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South Wales Guardian
06-08-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Billie Piper teases about Doctor Who 'lies' in interview
The 42-year-old appeared to replace Ncuti Gatwa as his character underwent a regeneration at the end of the episode. Gatwa, 32, said he left the programme because 'it's a role that demands a lot of you, physically and emotionally and mentally'. I don't care how it happened but I need Billie Piper to be the Doctor for real, not just a plot twist scene. She'd be so good. 'This is such a minefield, I have to really engage with how I answer this,' she told an audience about the appearance at Florida Supercon, according to Deadline. '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.' Speaking about the high level of secrecy around her involvement in the show, she said: 'I just found it quite moving, and it was really fun to film because it had such a sort of cloak-and-dagger feeling about getting it made. Recommended reading: "So, yeah, I have to lie a lot about anything to do with Doctor Who, it seems. 'It's no secret how much I love this show.' She added: 'I have always said I would love to return to the Whoniverse as I have some of my best memories there, so to be given the opportunity to step back on that Tardis one more time was just something I couldn't refuse, but who, how, why and when you'll just have to wait and see."
The Herald Scotland
06-08-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Billie Piper teases about Doctor Who 'lies' in interview
Gatwa, 32, said he left the programme because 'it's a role that demands a lot of you, physically and emotionally and mentally'. I don't care how it happened but I need Billie Piper to be the Doctor for real, not just a plot twist scene. She'd be so good. — william 🏳️🌈 (@beeeeeeaan) August 3, 2025 'This is such a minefield, I have to really engage with how I answer this,' she told an audience about the appearance at Florida Supercon, according to Deadline. '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.' Speaking about the high level of secrecy around her involvement in the show, she said: 'I just found it quite moving, and it was really fun to film because it had such a sort of cloak-and-dagger feeling about getting it made. Recommended reading: "So, yeah, I have to lie a lot about anything to do with Doctor Who, it seems. 'It's no secret how much I love this show.' She added: 'I have always said I would love to return to the Whoniverse as I have some of my best memories there, so to be given the opportunity to step back on that Tardis one more time was just something I couldn't refuse, but who, how, why and when you'll just have to wait and see."
Miami Herald
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Meet our favorite cosplayers at the 2025 Florida Supercon in Miami Beach
They came to the Miami Beach Convention Center wearing painted faces and homemade masks, complicated headpieces and gravity-defying shoes, lugging swords crafted not from steel but from foam, glue and sheer determination. They came as video game villains and big-screen superheroes, anime princesses and obscure creatures from other worlds. Professor Dumbledore from the 'Harry Potter' series was there. So were Nick Fury from the Marvel Universe and the ever-green Elphaba from 'Wicked' and pretty much every 'Star Wars' character from Greedo to the Emperor and R2D2, too. The annual Florida Supercon drew thousands of cosplayers to the three-day event for panels, games, photo ops, dance parties and autograph signings from stars like Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye from the Marvel Universe); John Boyega (from the 'Star Wars' franchise); and Billie Piper and Christopher Eccleston ('Doctor Who'). Look in one direction and you might spot Poison Ivy. Look the other way and Doctor Who appears, waving a sonic screwdriver. You could barely turn around without tripping over a character from 'One Piece.' And the ultracreepy Pyramid Head from the 'Silent Hill' horror video game inspired more than a few costumes — and probably a few nightmares as well. Here are some of our favorite costumes from Florida Supercon, which continues 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. on Sunday.
