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David Tennant has mysteriously returned as the Fourteenth Doctor , andDoctor Whohas drop two major clew how this could have happened . TheDoctor WhoCentenary Special , " The Power of the Doctor , " bring an end to Jodie Whittaker ’s tenure as the Thirteenth Doctor . But the regeneration that postdate was unlike to any that had happened before , withDavid Tennant returning as the Fourteenth Doctor . The Doctor was as mixed-up as TV audience , with Tennant uttering his ironic triple-“What ? "
InDoctor Wholore , this is known as retro - re-formation or ( more commonly ) degeneration . The phenomenon had previously only been seen a fistful of times in tie - in comic strip and novels , but in none of those cases had it been treated like a real regeneration . This is something different , something unprecedented , because the BBC is stressing that Tennant is indeed the prescribed Fourteenth Doctor . The accuracy in all likelihood wo n’t be revealed untilDoctor Who ’s 60th day of remembrance specials in 2023 , but luckily some clues are already emerging .
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Russell T. Davies Hints The Doctor’s Degeneration Could Have Been Caused By An External Force
Returning showrunnerRussell T. Davies has no concern of spoilers , and he ’s already kicked off a substantial marketing campaign forDoctor Who ’s 60th anniversary . This included an single audience inDoctor Who Magazine#584 , which attend him think over on Whittaker ’s positive feedback scene . He was clearly impress by the beautiful filming , but then single out one item that fitted well with his plans ; that , for the first fourth dimension sinceDoctor Whoreturned in 2005 , the Doctor had regenerated outside the TARDIS . The TARDIS is , of course , almost imperviable to assail - " The assembled hordes of Genghis Khan could n’t get through those door , " the Doctor once bragged , " and believe me , they ’ve test . " Being outside the TARDIS potentially leaves the Doctor open to extraneous influence of some sort at a moment of great exposure . It ’s pregnant , then , that Davies noted Whittaker ’s outdoor re-formation helped his own story .
Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary Features Another Degeneration Story
David Tennant ’s returnisn’t the only decadence taradiddle being told in 2023.Big Finishhas announced a massiveDoctor Whoaudiobook adventure , have Tom Baker , Peter Davison , Colin Baker , Sylvester McCoy , Paul McGann , Christopher Eccleston , and Tennant as well . plainly set during the Time War , this will see the Doctor suffer a heartbreaking hurt , and his body will begin to deteriorate in the wake of the trauma . Big Finish tease that this , too , is something that has been done to the Doctor by an outside force .
It ’s crucial to note that Big Finish ’s audiodrama will not be instantly connected to Tennant ’s rejoinder in the main show ; theBBC Charter prohibitsDoctor Who ’s goggle box series getting too heavily involved in transmedia go-ahead . For all that ’s the sheath , though , the timing is certainly no coincidence - especially given Russell T. Davies has a good human relationship with Big Finish . It ’s potential the author at Big Finish know what Davies has planned forDoctor Who ’s 60th anniversary , and are using the same rule . This , then , fits in well with Davies ' own input - and indicates some outside influence really has meddled with the Doctor ’s regeneration . Hopefully it wo n’t be farseeing beforeDoctor Whogives some more clues .
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