical toll of the role and apparently he's old now
Capaldi 40 episodes.
Gatwa 18, 3 of which he's barely in.
And one of which he spends almost the entire episode standing still! (Admittedly that's probably not exactly relaxing)
I'm more and more convinced there's a story beyond his departure. Not a full-on Eccleston situation but something happened.
He went from talking about shooting S3 this year to them having to reshoot the ending to get rid of him in the span of a few weeks.
He went from talking about shooting S3 this year to them having to reshoot the ending to get rid of him in the span of a few weeks.
So apparently one of the reasons Ncuti left is because of the physical toll of the role and apparently he's old now
Doesn't rule out returning one day
Ncuti Gatwa reveals whether he'd return to Doctor Who – after 'physical, emotional, mental' toll of role
Ncuti Gatwa has opened up on departing Doctor Who after a short tenure as the Doctor.www.radiotimes.com
He mentions that in the after episode material
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I mean maybe Millie wasn't the problem?
I do wonder if RTD wishes he'd just gone with Toby Stephens (or whoever it actually was)
So apparently one of the reasons Ncuti left is because of the physical toll of the role and apparently he's old now
Doesn't rule out returning one day
Ncuti Gatwa reveals whether he'd return to Doctor Who – after 'physical, emotional, mental' toll of role
Ncuti Gatwa has opened up on departing Doctor Who after a short tenure as the Doctor.www.radiotimes.com
if it's causing issues with his knees then it's probably a good thing.
He might be younger than the other actors to take on the role and much fitter but he's still got a long a career ahead but it he starts to have serious knee problems it's going to bring things to a screeching halt.
Not to mention, Tennant's back was wrenched pretty badly filming "The Next Doctor." And Matt Smith's knees were already shot from his earlier football injury.
Less running? Less physical stuff? More stuntmen? The physical toll filming Doctor Who takes appears to be a real problem. There has to be a solution.
I'm not taking the 'I was worn out by the role' story seriously for a moment, and I'm assuming it's something Gatwa agreed to say to keep the behind-the-scenes goings on a secret.
It's probably nothing sinister going on and the BBC/Bad Wolf just want to keep their business dealings private. The most plausible answer seems to be that Disney were dragging their feet on whether they wanted to pay for a third season, and he couldn't stick around and lose out on jobs.
It's probably nothing sinister going on and the BBC/Bad Wolf just want to keep their business dealings private. The most plausible answer seems to be that Disney were dragging their feet on whether they wanted to pay for a third season, and he couldn't stick around and lose out on jobs.
83 year-old Harrison Ford is on the phone to 63 year-old Tom Cruise talking about what a bunch of wimps the DW stars must be.
Seems like he very much was commited to a third series and Disney was prolonging things to a breaking point for Ncuti. At that point, RTD may have felt slighted, but obviously overcame soon enough to write the rewrite we witnessed in The Reality War. That also hints, to me, that the long hiatus rumors are much, much more serious and have been for a time longer than just these last few months.
Basically, we're in for the longest haul since the 1996-2005 one. I only hope its short, like a couple of years or so.
Basically, we're in for the longest haul since the 1996-2005 one. I only hope its short, like a couple of years or so.
I think that the BBC could just go it alone with a reduced budget, smaller episode count and an uptick in quarry usage.
Give it a year, and we might be singing a different tune.
I'll take a gamble and say we'll hear something about specials being made for 2027, with or without a streaming partner.
Give it a year, and we might be singing a different tune.
I'll take a gamble and say we'll hear something about specials being made for 2027, with or without a streaming partner.
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