Here's What We Know About David Tennant's Return on 'Doctor Who'
As anyone who watched the Doctor Who BBC centenary special "The Power of the Doctor" already knows, something wonky appears to have happened with Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker's regeneration. Because she didn't regenerate—as most of us likely expected—into the new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa but into someone who looks an awful lot like a former one, played by David Tennant.
Whether this incarnation—which admittedly is rocking a new and much different sartorial look than his previous self—is meant to be some new version or aspect of the Tenth Doctor or a new character entirely is something that only the series' forthcoming anniversary special(s) can answer. But at least the broadcast of "The Power of the Doctor" has finally offered us some new information to mull over regarding this question.
The incredibly brief post-episode trailer promising that Doctor Who would return at some unspecified date in 2023 (that we're all assuming will be somewhere around November 23) gave us our first quick look at Tennant in action once more, as well as our first official shot of Gatwa as the Doctor, returning companion Catherine Tate, and Neil Patrick Harris as the episode's as-yet-unidentified villain. (Almost everyone assumes he is the Toymaker, but we'll see!)
