Doctor Who
Summary
The recent 60th anniversary ofDoctor Wholed to a especial anniversary episode which introduced the Fourteenth Doctor , played by David Tennant , andwhile the histrion ’s young Doctor may seem just like his old one , the Tenth Doctor , his companionDonna Noble made it clear how the two are dissimilar . Doctor Whois a British sci - fi television series that first began in 1963 . The series follow an intergalactic being called the Doctor who travels through prison term and space via the TARDIS , a twist that looks like a British phone box .
David Tennant ’s return toDoctor Whoas the Fourteenth Doctor may be bedevil deliberate the fact that the worker play the Tenth Doctor from 2005 to 2010 . Typically , the Doctor is played by a new actorwith every regeneration , and in fact , Tennant is the firstDoctor Whoactor to diddle two doctor . In between Tennants ' regeneration are thespian Matt Smith , Peter Capaldi , and Jodie Whittaker . Ncuti Gatwa will play the Fifteenth Doctor after Tennant . However , as strange as his return may be , theDoctor Who60th anniversary special makes it pretty clear that , though Tennants ' two Doctors are quite similar , they are at last two different people .
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Doctor Who’s Fourteenth Doctor Is Virtually Identical To The Tenth
It may be hard to believe that David Tennant ’s Fourteenth Doctor is unlike from the Tenth Doctor because of how interchangeable the two are . WhileDoctor Whoeasily could have dressed Tennant in a wholly different outfit and given him an entirely different personality , they in the end did not . In many ways , Tennant ’s Fourteenth Doctor is just like his Tenth Doctor , just with a different label . In finicky , the Fourteenth Doctor ’s costumelooks exactly like the Tenth Dr. ’s in damage of clothes and hair , and his behaviour is the same as well . Seemingly , all Tennant had to do was reprise his previousDoctor Whorole .
After theDoctor Who60th day of remembrance specials finish air , Ncuti Gatwa will become the Fifteenth Doctor . His first instalment will premiere on December 25 , 2023 .
Doctor Who’screators and David Tennant himself have commented on the Fourteenth Doctor ’s looking at . Executive manufacturer Russell T. Davies notice that the Fourteenth Doctor ’s rig is quite similar to that of Jodie Whittaker ’s Doctor because he regenerated from her . However , there are some slight difference due to their dissimilar genders . moreover , of the Fourteenth Doctor , Tennant say , " … to a sort of casual viewer , I look like I ’m sort of attired in the same way as I used to be . But really we ’ve gone for something that ’s sort of the same , but different . That has echoes of the past , but it ’s also a moment something of the now as well . "
Donna Nails The One Difference Between Tennant’s Fourteenth & Tenth Doctors
In realness , there is only one major departure between David Tennant ’s Tenth Doctor and his Fourteenth Doctor apart from their name , and Donna Noble point it out right aside . The Fourteenth Doctor is older than the 10th Doctor . During theDoctor Who60th anniversary special , Noble jestingly point out that the Fourteenth Doctor ’s courting does n’t quite work on for a mankind of his age . This tease is not only a fun scrap of dialogue , but it also acknowledges two big facts . First , the Fourteenth Doctor is standardised to the Tenth Doctor , particularly in terms of clothing , and 2d , the Fourteenth Doctor is quite a bit older than the 10th Doctor .
It is no surprise that the Fourteenth Doctor is older than the Tenth physician , because that is only true of David Tennant . The last time Tennant appeared onDoctor Whowas in 2010 , and at that pointedness , he was around 41 age old . Now , 13 age later , the player is presently 52 . That decade - tenacious age difference is n’t prejudicial to David Tennant , but as the Fourteenth Doctor , it sure as shooting gives him a different ambiance than the Tenth Doctor . Without consider the fact that Tennant is an actor playing different pas seul of the same graphic symbol , it is easier to see how a 40 - year - old Doctor would be distinctively different from a 50 - year - erstwhile doc .
Why The Fourteenth Doctor Looks Older Than The Tenth
Because David Tennant is physically quondam than he was when he played the Tenth Doctor , he obviously look older now as the Fourteenth Doctor . However , the fact thatDoctor Whopoints his years out could think of that there is a deeper meaning behind it . The Doctor has never taken on the same visual aspect twice , so why , in the man ofDoctor Who , did he regenerate into the same somebody , but old ? Perhaps this is an result that should not be see into too deeply , but it is an interesting agate line of inquiring . Hopefully , the anniversary special episodes will provide more satisfying answers .
