Well that ending felt weird
Definitely feels weird. I know it really doesn’t matter, being a time travel show and all, but the doctor splitting into two different people was definitely something I was not expecting. I hope they can wrap this up in a satisfying end, and that they don’t just leave 14 on earth never to be seen again.
I’m thinking Russel did that to address to issues, the curator in the 50th special, and the Renegade Doctor. I know a lot of fans, m’self included, want her to return, but how do you explain her? Well, if the doctor bifurcated… Sorry, bi-generated in the past, willingly or unwillingly, that could mostly explain her, and if 14 and 15 are running around at the same time, no reason she can’t either. Thinking about the curator, that might even explain why Russell brought Tennent back.
Fun episode. I loved the puppetry scene, but the bi-generation feels a bit weird to me. Interesting if they want to keep 14 around, or if he’s gone after the Christmas special.
I figure, considering David Tennant’s age, and past willingness to reprise the role, and the age of the show, it’s a safe bet he shows up a few more times, even if they had killed him off.
even if they had killed him off.
That’s the fun of shows like this - literally nothing is off the table. It’s like kids playing games at recess, making up rules as they go. There’s a bit more to it than pure “lawlessness”, but the rules can always give way to fun. I love it.
There are rumors of a UNIT spin-off, there could be some way to tie Tennant into that somehow.
That strange sense of weirdness and confusion is probably the closest I’ll ever get to the feeling viewers in the '60s must have had watching William Hartnell regenerate into Patrick Troughton.
This is the 4th time the Doctor has regenerated into David Tennant (Eccleston -> Tennant, Tennant -> Tennant, Whitaker -> Tennant, Tennant -> Tennant again) out of 15 lives, so anytime the Doctor regenerates there’s about a 26% chance of him turning into David Tennant lol.
