BBC One has taken the surprising decision to bring back Jodie Whittaker's medical thriller Trust Me… without Jodie Whittaker.

The four-part drama originally aired on the Beeb last August, only weeks after it was announced that Whittaker would be replacing Peter Capaldi as the new lead of Doctor Who going forward.

In a way, Trust Me warmed up Jodie for her future by casting her as a fake doctor who constantly resorted to lying to get herself out of seemingly impossible jams.

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Because Jodie is now quite busy saving us from the Daleks, BBC One and Trust Me writer Dan Sefton have opted to go the Ordinary Lies route by keeping the title while rebooting the entire cast between series.

Here's how BBC One describes the second series of Trust Me: "The thriller, set on the neurological unit of South Lothian Hospital, follows Captain James (Jamie) McKay, the sole survivor of a shock enemy attack on tour in Syria.

"Recovering from a spinal injury which has left him barely able to move and battling the psychological scars from losing his friends, he faces a new enemy as people on the ward die unexpectedly around him. But is the threat real, or imagined?"

That sounds like a completely different show, doesn't it?! Even so, it seems like the BBC, writer Dan Sefton and producer Nicola Shindler are pretty excited about this total reboot.

"I'm absolutely thrilled to be working on a new series of Trust Me for the BBC," one-time NHS doctor Sefton said. "The support the project received from both BBC Drama and BBC Scotland made it a hugely enjoyable process.

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"It's also fantastic to be working with Red Production Company and Nicola Shindler again – a company that makes some of the best drama this country produces. This follow-up series will bring the same tension and twists of the original show to a brand new medical arena."

Filming is expected to begin later this year, so expect some casting news soon. Meanwhile, Trust Me's former leading lady Jodie Whittaker will be travelling through space and time for Doctor Who's 11th series.

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