Reacting To YOUR Billie Piper Doctor Who Theories!

Who is Billy Piper playing in Doctor Who? I don't know. But do you know? Well, recently we asked you

for your theories and ideas, and of course you responded. So let's take a look at some of them

shall we? So let's start off with this theory from at Falcon underscore three underscore 50

If I say any of these names wrong, I apologize. They said she was still mid-regeneration

so it's possible the face could change again into the regular actor they will eventually use

And I agree with Ellie that the ending would have been more interesting had it been left ambiguous

leaving the audience just as clueless as to who the next Doctor would be as they were during production

First of all, yes, I have said many, many times that personally I feel that it would have been just as good

maybe even better, if they had left it ambiguous rather than throwing in what could potentially be some stunt casting here

I feel that the absolute content that has sprung from Billy Piper and the mysteries there could have also been just as strong if it had been speculation over who the next Doctor is going to be, rather than what the hell is going on here

Having said that, if you look at what this theory is saying, it may well be that Billy Piper doesn't stick around for very long at all

They're right, we saw mid-regeneration, potentially. So who's to say that at the opening of whatever next episode we happen to have, we don't just see the regeneration as Billy Piper for a few seconds, a minute or so, before then jumping to another face and settling on the actor that's going to be playing the next incarnation

A kind of midpoint, a jumping between faces in a moment and this isn't the final face of the regeneration

Is it something we've really seen before in regeneration? No, but that's not to say that it isn't going to be something here

What I would say with regards to that, though, is does that then give an air of, well, what was the point of Billy Piper being there

I've said before, I've said literally in the last two minutes that it does feel a little bit like stunt casting

And if you were to open the next episode with Billy Piper only being there for a few seconds before it jumping to somebody else

it very much does feel like there was no point in doing that and the only reason they did it was to

keep people hooked and to get people to come back. I don't know about anyone else but if this was what

they ended up doing I may feel a little cheated and almost want almost get my back up and go well

no I'm not going to watch anymore because it's so obvious that you did that just to make me watch

and it was for nothing. She's not even sticking around. Okay so the next theory comes from at

Hamish Who 2. They say Arrowverse theory, maybe like the Flash and Green Arrow did that time when

they swapped places, so Rose becomes the Doctor and the Doctor is now human in Rose's parallel

universe. Plus that means that Shooty can come back as the 15th Doctor after they revert back

So I think if I'm getting this properly, if I'm grasping this concept, this would mean that

this isn't the doctor this is actually rose now and 15 will pop up in the parallel world and

the episodes series specials would be focusing on how they can swap back is it like a freaky

friday situation well it's not freaky friday situation because the the bodies have completely

swapped they've traded places as opposed to just swapped bodies right yes they've swapped places

not just swapped bodies because if they'd swapped bodies then it would still be shooty gatwick with

a different personality in this instance the entire person has switched so uh yeah i guess

that could be something if i'm being totally honest i don't know that that's where they're

gonna go with it mostly because as much as your optimism here is great and yay Shuti Gatwa could

return I don't think he's coming back so I don't know that this would have anything to do with 15

necessarily but I do like the idea of a body swap situation or trading places sort of situation here

it certainly could be interesting there's another theory a little bit further down this list that

maybe does play into this idea a little bit so I'll talk more on that when I get to that theory

as well but uh it definitely would be interesting and as you say if there wasn't such a sticky

situation behind the scenes it does offer the potential for shootagawa to return personally

though i don't think he will be back not anytime soon anyway this theory is from at derrickp308

and they say the doctor goes through another regeneration where his cells can't decide what

to become imagine the doctor going through a number of face changes involving former companions

Rose is the starter, then comes Jamie, the Brigadier, Sarah Jane Smith, Ian, Leela, Adric, Ace, Donna, Amy, Rory, Harry, Romana, Turlow, maybe even some of his foes like the Master or Davros, before finally settling to the Doctor's new face

So this is a bit similar to that first theory that we had about it not necessarily being the final face of the regeneration and maybe jumping to the next one

Whereas this one unlike the first one gives us a string of different looks rather than just jumping from Shooter Gatwick to Billy Piper to whoever the next Doctor would be I do like this idea of seeing the Doctor jumping between various different looks

before settling on one. I think that could be a really interesting one

Personally, I'm not sure how I feel about it being familiar faces

I certainly think it could be interesting, such as the comic release special

that did see the Doctor changing faces many, many times, but mostly due to regeneration

But, you know, we had Rowan Atkinson, we had Jim Brawl-Bent, we had Joanna Lumley

That was very, very interesting and was quite comical, obviously, for the comic relief aspect of it

I do think seeing the Doctor jump between different faces and not be able to make their..

Something's going wrong here and jumping between different personalities, that could be very interesting

yes having all the different companions again could be quite fun um but i do again feel like

there's just a lot of fan service that's been happening lately so personally i don't know that

i'd want to see all those familiar faces back for something serious now if we were looking at this

for a comment relief thing or for children in need absolutely this sounds like the perfect concept

for that i don't hate the idea of it jumping from billy piper to the next doctor as i said there are

issues with that in in the fact that it does feel like maybe wasted potential why bring billy piper

back in the first place but i don't entirely hate that idea and i don't entirely hate the idea of it

jumping between lots and lots of faces where i have issue with this theory is that i don't know

that it would be all the companions it's a cool theory i'd love to see it in some form like i say

comet relief would be a really good example of that um but in terms of likelihood

so the next theory very short and sweet here from at the dw show and they say it's just a gimmick

and will likely be explained away as just some interim moment between gatwa and the actual next

doctor so again this kind of plays into some of these other theories that billy piper's not going

to be sticking around for very long it's just going to be a little gimmick in the middle and

then we're going to go to the true 16th doctor i do feel as though it could cheapen billy piper

being there in the first place at the end of the reality war if it is a blink and you'll miss it

what was the point in that but i also wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't become as deep as we

we are making it out to be um it's no secret that we feel or i at least feel that they didn't really

know what they were doing themselves when they made this decision it did feel like a rushed decision

we've got to have something wow factor at the end of this episode um so yes it's it's like it is

possible that they're just going to explain it away and we're never going to really get an answer

to it but i hope we do get an answer to it now this next one did make me laugh i'm not gonna lie

this is from at jessehammer123 they said i legit might have preferred if they had just had russell

t davis himself appear and be like oh hi at least there wouldn't be quite so much frustration in the

sense that it's so extremely putting a hat on a hat that it would feel more honest about having

no idea what it's doing. Could you imagine if Russell T. Davis was who Shooty Gap were regenerated

into? That would be his absolute content. Could you imagine if it was Russell T. Davis? That is

hilarious. But I do think it's funny and it is important that this person has highlighted what

a lot of us have been feeling, that they had no idea what they were doing. But at least that would

have been a little bit more kind of obvious on the nose, like, we don't know, folks. There would

have been complete and utter outrage i think if russell t davis had appeared in the end of the

reality war but it would have been funny okay so this next one is quite interesting it's from

at uh trower barton again my apologies if i said your name wrong they just said hear me out we just

skip it and move on it is possible it is possible we may well just skip it and move straight on to

a different doctor and never get an answer to that question would that feel like a bit of a

disservice, yes. Would it again, as I've said many times already, feel a little bit like what was the

point of having Billy Piper there in the first place? Yes it would and for that reason I hope

they do give us at least something to explain why they did it but I also do understand why some

people would feel like right just stop with the complexities, can we go back to Doctor Who being

what it used to be and Monster of the Week, here's the Doctor, here's the companion, stop making it

so complicated. I get that as well. This next one I find very interesting and I hadn't thought about

this necessarily but I think it could be quite fun to see. It's from at Media Consumer with

Opinions. They say I hope maybe she'll be a Doctor but in the same way the War and Fugitive Doctor

are. I find it really interesting if they started the new season with a different Doctor and the

overarching plot would be about the viewers finding out what happened between the seasons

now I like that idea I like the idea of starting the next season with a completely different face

in a completely different situation and us learning bit by bit what happened and us kind

of putting all the pieces together to then finally almost come full circle to figure out

what happened in the meantime that would be an interesting way of doing it and it would be a different way of doing it maybe an unpredictable way of doing it obviously we don know what the story would be but I really do like this idea In fact I think of all the ideas I heard so far

that one feels like one that could potentially happen. And it also would then give us

or give Billy Piper an out to not have to do an entire season, but not feel like

it was pointless having her there. You focus more on the true next doctor

but the Billy Piper mystery is still a very big part of that story without us having to follow

Billy Piper as the Doctor for the majority of the runtime. I really like that idea. It doesn't

cheapen her return it almost adds to the mystery. So I think of all of the theories so far I think

this one's probably the most feasible and perhaps the most interesting. At Paul Bowler 5345 says a new incarnation of River Song

don't even go there okay we all know my feelings on what would happen if they recast

river song okay but also would i be mad i don't know i honestly don't know in my heart

alex kingston is the only person who can play river song would it complicate things if it was

billy piper playing river song maybe but i have been asking for river song to return so

at dogmanthehero1117 says probably contrary to popular belief i actually do really hope she's

the 16th doctor the doctor regenerating into the face of a former companion is such a cool idea and

i do think she could carry the role might be a bit of nostalgia baiting but doctor who does tend

to do that anyway and it can sometimes lead to the best moments in the series interesting not sure

how I feel about this one I think as per my previous video all about my theories and my plan

for the future of Doctor Who um I prefer it when the Doctor is played by a relatively unknown actor

and I think part of that is because when it is when they're played by someone familiar you have

a lot of expectations based on that actor's previous work and I wonder or worry that if you

had a companion an actor that played the companion and playing the Doctor you'd have a lot of

expectations that the doctor would act as the companion did and while it could be interesting

as a storyline to figure out why the doctor has regenerated into the image of one of their past

companions I also feel that audience members would struggle to overlook that and see past that

so I'm not sure how I feel about that yes it could be interesting and you're right nostalgia

baiting is not new in the show so and it can produce some of the best moments in the show so

it's not that the nostalgia baiting is an issue necessarily where I take issue with the

nostalgia baiting at the moment is that it seems to be being used a lot and the more you do something

the less of an impact it has so that's where I find it a little bit difficult I think if we

hadn't had David Tennant returning so recently then this situation could would be interpreted

entirely differently but because we did have the whole David Tennant returning Catherine Tate

returning not that long ago that's why this situation to me at least feels a little bit more

like what are you doing because it feels a little obvious that you're doing this to for the

nostalgia baiting to keep people interested without really having a plan of what it is that you're

doing but yes it certainly could be an interesting storyline for a doctor to have the appearance of

a companion and why is that and that could tie in nicely to the previous theory that we had about

you know opening the series with a different doctor and kind of retroactively figuring out

why they had the face of a past companion previously so that could be an interesting

storyline um but at the same time i think i would struggle if we had an extended period of time with

a doctor having the face of a past companion and it would seem that this next person maybe agrees

with me slightly this is from at that guy size 7390 they say honestly i hope that she isn't

the 16th Doctor. Currently we're going through Doctors like buses. I'd like to see the new Doctor

have a long reign for a while to break the mould. It does feel like we're going through Doctors quite

quickly lately. Again I think because we had the 14th Doctor and he was only around for three

specials it does feel like we're jumping from Doctor to Doctor quite quickly. Obviously I think

we all expected Shooty Gatwood to stick around for longer than he did and I think that's thrown a bit

of a spanner in the works and we were hoping to have kind of a similar situation to when David

Tennant first was the doctor and have you know a good few years of Shuti Gawa as the doctor and

you know go back to that that formula that we're used to seeing. Things didn't work out that way

and it does feel a little bit like that we're getting a lot of whiplash lately jumping between

new doctors quite frequently so I can see where this person is is coming from and personally I

agree that I would like to see the show go back to the structure that it originally had

Through the 60s, you know, you had Tom Baker was around for a really long time. So I think for me

as well I would like to be able to really get connected to a doctor and see them stick around for a long enough period of time for that to be possible I feel like we were only just starting to get to know the 15th Doctor and really connect with that character and be interested and

invested in that character and then he was gone. So I agree that I would like a Doctor to have a

long reign as this person put it. Now this next theory is interesting and myself and Danny have

both been quite impressed with this one. It's from at rainbowboy94. I still think my theory

fits really well. When the bad wolf was created, she removed the physical words off the building

turning bad wolf corporation into corporation. The corporation has survived over the last few

thousand years, being led by someone called the boss, who may or may not be a member of the

pantheon. Now, the bad wolf is back to deal with a problem she created. Full circle moment

First of all, round of applause, because that, that's a really clever theory, and I like that

it ties back to the bad wolf um situation there's been lots of theories and lots of speculation that

billy piper is not the doctor but it is the the bad wolf in some way and connections to looking

into the heart of the tardis and i i kind of like the idea of this that being the case but i have

struggled to get my head around how how is this the bad wolf how does it all connect and this is

a really great theory about how it does all connect and it would be one of those things that again

And you never really thought about. But once it's explained and you get those flashbacks and it all comes full circle, you go, oh, that's really clever

Again, something that I don't know that the showrunners themselves would have even thought of

But that is a really, really clever idea that it's it's something to do with with Bad Wolf, the corporation

It ties in with the boss. again another character, another tease that was dropped within these last few seasons that hasn't

gone anywhere. Another mystery that hasn't really been answered and let's hope that it does get

answered and this is a really great idea to tie it all together. So again, round of applause because

that is a clever theory. I really like it. This person I just had to shout out because great minds

think alike and they went to the same place that I went which is from the lovely at lordryan88 who

says I've got a theory it could be bunnies. Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes

they got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses and what's with all the carrots

what do they need such good eyesight for anyway bunnies bunnies it must be bunnies

then of course there is this theory and i'm not gonna lie it has crossed my mind as well even as

we've been saying this here we've had a lot of emphasis on the fact that they did they really

know what they were doing in the first place did they have an idea and at jazahazza 9045 says

careful folks rtd doesn't even have any idea yet he may steal one of your ideas look there are some

brilliant theories in the comment section of this post there are some brilliant theories that i have

just spoken about here i'm just saying keep your eyes peeled folks because if one of these ideas

pops up in the show first of all great the doctor who team are watching our videos second of all

get those copyright claims in um honestly i don't know if they have an idea i think some of the more

kind of simple ideas as we've just said the idea of it being rose because she looked into the heart

the TARDIS is something maybe they've thought about some of these are so deep and deep cut and

detailed and uh what's the word I'm looking for um intricate and and complex that I kind of hope

that they are picked up and taken the ideas are taken by the BBC but at the same time I don't want

them to steal your ideas um but let's hope that they've got an idea now surely they've got an idea

at this point and the last theory i have here and i'm really kind of does make a very big good point

um is from at night akasha they say who cares i'll watch it regardless of how we feel in the

positive or the negative about this situation it has got us talking and a lot of us will watch

because we do want to find out the answer and whether that answer does turn out to be something

that we really really like or something that is ultimately a bit of a disappointment, we are going

to watch it because we want to know what the hell they were thinking. We want to know if they've

actually come up with a really great plan and storyline for this situation or if they kind of

dug themselves into a hole and it's very clear that they don't know how to get themselves out of

it. But the point is they wanted absolute content, we're all talking about it, for better or worse

we're all talking about it and we will probably all watch it because they've dangled the carrot

So whether it was stunt casting, whether it was nostalgia baiting, unfortunately it's kind of

worked. If you have a theory and it's different to any of the ones you've heard in this video then

drop them in the comments down below and we will keep monitoring them because we do find them

genuinely so interesting. Keep them coming folks! In the meantime I've been Ellie for Who Culture

And in the words of Riversong herself, goodbye, sweeties