Billie Piper rules out replacing Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who

Former Doctor Who star Billie Piper has ruled herself out of replacing Peter Capaldi when the Time Lord regenerates at the end of the upcoming series but has backed calls for the new Doctor to be female. Capaldi has announced that he will leave the Tardis in the Christmas special later this year, saying his time as the 12th Doctor has been “cosmic”.

11 things we learned from the first Doctor Who series 10 trailer

Today’s Doctor Who Christmas special was capped off by an action-packed trailer for series ten of the sci-fi drama, stuffed full of new details, characters and adventures that shot by in the blink of an eye. Lucky for you, then, that here at RadioTimes.com we were able to pull out a few of the more interesting details from our first proper look at the long-awaited series.