There’s been much speculation surrounding Maisie Williams’s future on Doctor Who, but the actress just disappointed us all by saying she won’t be returning.

The Game of Thrones star has accompanied the Doctor for the last time, and will instead focus on “other really exciting projects”.
“I’m not going to be working on Doctor Who again,” she told BANG Showbiz.

“Everyone’s hyping about it, which is very exciting, but I guess that’s more of a publicity thing. But no, I’m not going to return, I have a lot of other really exciting projects lined up instead.”Williams played the recurring role of Ashildr in the latest series of Doctor Who, prompting many to debate whether she could replace Jenna Coleman as The Doctor’s next companion.

The actress will return to Game of Thrones as Arya Stark in the HBO fantasy drama’s sixth season in April.

Meanwhile, Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall will take over as Doctor Who showrunner in 2018, following Steven Moffat’s swansong series next year – there’ll be no full series in 2016.