Does a basis $b$ exist such that only a finite number of palindromes in base $b$ are primes?

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Can we prove that a base $b$ must necessarily exist so that only a finite number of palindromes in base $b$ are primes?

My friend came up with this, I hope it isn't one of those ubiquitous "innocent" number theory problems which are years beyond any hope for solution.

So far our ideas have not yielded any fruits:

  • The number of palindromes under $n$ is roughly $\sqrt{n}$
  • The number of primes under $n$ is roughly $\frac{n}{\log n}$
  • Any such prime must have odd length (work $\bmod b+1$)