Whittaker’s Tardis will land again ... in 2020

Doctor Who will be returning for another series but Jodie Whittaker’s Tardis will not land again until 2020.

Series 11 came to an end last night, with the Doctor answering distress calls from a battlescarred planet.

But there will be no new series in 2019.

Whittaker and her trio of companions, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gil and Tosin Cole, will reprise their roles on the BBC in 2020.

Doctor Who boss and head writer Chris Chibnall said work had already begun on 0 Jodie Whittaker stars as the Doctor in the sci-fi series

the 12th series. “We’re off again! Well we never actually stopped,” the Broadchurch creator said.

Doctor Who will make it briefly to screens in 2019, with a New Year’s Day special.