Warning: Major spoilers ahead for Doctor Who episode The Reality War.
As Doctor Who season 15 bows out, the show has aired a jaw-dropping twist, with Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor regenerating and revealing a very familiar face – Billie Piper!
The season finale, The Reality War, saw the Doctor, Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) battle the "Unholy Trinity" of the Ranis (Archie Panjabi and Anita Dobson), Conrad Clark (Jonah Hauer-King) and Omega - as a fight for reality itself ensued.
In a first for Doctor Who, Gatwa's Doctor regenerated at the end of the episode without his departure or his successor being previously announced by the BBC.
It also makes him the first actor to have played the Doctor since Christopher Eccleston to see out fewer than three seasons.
In emotional scenes, the Fifteenth Doctor used up his regeneration energy to save Poppy, after she vanished in the post-Wish World reality.
Not just that, but the show also gave us a glimpse of the actor taking over the keys to the TARDIS - none other than Rose Tyler favourite Piper.
While the credits did not refer to Piper as the Doctor – instead crediting her as 'Introducing Billie Piper' – it certainly appears she is set to follow in the footsteps of actors including William Hartnell, Tom Baker, David Tennant, Jodie Whittaker and more in playing the iconic Time Lord.
Now, fans are waiting for any news on the future of Doctor Who.
Russell T Davies previously said: "There's no decision until after season 2.
"It's funny, because even people who work on the show think that means we're having secret meetings about it. People I work with every year say, 'What's really happening?' and I'm going, 'Nothing! No meetings, nothing.'"
But, following that epic finale episode and a gigantic regeneration twist, we'll still be processing what's just happened for a good while!
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