Billie Piper is making a sensational Doctor Who comeback with a new audio series

Billie Piper is returning to Doctor Who following a 14-year hiatus from the show – but she won’t be seen on screen.  

Instead, the actress, 39, will reprise her role as Rose Tyler in a new audio story series, The Dimension Cannon.  

Billie will be joined by Camille Coduri, who reprises her role as Rose’s mum Jackie Tyler, and Mark Benton, who returns as Clive Finch.

The former singer starred alongside David Tennant in the BBC One sci-fi series as The Doctor’s companion between 2005 and 2006. 

She then returned as the character for episodes in 2008, 2010 and 2013. 

Billie said in a statement: ‘The Dimension Cannon is such a brilliant idea and gives Rose a lot more life beyond the Doctor.

‘But there’s also something quite sad about her search. It’s a real bittersweet series of tales.  It’s something they talk to me about just as much as the episodes I appeared in on TV.’

She concluded: ‘It seems like there’s an enormous appetite for it and it’s very moving to imagine listeners spending a few more moments with this family particularly.’

Back again! The former singer starred alongside David Tennant in the BBC One sci-fi series as The Doctor’s companion between 2005 and 2006

News of the new audio series comes after producers of the show have hinted that the next TV Time Lord will be another woman.

Current Time Lord Jodie Whittaker ‘s role comes to an end this autumn with a regeneration episode after she became the first ever female Doctor in 2017.

Production notes for the next series of the BBC ‘s sci-fi show suggest a female will be starring yet again as It’s A Sin’s Lydia West is widely tipped to take over, The Mirror reports. 

Rumours: Doctor Who producers have hinted that the next Time Lord will be a woman, according to a new report (pictured is current star Jodie Whittaker)

Jodie herself recently called for another female doctor to take over the role.

She told Radio 1’s Vick Hope and Jordan North: ‘If we had the power to choose I’m going to pick an actress who I think is really exciting and I think would be phenomenal, an actress called Lydia West. If I had the power!’

Lydia is bookmaker Coral’s favourite to replace Jodie at 3-1 odds, while Fisayo Akinade and Omari Douglas (both 5-1) are joint second favourites and Olly Alexander comes next in the betting at 6-1.

Could it be you? Production notes for the next series of the BBC’s sci-fi show suggest a female will be starring yet again, claims The Mirror, as Lydia West (pictured) is tipped to take over

Jodie also discussed her emotional last days of filming on Doctor Who.

The actress told Entertainment Weekly of how she was ‘grief ridden’ when she filmed the scenes.

She filmed the final scenes for the autumn episode at the end of 2021 and said of the experience: ‘I’ve shot my version of regen[eration], and it was singularly the most emotional day on set I think I’ve ever had.’

Icon: It comes as Jodie’s role comes to an end this autumn with the regeneration episode after she become the first ever female Time Lord in 2017

Jodie said previously that she is leaving the coveted role this year because she feels it needs ‘new energy’ but the star also confessed that she isn’t sure if she is making the correct decision.

Jodie then admitted to the publication that it felt strange to feel sad because she had made the decision to leave. 

She said: ‘It’s a really bizarre feeling, because it’s the best time I’ve ever had on a job, and I made the decision to leave it, so it’s a really strange thing to do to yourself.’

She went on: ‘It was a wonderfully-celebratory-slash-grief-ridden day that I could spend with the family that I’d made. I suppose the best thing about it is that the episodes are still on. So until they’re off, I don’t have to really get my head around the fact that it’s not my part!’

Decision: Jodie (centre) has said previously that she is leaving the coveted role this year because she feels it needs ‘new energy’