Ncuti Gatwa Jokes He Doens’t Understand Doctor Who Billie Piper Twist

Ncuti Gatwa poked fun at his stint at the helm of Doctor Who during his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live UK.

On Saturday night, the three-time Bafta nominee guest hosted the SNL UK season finale, kicking things off with a monologue referencing his career so far.

“I am so lucky, I have had so many fantastic roles in my career,” he began. “Millions of you watched me as Eric in Sex Education. And then about 12 of you watched me in Doctor Who.”

“Hey, maybe that’s why I kept crying,” he quipped.

In 2022, it was announced that Ncuti would be the first Black actor in history to take over at the helm of the Tardis as the Fifteenth Doctor in Doctor Who.

Regrettably, during Ncuti’s stint as The Doctor, the show was met with something of a backlash from far-right critics upset about the supposed “woke” direction the show was taking, which coincided with a decline in viewing figures.

Later in his SNL UK monologue, Ncuti joked that even he didn’t understand the latest twist in Doctor Who’s most recent finale.

“I have since regenerated into Billie Piper,” he continued before turning to the camera and claiming: “I don’t understand it, either.”

Billie claimed last year of her cameo: “All I can say is I was approached very last-minute, and I can’t talk about in what capacity, but I found it very emotional to film and I think it’s a really great ending.

“I found it quite moving, and it was really fun to film because it had such a sort of ‘cloak and dagger’ feeling about getting it made.

“So, yeah, I have to lie a lot about anything to do with Doctor Who, it seems.”

Showrunner Russell T Davies previously admitted that he doesn’t “don’t know what’s happening yet” when it comes to the future of Doctor Who, though the BBC previously refuted claims that the show had been “shelved”.

It was later confirmed that Doctor Who would return to our screens with an upcoming Christmas special at the end of 2026.