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David Tennant‘s return for Doctor Who‘s 60th anniversary is the perfect birthday present for the Whoniverse, as the arrival of the Fourteenth Doctor has helped relaunch the sci-fi institution for a brand-new era. One powered and partially funded by Disney. Tennant is no stranger to working with Disney, of course, as he recently voiced Huyang in Ahsoka and once played Kilgrave in Marvel’s Jessica Jones. Before he became the Purple Man, however, Tennant came close to playing one of the founding members of the MCU’s…

The Tardis has landed. If you have been following along, you know that Jodie Whittaker‘s Thirteenth Doctor has morphed into David Tennant‘s Fourteenth Doctor, who was also the Tenth Doctor, a re-regeneration unheard of in the annals of the Time Lords. (Someone better informed than I might be aware of a precedent — anyway, it’s rare.) You can’t go home again, wrote Thomas Wolfe, but F. Scott Fitzgerald said you can repeat the past — of course you can.Indeed, the past repeats gloriously in “Doctor Who: The Star Beast,” the…

Image: BBCThe 14th Doctor has arrived—a little earlier than we first expected. Although Doctor Who will return to TV in a little over a week in a big way to celebrate its 60th anniversary in a trio of specials, tonight the BBC released a short scene marking the first onscreen adventure for David Tennant’s latest take on the Time Lord.Alan Cumming on playing King James in Doctor WhoAired as part of the BBC’s annual charity telethon Children in Need, this clip sees the 14th Doctor cross paths with a mysterious man (Mawaan…

A new incarnation of the Doctor—even if they have a very familiar face—means, inevitably, a new sonic screwdriver for them to wave about the place with reckless Time Lord abandon. David Tennant’s 14th Doctor is no exception, but his updated tool of choice is suitably new and familiar at the same time.Spoilers of the Week: August 12thIn an elaborately staged video released today, the BBC unveiled the design for the Fourteenth Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver, the magical wand-like scanning tool that has long been Doctor Who’s…

Image via BBC Studios The return of David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor is the best thing to happen to Doctor Who in a while, certainly something none of us would’ve predicted nor dared hope for in a million years. But Russell T. Davies is returning to the helm and he’s starting things off with something truly special. The only catch is that we’re going to have to wait a whole year to see it play out on the screen during the show’s 60th anniversary celebrations, so to make that wait more manageable —for lack…

Image: BBCIf you thought you’d have to wait until next year to see the first story for David Tennant’s shock return as Doctor Who’s 14th Doctor, then think again: his first adventure is already here, just not in the format you were expecting.Today’s release of Issue 584 of Doctor Who Magazine also sees the start of a major new experiment: for the very first time in its history, the magazine’s monthly comic strip will be a part of current Doctor Who continuity. Set immediately after the climax of “The Power of the Doctor,”…

House of the Dragon's next episode will feature a 10-year time jump, and in addition to the roles of Alicent and Rhaenyra being recast, the baby Aegon II Targaryen is grown up. An actor who comes from a famous acting family will play the role, it's been revealed.Ty Tennant--the son of Doctor Who star David Tennant and the grandson of another Doctor, Pete Davison--will play the teenage Aegon in House of the Dragon. Tennant previously appeared in the movie Tolkien as well as the TV shows Doom…