Finally, the BBC has seen sense and gone back to the traditional Dr Who.
David Tennant has made a surprise appearance in Jodie Whittaker’s final Doctor Who story.
Whittaker unexpectedly regenerated into Tennant at the end of the 90-minute special “The Power of the Doctor”.
The BBC has confirmed that the popular actor, who previously played the role between 2005 and 2010, has officially returned as the 14th Doctor.
Tennant told BBC News: “What a lovely, lovely thing to get to revisit something that was such a wonderful, happy, significant time in my life.”
[…] “And one of those is sadness and regret. So to be able to revisit that and to get another another shot, it was a total joy from start to finish.
“Doctor Who runs through my life, as if through a stick of rock really. It’s a show that I loved as a small child, I grew up obsessed with it. I went to get [fourth Doctor] Tom Baker’s autograph in Glasgow, John Menzies.”
[…] Whittaker’s final story shown in Sunday was filled with characters from the Doctor’s past.
[…] The Guardian’s Rebecca Nicholson said the episode was a “glorious send-off for Whittaker” while the Evening Standard’s Elizabeth Gregory added it was “a fitting tribute to a great Doctor”.
The previous season of Dr Who on BBC America averaged a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 339,000 viewers. For the latest season it has an average of 0.07. But let’s not mention that.
But anyway, it’s great to see the BBC returning Dr Who back to… Ha! Gotcha! Tennant will only be playing the Doctor in a few episodes.
[…] After the three 60th-anniversary specials in 2023, Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa will take over from David Tennant as the 15th Doctor.
Ncuti Gatwa is a Rwandan refugee who escaped Rwanda with his parents as child. As you probably guessed he’s black, I mean “person of colour” and, wait for it, the new Dr Who won’t just be black, he’s going to be gay too.
I for one can’t wait for when the BBC reinvents Dr Who as a tranny.