Doctor Who's Russell T. Davies 'hints' at Millie Gibson's return to Corrie
Doctor Who star Millie Gibson could be returning to Coronation Street, according to Russel T. Davies and fans.
The soap actress, 19, starred as the 15th Doctor's companion Rubey Sunday in the BBC sci-fi series' Christmas Day episode last year. She's set to appear in eight episodes in the coming months but has reportedly been dropped from the show. Following the Mirror's exclusive confirming her upcoming departure, Millie was seen enjoying a holiday abroad.
It was revealed showrunner Russell wrote her out of the show. And now, she will not appear in the 2024 Christmas special and will make only a handful of appearances across Ncuti’s second series as the Doctor in 2025. Not all hope is lost as it was recently claimed she could return to the cobbles as Kelly Neelan.
She played the role from 2019 to 2022 She originally appeared in five episodes and returned as a regular in mid-2020.
Millie starred as Ruby Sunday on Doctor Who (Lara Cornell/BBC Studios/Bad Wolf)In recent weeks, fans have been whispering about Millie's possible return to Corrie after hearing Russell's comments during a commentary of the Christmas Day 2023 episode. He sat alongside Millie and the episode's producer Chris May as he discussed her name being flashed across the screen in huge letters.
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He went on to suggest that was what was missing from her time on the long-running soap. "Should've had that cat and the cobbles and Millie Gibson," Russell explained before telling him he would talk to the ITV team about it. Meanwhile, one social media user believed Russell mumbled 'when you go back' at the end of the sentence.
She played Kelly Neelan on Corrie from 2019 to 2022The decision for her Doctor Who character to exit so soon will shock fans who expected her to stretch out her time-travelling across at least two full series. When she and the Doctor burst onto the screen last month they proved popular, with 7.3million viewers watching in the first week of release, making it one of the BBC’s biggest hits of the year.
Following Russell’s decision to write her character out, teen actress Millie filmed for three months before Christmas. She has now almost finished on the show and will only be back “to tie up loose ends” in the coming weeks, according to insiders. “Millie Gibson has all but left now and there’s a brand new companion, which is really exciting,” one said. “Russell is keeping things moving and isn’t letting the grass grow, that’s for sure.”
In next year’s series, her character is expected to appear in just three of the eight episodes, with one of them a standalone story wrapping up Ruby Sunday’s journey with the Doctor.
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