Millie Gibson has reportedly been dropped from Doctor Who after just one series and will be replaced by another TV star.
The former Coronation Street actress, 19, made her much-anticipated debut as the Fifteenth Doctor’s companion Ruby Sunday in the 2023 Christmas special.
The upcoming 2024 season of the smash hit sci-fi show will return to screens in May for an eight-episode run, with Ncuti Gatwa taking over as the iconic Time Lord.
However, Millie’s character Ruby has reportedly already been written out by showrunner Russell T Davies and it has been said she will be replaced by Varada Sethu for Ncuti’s second series.
An insider told The Mirror: ‘Millie Gibson has all but left now and there’s a brand new companion, which is really exciting. Russell is keeping things moving and isn’t letting the grass grow, that’s for sure.’
Millie Gibson has reportedly been dropped from Doctor Who after just one series and will be replaced by another TV star
The former Coronation Street actress, 19, made her much-anticipated debut as Ruby Sunday, the companion of Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor, in the 2023 Christmas special
It has been claimed that Millie will be finishing up on the show in the coming weeks to ‘tie up loose ends’ and will not appear in the 2024 Christmas special.
She will reportedly only appear in a handful of episodes before being replaced by Varada, 32, who is said to have already started filming at the show’s Cardiff studios.
Varada is well known for playing DS Mishal Ali in the BBC apocalyptic TV Series Hard Sun and also featured in Now You See Me 2 as Michael Caine’s character’s assistant.
She is also recognisable for her role as Cinta in Disney’s Star Wars spin-off series Andor, starring Diego Luna.
Previous Doctor Who companion Bill Potts, portrayed by Pearl Mackie, only had a one-series run on the sci-fi show alongside Peter Capaldi’s version of the Doctor.
Other companions have had stayed on the show for a number of years, including Jenna Coleman’s Clara Oswald, Billie Piper’s character Rose Tyler and Karen Gillan’s Amy Pond.
MailOnline has contacted the BBC and Millie and Varada’s representatives for comment.
The news comes just weeks after Doctor Who fans finally got to see Ncuti and Millie on-screen together in the hotly-anticipated Christmas special.
However, Millie’s character Ruby has reportedly already been written out of show by Russell T Davies and it has been said she will be replaced by Varada Sethu (pictured in February)
It has been claimed that Millie will be finishing up on the show in the coming weeks to ‘tie up loose ends’ and will not appear in the 2024 Christmas special
The news comes just weeks after Doctor Who fans finally got to see Ncuti and Millie on-screen together in the hotly-anticipated Christmas special, with fans gushing over the episode
The festive episode saw Ncuti’s incarnation of the famous traveller battle an army of goblins intent on causing bad luck for Ruby (Millie), an orphan determined to discover the truth about her past.
Penned by showrunner Russell T Davies, Ncuti’s performance was universally praised by fans, with many stunned to learn of his unexpected singing talents during the episode’s musical number.
The Goblin Song had been released as a single earlier in the month, but Ncuti and his co-star Millie’s vocals had been kept secret from viewers.
Ncuti made his first appearance as The Doctor in the third 60th Anniversary Special – when David Tennant’s Doctor ‘bi-generated’ and two incarnations of the Time Lord were created – before he officially took over the role in the Christmas special.
