Doctor Who
Summary
Doctor Whoshowrunner Russell T Davies share his fair thoughts about how he approached writing David Tennant ’s Fourteenth Doctor return . In October 2022 , the show revealed a shocking spin when Jodie Whittaker ’s Thirteenth Doctor took on the face of her Tenth embodiment in " The Power of the Doctor . " Tennant ’s tax return to the role will help keep the show ’s 60th anniversary across three - day of remembrance specials before Ncuti Gatwa direct the keys to the TARDIS as the Fifteenth Doctor for the 2023 seasonal special , Doctor Whoseason 14 , and beyond .
After the release of thefirstDoctor Who60th - anniversary instalment , " The Star Beast , " Davy sit down with the BTS showDoctor Who : Unleashed . The showrunner tell he had no reservations about Tennant ’s return despite any potential backlash he could face from the fandom . He then explain that the scenario would allow his positive feedback into Gatwa to be unlike anything the serial publication has seen play along a slowly unfolding arc across the ground of the three - anniversary specials . Check out Davies ' full reaction below :
Oh ! I did n’t occupy about that for a second . It was just like , so , Jodie Whittaker becomes David Tennant . Once you think that , it ’s like , there ’s no rules , you could do absolutely everything you want . There ’ll be fans plain about that , “ You ca n’t do that . ” Every clip someone says “ You ca n’t do that , ” , that ’s on the dot where you should go .
It ’s funny , because he ’s an sometime Doctor , he ’s play the Doctor before , but this has never take place . The Doctor ’s never buzz off his typeface back before , or her nerve back before , so that ’s fascinating . It ’s a patch that runs throughout the three hours of why has this happened , why has this happened , and lead towards the most extraordinary closing , which is a conniption we ’ve never wager before in the whole 60 old age of Doctor Who , so , that ’s what I mean – young areas , new territory , new thoughts , newfangled personal credit line , unexampled idea . That ’s always the right place to be .
What Do We Know About The Fourteenth Doctor’s Familiar Face So Far
The Doctor wear a precious regeneration ’s nerve during a new incarnation was one of many mysteries surrounding the possibilities that the conception could hold , alongside other inquiry , including the mysterious " Brain of Morbius " doctor and the dark inevitableness of the Valeyard ( Michael Jayston ) from the " test of a Time Lord " story electric discharge . First tease in the closing moments ofDoctor Who ’s 50th - anniversary special , " The Day of the Doctor , " in 2013 , the Eleventh Doctor meets the Curator of the Under Gallery , played by Fourth Doctor actor Tom Baker , who is hinted to be a retired next incarnation of the Doctor many regenerations subsequently . Hinting that the Doctor would revisit " old favorite " nerve in future regenerations , other incarnations of The Curator in flesh out media include regenerations resembling the Sixth Doctor ( Colin Baker ) and the Eleventh Doctor ( Marr Smith ) .
However , the circumstance of Tennant ’s return are shaping to be something outside his future tense as the Curator . Promotional stuff forDoctor Who ’s 60th - anniversary had punctuate the enigma . The question was further doubled down on this in " The Star Beast , " as the Doctor hypothesise whether his intimate nerve had anything to do with his reunion with Donna Noble ( Catherine Tate ) . However , the episode quickly confute the theory that he take on an onetime face to say farewell to Donna when both pick up that her potentially fateful Metacrisis condition had been healed . These developments launched theories about whetherNeil Patrick Harris ' Toymakermay have meddle in the process .
Classic doctor render is a intimate , fondly - loved tradition of significantDoctor Whomilestones , but Tennant ’s latest return has also raised many query . While some viewer may ab initio have fears that it is merely a move to cash in in on nostalgia , it is exculpated that Sir Humphrey Davy has taken tone to avoid strike into such traps . With the showrunner beleaguer a unique re-formation that takes the show in new directions , Tennant ’s parting and Gatwa ’s Doctor debut will end the sixtieth - day of remembrance celebrations with a howling coda .
Doctor Who ’s 60th - anniversary special will be useable on Disney+ for international audiences and on BBC One and BBC iPlayer for UK viewer .
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