{"id":8234,"date":"2021-12-04T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1522705"},"modified":"2021-12-04T14:15:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T13:15:07","slug":"doctor-who-fans-say-yaz-and-dan-should-stay-after-jodie-whittaker-exits","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-fans-say-yaz-and-dan-should-stay-after-jodie-whittaker-exits\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who fans say Yaz and Dan should stay after Jodie Whittaker exits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 04 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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While Jodie Whittaker\u2019s Doctor Who<\/a> future has been clear for some time now, a question mark remains as to whether companions Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Dan (John Bishop) will be staying on in the TARDIS after the Thirteenth Doctor departs.<\/p>\n

But in a recent poll conducted by RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Doctor Who fans revealed that they would<\/em> like to see the pair experience some more adventures in time and space.<\/p>\n

Presented with four options \u2013 they should both stay, neither should stay, only Yaz should stay or only Dan should stay \u2013 the most popular option was the first, but it was a very<\/em> close call, with that option winning by less than one percent.<\/p>

Of a total of 14,424 votes cast, 5,069 reckoned both of the companions should continue on the show \u2013 35 more people than the 5,034 who thought they should both call time on their respective stints.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a further 3,035 (21 per cent) said that only Dan should stay, while just 1,286 (9 per cent) believed that just Yaz should remain in the TARDIS.<\/p>\n

Yaz, played by Mandip Gill, has been at the Doctor\u2019s side for Whittaker\u2019s entire tenure on the show, having made her first appearance in series 11 opener The Woman Who Fell to Earth, while John Bishop\u2019s Dan only made his Doctor Who debut in the first episode of series 13 in October.<\/p>\n

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The stars themselves haven\u2019t given too much away about their future<\/a> \u2013 Bishop told RadioTimes.com<\/a> that he \u201cgenuinely doesn\u2019t know\u201d before the current series started, with Gill adding that she would \u201cnever say never\u201d to returning.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Whittaker will be leaving alongside showrunner Chris Chibnall after a trilogy of specials in 2022, with former boss Russell T Davies returning to take on the reins for the next chapter of Doctor Who.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not yet clear who will be taking over from Whittaker in the lead role, but a whole host of names have been linked including the likes of Olly Alexander and Lydia West, both of whom have previously worked with Davies.<\/p>\n

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