12 Actors Who Want To Return To Doctor Who

After bowing out of the show in 2008's emotional Series 4 finale (followed by a brief cameo in 2010's The End Of Time: Part 2), 50th anniversary special The Day Of The Doctor saw Billie Piper return to Doctor Who, swapping the down-to-earth charm of Rose Tyler for the steely power of Time Lord superweapon The Moment.

As for another return to the show? There was a time when Piper seemed disinterested in the idea, telling The Guardian that she "wouldn't go back".

However, more recently, she appears to have warmed on the idea, explaining in a 2021 video that "if the circumstances and the story were right", then she'd be more than willing to step back into the TARDIS, adding that she's been away from the show for long enough to enable her to miss it.

Rose is one of the most popular companions to come from the modern series, and considering that it was RTD who created her, it would be somewhat poetic if he included her in his second era as showrunner.