Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker's regeneration reveals a new Doctor - BBC

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David Tennant has made a astonishment quality successful Jodie Whittaker's last Doctor Who story.

Whittaker unexpectedly regenerated into Tennant astatine the extremity of the 90-minute peculiar The Power of the Doctor.

The BBC has confirmed that the fashionable actor, who antecedently played the relation betwixt 2005 and 2010, has officially returned arsenic the 14th Doctor.

Previous incarnations of the Time Lord, including Peter Davison and Sylvester McCoy, besides appeared successful the story.

It was announced earlier this twelvemonth that David Tennant had been filming scenes for the sci-fi drama's 60th anniversary.

Now it's been confirmed that he's playing much than a little cameo, and that he's taken implicit from Whittaker to erstwhile much play the Doctor.

He'll look successful 3 peculiar episodes which volition aerial successful November 2023.

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies said: "If you thought the quality of David Tennant was a shock, we've got plentifulness much surprises connected the way!"

Whittaker's last communicative was filled with characters from the Doctor's past.

The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth Doctors, played by Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann, each made little appearances.

As did erstwhile companions Ace, Tegan and Jo, played by Sophie Aldred, Janet Fielding and Katy Manning.

97-year-old William Russell, who played 1 of the companions of the archetypal Doctor, William Hartnell, besides appeared successful the story.

After the 3 60th-anniversary specials successful 2023, Sex Education prima Ncuti Gatwa volition instrumentality implicit from David Tennant arsenic the 15th Doctor.

Russell T Davies commented: "The way to Ncuti's 15th Doctor is laden with mystery, horror, robots, puppets, information and fun!

"And however is it connected to the instrumentality of the fantastic Donna Noble? How, what, why? We're giving you a twelvemonth to speculate, and past each hellhole lets loose!"

The Power of the Doctor is disposable connected BBC iPlayer