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Doctor Who bosses to unveil identity of 13th Doctor after Wimbledon Men's Final...with Kris Marshall and Phoebe Waller-Bridge tipped as favourites to take over from Peter Capaldi

Published: 20:59 EST, 14 July 2017 | Updated: 11:01 EST, 16 July 2017

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Doctor Who bosses are going to announce the identity of the 13th Doctor on Sunday after the Wimbledon Men's Final.

Death in Paradise's Kris Marshall, 44, and Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 32, are both tipped as favourites to take 59-year-old Peter Capaldi's spot in the TARDIS.

Peter will bow out of the show in the Christmas special episode when the Doctor regenerates.

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Regeneration: Doctor Who bosses are going to announce the identity of 13th Doctor as Peter Capaldi, 59, steps down (pictured with assistant Bill played by Pearl Mackie)

Creating a buzz around the upcoming announcement, the BBC released a trailer which teases the announcement of the new arrival.

First the iconic TARDIS can be seen before the camera cuts to a key buzzing with electric energy.

The number '13' is then emblazoned across a smart phone screen, number 10 Downing Street, the White Cliffs of Dover and The Statue of Liberty.

Who's next? The 13th Doctor will make their debut appearance in the Christmas special episode when Peter steps down from the role

Despite keeping pretty tight-lipped, former The Thick of It actor Peter teased his regeneration sequence will be 'more complicated than recent ones'.

Of leaving the show, the star told The Radio Times in June: ‘I can’t go into the details. I know what happens, but I don’t know how it happens.

'Certainly it’s not straightforward. It’s more complicated than recent ones.

Top spot? Death in Paradise's Kris Marshall, 44, (left) and Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge (right), 32, are both tipped as favourites to take Peter's spot in the TARDIS

‘That’s one of the appeals of being in the show - it has death at the heart of it. He’s the only hero on TV who dies again and again.’

It could be the directors of the show are looking to take it in a different direction with a woman taking on the role on the back of its 52 years of success.

An insider told The Sunday People: 'Beeb bosses love Phoebe. They thought she did an amazing job with Fleabag and is certainly one of the rising stars in TV and film.'

The big reveal: The BBC released a trailer which teases the announcement of the new arrival

'They see her as the perfect fit as a Time Lord and the first female Doctor Who.'

Phoebe has previously been coy about the prospect of being the first female Doctor in the show's 52-year history.

She has previously said: 'I am not allowed to say anything about that, one way or the other.'

Meanwhile, betting company Ladbrokes have had to close the book on Kris Marshall landing the gig.

Exposed: The number '13' is then emblazoned across a smart phone screen, number 10 Downing Street, the White Cliffs of Dover and The Statue of Liberty in the trailer

Alex Donohue, of the betting organisation, said: 'A surge of punters have backed Marshall so we’ve had no choice but to close the book.'

He added, with a jaunty nod to the sci-fi series: 'If he does get the gig, the bookies will be exterminated first.'

Marshall said that was is leaving his long-running series Death In Paradise after four years on the BBC show, so that he can spend less time away from his family.