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Ncuti Gatwa shows off his very own Doctor Who doll despite claims he will leave the show amid falling ratings and 'woke' storylines


The BBC programme is said to have been paused for an extended break amid criticism about recent 'woke' plots involving non-binary aliens , incels and even a pregnant male extra-terrestrial.

There was some anger as the announcement Rwandan-Scottish actor Ncuti had withdrawn from presenting Eurovision came moments after Israel's Yuval Raphael - a survivor of the October 7 attacks - qualified for the final with her song New Day Will Rise. BBC bosses had Sophie Ellis-Bextor on stand-by to reveal the UK's jury results on last night's Eurovision song contest 'for some time' as they believed Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa would 'change his mind'. With his mass of curled hair and legendary striped scarf, Tom Baker was both the longest-serving Classic era Doctor and its most iconic, partly due to his partnership with Sarah Jane, played by the late Elizabeth Sladen.

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