The Doctor is here! The Doctor is in! Doctor Who season 14 seems to be jam-packed with new and familiar faces — including former star David Tennant.
The BBC America’s long-running series will be ended. Jodie Whittaker‘s tenure as the time-traveling hero (a role she took over from Peter Capaldi2018) In October 2022. She and the showrunner Chris ChibnallWill leave Doctor WhoTogether, this will make way for a new cast of characters and a returning showrunner for season 14.
Sex EducationActor Ncuti Gatwahas been named as the 14th Doctor. The 29-year-old is only a few decades older than the previous Doctor. Matt SmithHe was 26 years old when he was made the Time Lord’s youngest ever actor.
Russell T. DaviesThe showrunner will be back is Davies, who was responsible for the 2005 relaunch of sci-fi and departed with Tennant in 2010. “Ncuti dazzled us, seized hold of the Doctor and owned those TARDIS keys in seconds,” Davies said in a May 2022 statement when Gatwa was announced in the role. “It’s an honour to work with him, and a hoot, I can’t wait to get started.”
However, the writer kept his mouth shut about any additional details. “I can’t wait to talk to you about them but it’s just not fair,” he toldRadioTimesAfter the announcement. “Jodie’s there. She owns it, she’s got a big finale in October and if we start nipping – we have to announce today because people would have found out about Ncuti whether we liked it or not, that’s the curse of Doctor Who.”
Though Davies would like fans to focus on Whittaker’s “beyond epic” finale, the BBC had to announce Tennant’s return as well to avoid others spoiling the news. The Good Omens star was flying the TARDIS (the Doctor’s time-traveling spaceship) from 2005 to 2010. He returned in 2013 for the 50th anniversary special, titled “The Day of the Doctor,” and he’ll return again to celebrate the iconic British show’s 60th birthday. This time, the actor from Scotland will reunite with Catherine TateDonna Noble’s companion in the fourth season was played by Donna Noble.
“They’re back!” Davies teased in the May 2022 announcement. “And it looks impossible — first, we announce a new Doctor, and then an old Doctor, along with the wonderful Donna, what on earth is happening? Perhaps this is a missing story. Or a parallel reality. Or a flashback, a trick, a dream or a dream. The only thing I can confirm is that it’s going to be spectacular, as two of our greatest stars reunite for the battle of a lifetime.”
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