It was announced a couple of weeks ago that Peter Capaldi will be stepping down from the BBC role everyone’s talking about – no, not the lead of whatever baking show will replace GBBO, but in fact, the titular role of Doctor Who. It’s no secret that Capaldi hasn’t been my favourite Doctor, and I’ll admit that I have watched only two episodes of his since his tenure began. So unlike many, I’m glad that the show is adapting and changing once again, and I can only hope the replacement is more to my tastes.

The trouble is, I don’t know if those tastes align with the show anymore at all. The latest batch of Doctor Who has turned me off the show as a whole – I haven’t felt a need to revisit some of the greater times of Tennant and Smith. I rewatch TV shows quite often, using them as a good background distraction when working on a variety of projects. Have I  grown out of the show? For a while, I did think perhaps I was too old for it now, until I realised that one of my favourite movies of last year was Zootropolis, I laugh endlessly at Minions no matter what they’re doing, and I have a subscription to the Disney Channel app. Probably not that then.

It can only be that the current lineup hasn’t fostered my interest – and that’s not just actors. People tell me that the showrunner takes a lot of the blame, that Capaldi is wonderful but he has dire scripts to work with. I couldn’t argue either way, but if that’s true, it’s a shame and thus a good job that dear Moffat is standing down too.

I worry that I will be captivated by whoever takes over and then have to sit through all the previous episodes to catch up with the show. It’s a monster of the week structure at heart, DW, but there are often things you need to have seen in previous episodes to fully appreciate in current storylines.

So who is it going to be? I’m not foolish enough to guess. There’s a wishlist, of course. Ben Whishaw, Richard Ayoade, Adrian Lestor, anyone with the ability to find the quirky nature that really brings out the best in the role. There’s talk that Tilda Swinton is the current favourite but I’m not sure I want a female Doctor. I’d rather the females had their own awesome storylines, with Sarah Jane’s spin-off adventures a fine example.

For now, we’re just left waiting to see who will take over the much-coveted role, and I’m left wondering whether it will be someone so brilliant I’ll have to sit through Capaldi’s back catalogue, or simply let the show stay with its younger audiences.