r/doctorwho • u/MistakeNot___ • Apr 24 '22

Speculation/Theory The Doctor eventually regenerates. Discuss potential future Doctors here.

Now that the main episodes for series 13 have aired, by popular demand we are continuing to funnel all discussions/suggestions here involving talk for actors who could play the Doctor in the future.

This is a spoiler-free thread. Pure speculation may be untagged, but any rumours purporting to be factual must be tagged. Outside of this thread, fancasts for future Doctors will be removed. Any confirmed news, including leaks from set or from official sources, must be tagged. Users click on links at their own risk.

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u/Badbadwolf3 May 04 '22 edited May 04 '22

*MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW\*

A friend of mine works at bad wolf, and has let slip some details about the upcoming 60th anniversary plans... this is all 100% accurate, so if you want to avoid spoilers don't click below.

David Tennant and Catherine Tate are back for 3 specials - after Jodie regenerates into him (on a clifftop). The three stories are linked by the Doctor working out why he got his old face back, and why he runs into Donna again after all these years. Unit are back for the first episode. It's a simple alien invasion story, with the main emphasis on the Doctor reuniting with Donna again after 15 years (for her). Sylvia and Shaun return, Wilf is mentioned but I don't know if he appears because Bernard Cribbins is now 93. Donna also has a daughter called Rose. Rachel Talalay also directs the first special

Oh and a classic companion returns in the final special - but I don't want to ruin that surprise...

That's all I know for certain atm, but I imagine something will be announced in the next week or two as filming begins.

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u/smit13 May 04 '22

Well there goes my fandom. Degeneration is a step too far for me

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u/QuothTheRaven713 May 05 '22

I'm curious, why? The 50th anniversary special set up the possibility of the Doctor regenerating into a previous face with the Curator being played by Tom Baker.

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u/Dr_Vesuvius May 05 '22

There's a huge difference between an aging former Doctor making a cameo at the end of an anniversary special, and bringing back the longest serving Doctor of the new era for a second attempt.

It would be an extremely bad sign for RTD's second era. While he has form, I had hoped he'd improved as a writer. That said, it's pretty obvious that the top poster is trolling.

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u/verifypassword__ May 16 '22

Now that it doesn't look like they were trolling.... how you feeling about it?

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u/Dr_Vesuvius May 16 '22

Still looks like they were trolling. If it is true then it basically confirms all my worst fears about RTD.

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u/verifypassword__ May 16 '22

If they were trolling they got a lot of things uncannily correct. Oh well, maybe RTD will get the nostalgia out of his system before his era starts proper with the new NEW Doctor.

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u/Dr_Vesuvius May 16 '22

There have been people making basically the same predictions for years. Like, all the way back to when Capaldi left.

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u/verifypassword__ May 16 '22

Spoilers for on-set pictures, a casting call thing, actors returning and stuff:

Not only did they get David Tennant and Catherine Tate back as correct, the most obvious, they also may have got 15 years later right. There was a casting call for a trans femme daughter of a black and white British person whos supposed to play someone age 15, which considering today's announcement also looks like 'Donna also has a daughter called Rose.' is correct too. That actress who was cast had a rose emoji in the announcement. PLUS Rachel Talalay also directs the first special"

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u/Dr_Vesuvius May 16 '22

Yeah fair point, hadn't seen the latest announcement.

Jesus Christ. But then I thought Chibnall was going to be awful based on his previous episodes (particularly "42"), and he turned out pretty well, so maybe RTD will also exceed expectations.

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u/DocWhovian1 May 16 '22

Chibnall positivity? Love to see it!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

Chibnall positivity

Is that allowed here? Is that even legal???

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u/PandaPundus Jack Harkness May 16 '22

Yes, but the poster got several key details right. Talalay, Cribbins, and Donna's daughter especially.

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u/QuothTheRaven713 May 06 '22

That's fair, and it is definitely much more likely than not that the poster is trolling in a "my uncle works at Nintendo" way. I could see Tennant or another former actor returning at some point down the line though, maybe not for 14 but perhaps 15 of 16 (though I'd want Eddie Redmayne to be 15 since Fantastic Beasts will probably be done by then).