Returning showrunner Russell T. Davies confirmed that he planted "a couple of misleading things" about the identity of the actor who will next play Doctor Who.
We now know that our next Doctor Who will be played by Ncuti Gatwa of Sex Education fame and this is being framed explicitly as not a diversity hire.
At the very tail end of a quiet-as-a-mouse sci-fi news week, when everyone else took a break to avoid competing with juggernauts Star Wars and Marvel, the BBC have revealed our next Doctor Who.
The role will pass from Jodie Whittaker - who we feel performed brilliantly even if the show itself took a few wrong turns - to Rwandan born Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa, best known as Eric Effiong in Netflix's Sex Education.
Following rumours - which we ourselves salaciously repeated - that Russel T Davies is keen to cast Hugh Grant as the next Doctor Who, it is now being reported that Hugh has said no.
At Melbourne's Supanova the weekend before last - yes, sorry, we've been a bit slow getting to this one - Christopher Eccleston ruled out returning for a multi-story Doctor Who story because he regards them as creative exploitation. Cashing in.
Seeing stories run with his name and exploitation in the title immediately set off alarm bells given events surrounding his departure.
Doctor Who executive producer Matt Strevens appears to now worship at the altar of denial, as reported by Radio Times.
We understand that PR in any industry is essentially a huge amount of lying but there are both limits to what anyone can swallow and a point beyond which you're just providing ammunition to opponents.
In this edition we take a look at new sci-fi dropping this week, catch up on sci-fi news including new series from Stargate and Star Trek producers and our North American correspondent Christian Baines joins us to discuss sci-fi’s chances this awards season.
