17-05-2025
Next Doctor Who odds 2025: who is the favourite?
The future of Doctor Who has been the subject of a lot of discussion recently. According to reports, a decision has not been made on the future of the show after the current season.
Rumours have also swirled around whether Ncuti Gatwa could hang up the keys to the Tardis and be replaced - whether soon or later. The long-running sci-fi show does regularly switch its main character due to The Doctor's regenerative abilities.
Six actors have played The Doctor as a lead role in the modern revived era - dating back to 2005 and Christopher Eccleston. While a surprise seventh doctor has also appeared from time to time.
But if Ncuti Gatwa was to leave Doctor Who, who are the runners and riders to potentially replace him? have taken a look and offered up the latest odds - and it includes plenty of surprises and some left field options.
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1 . Danny Dyer - 2/1
This would make for a very different incarnation of The Doctor, but Danny Dyer is currently 2/1 to replaced Ncuti Gatwa via He is fresh off a big win at the BAFTA TV awards. |Photo:Photo Sales
2 . Jo Martin - 15/8
Could a return of The Fugitive Doctor be the way forward for Doctor Who? Introduced during the Thirteenth Doctor's adventures as a lost incarnation of The Doctor, Jo Martin returned in a flashback during The Story and the Engine in 2025. Fleshing out what happened during The Fugitive Doctor's time in the Tardis could make for strong story potential. Jo Martin is 15/8 to be the next Doctor via |for BFI Photo:for BFI Photo Sales
3 . Hugh Grant - 6/4
One that feels a bit left field - and like wishful thinking - but Hugh Grant has among the shortest odds to be the next Doctor Who. He has dabbled in TV over the years including an episode of HBO's The Regime - and was in a Doctor Who Red Nose Special back in 1999. He is 6/4 to replace Ncuti Gatwa via | BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images Photo Sales
4 . Aimee Lou Wood - 11/8
Aimee Lou Wood shot to fame on Netflix's Sex Education alongside Ncuti Gatwa and could she be poised to replace him on Doctor Who? Fresh off her acclaimed turn in The White Lotus season 3 she is 11/8 to be the next Doctor via |Photo:Photo Sales
