David Tennant and Catherine Tate will return to “Doctor Who” for the show’s upcoming 60th-anniversary celebrations according to The BBC.
Tennant first stepped into the role of The Doctor, playing his tenth incarnation, in 2005. He played the role across the revived show’s second through fourth seasons and numerous specials, arguably having the most successful run of all the modern-era Doctors.
Tate took on the role of regular companion Donna Noble in the fourth season, though he guest-starred in several specials. Both ended their runs as regulars on the show back in 2010, even as Tennant did make a one-off return for “The Day of the Doctor” 50th-anniversary event in 2013.
Now the pair have reunited twelve years later to film scenes that are due to air next year. How it will work is not clear with the Donna character having forcibly had her memory wiped of her time with Tennant’s Doctor – memories that would kill her if she were to recall them.
Russell T Davies, who served as showrunner during the Tennant/Tate era, returns in that capacity for the upcoming 2023 anniversary special and the subsequent fourteenth season – both serving as the first adventures of the fourteenth incarnation of The Doctor who will be played by Ncuti Gatwa. Davies says in a statement:
“They’re back! 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? Maybe this is a missing story. Or a parallel world. Or a dream, or a trick, or a flashback. 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.”
“Doctor Who” will return to BBC One later this year with a 90-minute special episode for the BBC’s centenary. That special will serve as Jodie Whittaker’s last appearance as the thirteenth Doctor.
Gatwa will then make his debut in the 60th anniversary special to premiere in 2023.
Source: BBC
