Ncuti Gatwa Bids Adieu to 'Doctor Who': Gallifrey's Loss is Netflix's Gain, Apparently
By Poppy Posh, Published 2 days ago
Ah, the cataclysmic news has finally descended upon us, like a soufflé collapsing in a culinary disaster: Ncuti Gatwa has unceremoniously abandoned the TARDIS for greener pastures-or should we say, for Netflix pastures? Indeed, the man who dared to don the sonic screwdriver has now traded it in for the pedestrian allure of streaming services.
One can only imagine the shock, the horror, the sheer audacity of such a move. The BBC, with its genteel history of Who-whatery, now left to pick up the temporal pieces. And let's not forget Disney+, who probably expected to ride the TARDIS into a new realm of streaming fame, only to find themselves as jilted as a Victorian maiden whose courtship was abruptly terminated.
Oh, how the Whovians must be weeping into their fish fingers and custard. Here we have a scenario where the Doctor's regeneration, once a sacred, universe-altering event, is reduced to a mere plot device for the actor's career advancement. Can you imagine the next Doctor being selected based on Instagram followers? Perhaps in time, the TARDIS console will feature an endorsement deal with some high-street monstrosity, with sonic gadgets emblazoned with their logo.
Alas, we must bid adieu to Gatwa, who, with his charisma and charm, could have become the most memorable Doctor of all. Instead, he will now grace our screens with yet another pseudo-intellectual series, probably involving capers with a time-traveling kitchen sink, because, why not? In this era of content overload, even the Doctor has turned to streaming for sustenance.
