It ’s the destruction of an erafor Doctor Who , even if we might not see the ramification of it for quite a while . Jodie Whittaker , the 13th Doctor , has filmed theend of her time as a Time Lord — but she does n’t require to know her substitution for a while .
Earlier this workweek , the BBC formally confirmed that both Whittaker and Mandip Gil , who play companion Yaz on the serial , had wrapped filming on the show . While this could ’ve just been for the approaching time of year , Doctor Who : Flux , talk on The Graham Norton Show the actress confirmed that her one-half of her regeneration had also been filmed . This also indicates that Whittaker has cease film the serial of specials congeal to aura during 2022 , leaving the path forward toa novel showrunnerand fourteenth Doctor in the year of Who ’s 60th day of remembrance . “ They are never going to order me who it is [ that ’s replacing me ] , ” Whittaker suppose on the talk show ( viaRadio Times ) . But while she ’s not met the fresh Dr. , she has indeed sound out farewell to her own . “ We shoot some scenes [ for the regeneration ] , but the new Doctor was n’t there , ” Whittaker continued . “ I was n’t there for Peter [ Capaldi ] , and I only match him months subsequently when I passed him in the street ! ”
That ’s a wrapping ! Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill have finished filming 🎬 ❤ ️❤️pic.twitter.com/g8d1XpuKzK
Goodbye to the Doctor and Yaz, even if we won’t see there farewell for quite a bit.Image: BBC
— Doctor Who ( @bbcdoctorwho)October 13 , 2021
One Doctor Who gang and an actor filming one side of a Doctor ’s regeneration , and another with a young histrion shoot the other months later , is not uncommon in the sci - fi serial history , particularly when an actor ’s release coincides with a new showrunner and production squad affect in . As Whittaker herself observe , her side of the positive feedback from the 12th Doctor was shot wellafter Capaldi had frivol away his own episode ; a separate group from Steven Moffat ’s product team came in to shoot Matt Smith ’s first scene as the Doctor during David Tennant ’s leave-taking . Quite infamously , Colin Baker ’s judgement of dismissal as the Sixth Doctor direct to the thespian refusing to return to shoot his regeneration in “ Time and The Rani , ” leading to an … unconvincing camouflage for incoming Doctor Sylvester McCoy .
So while it ’s not unusual , it ’s nevertheless the beginning of an end for Doctor Who ’s current epoch . Doctor Who time of year 13 , titled Doctor Who : Flux , will begin on October 30 on BBC One and BBC America — with the six - part seriesconfirmed this weekby the BBC to have been pen almost entirely by outgoing showrunner Chris Chibnall , with episode four co - written by “ The Haunting of Villa Diodati ” scribe Maxine Alderton . Returning conductor Jamie Magnus Stone and Azhur Saleem directed the serial .
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