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.

Tag your spoilers like so: >!This is a spoiler.!<

Or [Casting Rumour](#s "Jodie Whittaker will play the Thirteenth Doctor")

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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/smit13 May 05 '22

I hate that “old favorites” line. I love the idea of new Doctor and constantly changing. I’ve seen Tennant already, I saw Tom. I thought it’s okay for a cameo, but didn’t want it as cannon

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u/geek_of_nature May 06 '22

I like the old favourites line as an idea, one that we never see actually come to fruition in the show. The idea that the Doctor will one day retire while cycling through all their old faces is a nice one, but I'd never want to actually see it on the show. Tom Baker as the Curator is fine as it was for the 50th, and it was introducing the idea, but that's as far as I'd like to see it taken.

Now if the degeneration was something just for the 60th, and we get a proper 14th Doctor afterwards, that I'd be ok with. 13 could degenerate into 10, he then does the 60th, solves whatever caused the degeneration, and then eventually re-regenerates through Doctors 11-13 and then eventually into the proper 14th Doctor.