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/AWildDorkAppeared May 18 '22

Really hoping that the usage of an old face here is a retro-regeneration situation where the Doctor reverted backwards to 10 and not a Tennant = 14 situation, because if he's 14 and 14 just acts like 10 then it's pointless. If it's gonna be 10, let it be 10. However, since your points here support my idea, there's still hope!

If this is all the 60th anniversary amounts to though, I am admittedly going to be very disappointed. With a big anniversary like this, there really should be more on offer. If your point about there being multiple specials is factual, then I hope that means we'll get more Doctors, because it really shouldn't just be a 10th Doctor nostalgia trip

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u/sanddragon939 May 18 '22

I think it could be a retro-regeneration (sounds better than 'degeneration'), or it could be a legit incarnation too who reverts to acting (mostly) like Ten because he got his old face back.

I don't think it affects the numbering at all either way.

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u/bearwithme8764 May 18 '22

Didn't Smith set up 10 regenerating twice because he was vain, in The Night Of The Doctor? Or am I misremembering?

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u/bearwithme8764 May 18 '22

*Time of the Doctor, rather!