At a Glance:

• Doctor Who ended the eras of each Chris Chibnall as collection showrunner and Jodie Whittaker because the thirteenth Doctor in 2022 with “The Power of the Doctor,” bringing to a detailed a three-season, three-particular run.
• Whittaker’s alternative is returning star David Tennant, who will play the official 14th incarnation of the Doctor beneath equally returning showrunner Russell T. Davies, who revived Doctor Who in 2005 and managed the collection till 2009.
• Tennant will seem in three specials in November 2023 to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of Doctor Who on November 23.
• He’ll be joined by returning characters Donna Noble and Wilfred Mott, who had been performed by Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins in season 4 of Doctor Who. Neil Patrick Harris will play a brand new villain, whereas Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney will play a personality named Rose.
• Tennant might be succeeded by Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa because the fifteenth Doctor. His announcement in May 2022 makes him the primary Black actor to play the Doctor on-screen.
• Gatwa will star in Doctor Who’s 14th season, set to air a while in 2024.

What’s Been Going on in Doctor Who?

Three Doctor Who specials aired out the final days of Jodie Whittaker’s time because the Doctor in 2022. “Eve of the Daleks” noticed the Doctor and her companions Dan (launched in the prior thirteenth season, generally known as Doctor Who: Flux) and Yaz face the titular iconic monsters in a time loop paradox. “Legend of the Sea Devils” revived the traditional ‘70s monsters for a new adventure, while “Power of the Doctor” saw the 13th Doctor face off against the Master in an adventure that ultimately saw her mortally wounded, returning her companions to contemporary Earth while she regenerated into a new body.

Why Is David Tennant the Doctor Again? Is David Tennant Playing the 10th Doctor?

Whittaker regenerated not into previously announced new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa, but David Tennant, who played the official 10th incarnation of the Time Lord from Christmas 2005 to New Year’s Day 2010, earlier than reprising the function for Doctor Who’s fiftieth anniversary particular, “The Day of the Doctor,” in 2013.

While this marks his first return on-screen within the collection since then, Tennant will not be taking part in the tenth Doctor, however the official 14th incarnation—conscious that they’re each utilizing a well-known kind and a brand new entity. Aside from the truth that Tennant is arguably the most well-liked actor to tackle the function, so bringing him again for the sixtieth anniversary is sensible, there’s loads of causes Doctor Who can give you as to why the Doctor’s regenerative course of determined to re-use an previous id, extra of which you’ll be able to examine right here.

When Will Doctor Who Return in 2023?

Doctor Who will return for 3 particular episodes in November 2023, set to air in celebration of the collection’ sixtieth anniversary.

What Is Doctor Who’s sixtieth Anniversary Special About?

Aside from Tennant returning because the Doctor, he’ll be joined by former companions Donna Noble and Wilfred Mott, performed by Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins (the actor’s final function previous to his passing in July 2022) in Doctor Who’s fourth season. Donna exited the collection as a daily character after an journey result in her needing to have her reminiscence wiped by the tenth Doctor, forgetting her time alongside him lest her thoughts face grievous hurt, so simply how Donna will play into the the story stays to be seen.

The Doctor and Donna will face a mysterious new adversary, performed by Neil Patrick Harris, and might be joined within the specials by Yasmin Finney as a brand new character named Rose—how they hook up with the different well-known Rose of Doctor Who, Billie Piper’s Rose Tyler, additionally stays to be seen.

Is There a Trailer for Doctor Who’s sixtieth Anniversary?

Yes! It premiered on the finish of “The Power of the Doctor,” and you’ll watch it above.

When Will Ncuti Gatwa Become the Doctor?

Gatwa is briefly seen within the trailer for Doctor Who’s sixtieth anniversary, so will presumably comply with the lengthy custom of latest Doctors showing within the remaining moments of their predecessor’s final episodes to change into the fifteenth Doctor. The BBC has introduced that Gatwa will seem because the Doctor first “over the festive season” in 2023, earlier than he’ll take over full-time in a brand new season of the present after that.

Is There a Doctor Who Season 14 Release Date?

There’s no present launch date for season 14 of Doctor Who, however it’s anticipated to be broadcast a while in 2024.

Where Is Doctor Who Streaming In the U.S. and UK?

Currently, the primary 13 seasons of the revived Doctor Who are streaming on the BBC iPlayer within the UK, whereas within the U.S., the revived collection streams completely on HBO Max. In each nations, episodes from the traditional period of the present can be found by Britbox.

This will change in 2023, at the least within the U.S.. The BBC and Disney have introduced that as a part of a brand new deal, Doctor Who will stream completely worldwide on Disney+, aside from within the UK and Ireland, the place it would nonetheless stream on the BBC iPlayer and BBC One. It’s at the moment unknown if this may have an effect on Doctor Who’s place on BBC America, the place it at the moment airs within the U.S..

Does Disney Co-Own Doctor Who Now?

A report within the wake of the BBC/Disney announcement from British paper the Telegraph alleged that the deal can even see Disney contribute funds to assist create the present, and whereas the collection’ inventive group will nonetheless maintain management of the collection primarily, the deal will permit Disney some degree of say within the inventive choices for the collection—in addition to permitting entry to expertise or “cinematic production moments” beforehand inaccessible because of the BBC’s funds for the present.

None of this has been confirmed by the BBC, nonetheless. The announcement strictly centered on Disney’s acquisition of Doctor Who’s streaming rights, and didn’t point out any co-founding. The new period of the collection might be made for the BBC by Bad Wolf Studios, created by former Doctor Who producer Julie Gardner and former BBC Controller of Fiction Jane Tranter—which is now owned by Sony Pictures Television, after the studio took a majority stake in Bad Wolf in December 2021. The collection was beforehand made by BBC Studios immediately.

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