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“Doctor Who” followers have been drenched in nostalgia after David Tennant reprised his function because the Time Lord within the dramatic conclusion to the present’s BBC centenary particular.
Sunday’s 90-minute episode of the long-running sci-fi present, titled “The Energy of the Physician,” ended with Jodie Whittaker’s character unexpectedly regenerating into Tennant in her last look because the thirteenth Physician.
“I do know these tooth,” Tennant stated – a reference to the tenth Physician’s first phrases – “New tooth… that’s bizarre” – again in 2005.
The sudden plot twist got here after months of hypothesis on how Whittaker’s exit can be dealt with ahead of Ncuti Gatwa replacing her as lead, and delighted viewers flocked to social media to specific their pleasure.
“Omg, David Tennant again because the physician, finest regeneration ever,” one individual wrote on Twitter.
One other stated: “9 yr previous me who sobbed for every week as soon as David Tennant regenerated is throwing a f**king get together proper now.”
A 3rd wrote: “Seeing David Tennant again on display screen because the physician has barely healed my interior youngster.”
Tennant informed BBC Information: “What a stunning, pretty factor to get to revisit one thing that was such an exquisite, completely satisfied, important time in my life.”
After the present aired, the BBC launched a teaser for subsequent yr’s Sixtieth-anniversary episodes, which function the Scottish actor, who performed the Physician between 2005 and 2010, because the 14th incarnation. The clip additionally confirmed that Catherine Tate will probably be reprising her function as his former companion, Donna Noble, for 3 particular episodes set to air in November subsequent yr.
Ncuti Gatwa will then take management of the TARDIS because the fifteenth Physician, together with his first episode attributable to air over the festive interval in 2023, the BBC stated.
“In case you thought the looks of David Tennant was a shock, we’ve obtained lots extra surprises on the way in which!” stated showrunner Russell T. Davies in a press release. “The trail to Ncuti’s Fifteenth Physician is laden with thriller, horror, robots, puppets, hazard and enjoyable! And the way is it related to the return of the fantastic Donna Noble? How, what, why? We’re supplying you with a yr to invest, after which all hell lets unfastened!”
Whittaker, who made historical past in 2017 when she succeeded Peter Capaldi to change into the primary girl to play the Physician, announced her exit in July final yr.
Commenting on her determination to step down, Whittaker stated her time on the present was “the most effective job I’ve ever had.”
