Doctor Who
word of advice ! Spoilers for Doctor Who ’s 60th - anniversary special are ahead .
Summary
Doctor Whois an ever - change show , and practically every season , some major life - altering upshot takes billet . The 2d 60th - day of remembrance special , " Wild Blue Yonder , " emphasize exactlyhow much has happened to the Doctor since they last saw Donna . 13 years has passed in the real world , but for the Doctor , this act is even high-pitched — they have lived for thousands of years in the meantime . In the first anniversary exceptional , " The Star Beast,“Donna explains how the Fourteenth Doctor ’s ageis the only thing that sets them apart from their Tenth incarnation , and in fact , she could not be more right .
The 10th Doctor still believed that their home planet , Gallifrey , was obliterated during the Time War and that they were the last of the Time Lords . Since then , Gallifrey has been destroyed and retconned multiple timeswithinDoctor Who , and that has had quite an wallop on the Doctor themselves . From the events on the Time Lord ’s home satellite to the Doctor learn that they are n’t a Time Lord at all , a lot of major crises have taken berth before the Fourteenth Doctor ’s regeneration and subsequent reunion with DonnainDoctor Who ’s anniversary special that leave more questionsthan it answer .
In Doctor Who ’s first sixtieth - anniversary episode , the Meep ’s revealed that he has a genus Bos , but the identity of the cryptic creature remains a mystery .
7There Have Been Three Incarnations Of The Doctor Since Donna Last Met Them
Nine seasons of Doctor Who aired in 13 years
InDoctor Who , there have been three personification of the Doctor since Donna Noble said so long to the 10th physician . keep Wilfred from radiation , the Tenth Doctor regenerated into the Eleventh Doctor in the 2010 extra , " The End of clock time — Part Two . " The Eleventh Doctor almost died of old age , but the Time Lords gave them a fresh regeneration cycle in the 2013 Christmas special , " The Time of the physician . " The Twelfth Doctor fought off the Cybermen and was mortally wounded , lastly regenerating into the Thirteenth Doctor in the 2017 Christmas special , " Twice Upon a sentence . " The Thirteenth Doctor ’s latest encounter with the Master forced them to change frame once more in the 2022 special , " The Power of the Doctor . "
6The Universe Was Rebooted By The Doctor
“The Big Bang” (season 5, episode 13)
Doctor Whoseason 5 allot with cracks in the wall , and as it turned out , it was the Doctor ’s TARDIS that do them . In time of year 5 , sequence 13 , " The Big Bang , " the cosmos was ending , and time was being erased , sothe Doctor had to bring up the universe altogether . The event put everything back in place and even reconstruct Amy ’s parent who were wiped by the scissure in the previous version of the existence . Since the Doctor was on the other side of the explosion , they were n’t supposed to survive , but Amy wangle to save them . The episode also bring home the bacon a cheering conclusion toAmy and Rory ’s human relationship timelinesince the two finally got married .
5The Doctor Married River Song & Cheated Death
“The Wedding of River Song” (season 6, episode 13)
The Doctor might have had quite a few love interests throughoutDoctor Who , but River Song , the Doctor ’s married woman , was a special pillow slip . After River refuse to shoot down the Doctor as she was ordered by Madame Kovarian and the Silence Order , she put the whole of time at risk of infection , so the Doctor had to get creative and win over River to play her role in the establish event . In time of year 6 , episode 13 , " The Wedding of River Song,“the Doctor used the Teselecta to escape their own death , despite it being a desexualize point in time . In the same episode , the Doctor get married River in a simple ceremonial occasion amidst unraveling metre .
4Gallifrey Was Brought Back & Destroyed Again
“The Day of the Doctor” (50th-anniversary special) & “Spyfall, Part Two” (season 12, episode 2)
InDoctor Who , Gallifrey ’s story was rewrite a few prison term . After Donna and the Doctor divide ways , Gallifrey almost come back with the assistance of the Masterin the 2010 two - part peculiar , " The death of Time . " Later on , the 50th - day of remembrance special , " The Day of the Doctor , " disclose that Gallifrey was n’t destroyed after all — the War Doctor , the Eleventh Doctor , and the Tenth Doctor put their psyche together and relieve it by hiding it in a air hole creation . finally , the Doctor ’s home planet was returned to its lawful place , but thenthe Master put down Gallifrey , as they confessed to the Doctor in time of year 12 , episode 2 , " Spyfall , Part Two . "
3The Doctor & Clara Fulfilled The Hybrid Prophecy
“Hell Bent” (season 9, episode 12)
Doctor Whoseason 9 ’s Hybridwas another major narration arc that deepen the Doctor ’s perception of the world . There were quite a few potential Hybrids — Me , aka Ashildr ; the Time Lord Daleks , create by Davros ; and even the confederation between the Zygons and homo . In the season 9 finale , " Hell Bent,“the Doctor - Clara duo ended up being the Hybridthat the Time Lords were so terrified of . Even though the Hybrid arc did n’t have a bad wallop on the extraneous macrocosm , it did influence the Doctor , as it prompted the Time Lord to reevaluate their relationship with their companion in a drastic style .
2The Doctor Learned They Aren’t A Time Lord At All
“The Timeless Children” (season 12, episode 10)
The biggest event in the Dr. ’s life since their last encounter with Donna was the day they set up out about the Timeless Child . InDoctor Whoseason 12 , episode 10 , " The Timeless Children , " the Master told the Doctor that they were n’t a Time Lord at all . In reality , the Doctor was a being from another planet or even universe who an ancient Gallifreyan ring Tecteun used to give the Time Lords their ability to regenerate . The Doctor memorise that they had more life than they rememberedand that their entire existence was one great lie . Sadly , the physician ’s true origins remain a enigma to this day .
1The Flux Destroyed Half The Universe
“Flux” (season 13)
InDoctor Whoseason 13 , the Doctor had to face the Flux , an unusual person of an epic graduated table that threatened to ruin everything . Even though the Time Lord managed to lay off the Flux in the terminal , this phenomenon still wiped out half the universe . In season 13 , instalment 5 , " Survivors of the Flux,“Tecteun cod the Doctor by tell that they were the cause why Division decided to destroy the universeand railroad engineer the Flux , which direct to the Doctor ’s subsequent guilt trip for the luxurious slaughter . Interestingly enough , Doctor Who ’s 2d 60th - day of remembrance special was the first time the Flux ’s aftermath was felt in such a major way .
