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As Doctor Who season comes to a close on BBC One, new Time Lord Ncuti Gatwa faces his toughest test yet - to get Disney executives to order another series


As part of the Disney deal each new episode is shown in iPlayer at midnight on friday at the same time US viewers can access it.

When the Sex Education star took on the role, the BBC had struck a deal with Disney rumoured to be worth $100million in the hopes that the Britain's oldest science fiction show would dominate TVs around the world. To help that world domination Russel T Davies, who originally joined the show 16 years ago for a re-boot after poor ratings, was sent on a press tour across the USA to encourage more state-side viewers. Russel T Davies (pictured), who originally joined the show 16 years ago for a re-boot after poor ratings, was sent on a press tour across the USA to encourage more state-side viewers

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