Season 14; Russell T Davies Returns

Not great, not terrible.

The Moopsy, I mean Meep, was fairly obvious early on.

Thought the actor playing Rose wasn't great but may get better.

Think the whole gender thing was done fairly cringe and could have been done much more naturally into the story.

Whole thing of female doctor form knowing more than male doctor form doesn't make sense to me.

Great to see Tennant back, Still have great hair.

The bug alien things looked a bit like stuff from 2005, thought they looked very cheap.

Rocket wheelchair could be handy for someone who parks on the path and you cannot pass.

Donna is same old Donna great seeing her back.

I took it to mean that a man would never consider that their offspring form a connection with them and hence, can share the metacrisis etc.

Two major flaws with that. Firstly, Donna didn't figure it out. The Doctor did and he is a bloke. Secondly, Rose isn't a woman. She identifies as non-binary in the episode. She isn't male or female.

The gender stuff was as subtle as a hammer but it was great to have a normal Dr Who story with an arc that isn't overtly complicated and will have a resolution as opposed to Chibnall and Moffat. I can see why they want to have a non-binary role model, I just hope they incorporate that thread into the stories a bit better.

When are we getting the Hayden Christensen cut?

Mixing up franchises? Why would Ankin be Doctor Who? :-)

From what's reported, by the time Ncuti's first "seasons 1" episode airs he will have in fact filmed 2 seasons (his first season wrapped in July) and his original deal is believed to be only two seasons.

That means for the first time in history of Doctor Who an actor may have filmed his regeneration scene before their first season hit television screens.

He is in the Christmas special this year of course. So he will have had air time. But interestingly enough they are filming Christmas 2024 special episode at the moment.

I very much assume the contract is for two full seasons plus the regeneration scene. Not one season and one scene.

I get what you mean now, apologies.

Yeah, unlikely but possible of course. I think we would have heard if that was the case.

The 14th doctor had some comic book adventures before meeting Donna, which are summarized in the above link.

Never knew the above was a thing, crossover between the shows.

YESSSSSS

That made my day seeing Wilf again.

• David Tennant called this special "unlike any Doctor Who episode ever", referring to the specials as a whole as "Russell [T Davies] off the leash".[5]

"Mavity"

Thought it was an okay episode, if not a bit repetitive in nature.

So the superstition thing messed things up? can't all be about "mavity".

Wasn't it established in a previous episode that the Doctor can make the TARDIS materialise using the key?

Strange they had the TARDIS change for no reason and then have it explode.

Really good episode.

Thought they were going the route of what may or may not have happened with the professor in Sliders. Except maybe Donna gets saved somehow and they meet in the next episode.

I was thinking about Arturo in Sliders as well.

An okay episode. Started out promising with the anticipation buildup around the Tardis pulling a legger (I can see why the Doctor disabled that "feature"!) and no sonic screwdriver either. But the copycat thing was dragged out and it was a concept done a million times before.

Tennant is really doing the heavy lifting for the writing. And a good job he's doing too. Love how he's incorporating not just the 10th Doctor but the experiences of 11, 12 and 13 as well to bring a more mature version of his previous character.

Sure wasn't Jodie's Doctor implied to be gay with Yaz?

I can't remember it either, I was just trying to say the franchise has a history been inclusive? (if the correct word).

And 'Torchwood' was more of an ensemble cast.

Gatwa got some flak when his role was announced.

The Celestial Toymaker: Animated Teaser | Doctor Who

Sounds more like 144 people didn't like a trans person being on tv - such a non story and I have my own opinions about some so called trans people

Wait til the new gay Doctor starts, society will crumble

So now we have Regenerated Tennant, Parallel Universe Tennant & Split Tennant.

Didn't see that regeneration coming. Well kept under wraps.

But allows Tenant to easily come back and do the odd Christmas special or what have you.

Harris was great in that, and it looks like we will see him back in the future.

As I said, following on from Tennant will be a challenge, but from what I saw at the end, the future looks promising.

Daleks have easy access to the Tardis now

Thought that was pretty good. Neil Patrick Harris was excellent. A shame if he never returns.

New guy looks alright. His accent was a bit thick at sometimes but I’m sure I’ll get used to it.

Bigeneration thing was a load of nonsense. Was it really explained?

Can't say I'm keen on that one. I mean, what happens now when the Tennant doctor dies? Does he start another round of regenerations?

Also continuity issue. Shouldn't he have forgotten about Clara? And what about Yasmin, Ryan, Graham and that character John Bishop played? How come the Toy Maker didn't mention them? Or Nardol for that matter?

I see a theory online, and it works for me, this bi-Doctor will indeed keep regenerating but only into previous incarnations as older selves, eventually becoming The Curator.

@flazio I also like the theory of the 14th becoming The Curator (Tom Baker)

Have we seen the setup of a 'UNIT' spinoff with 14th, Donna & Family?

Disney's Season 1 of the show with the split new doctor makes sense now.