Following the cancellation of Doctor Who’s 2026 Christmas special and the BBC’s decision to put the show out to tender, it’s all but confirmed that the next era will be another big reboot – not in the sense that the show will start over again with the First Doctor, but in the sense that this will likely be the biggest overhaul of Doctor Who since 2005. Exactly what this next reboot will look like isn’t clear. And who will be playing the Doctor? But if one thing’s for sure, it’s that when the show eventually returns, there’s going to be a lot riding on it. And there are certain marks it’s going to need to hit in order to be successful...