{"id":17376,"date":"2022-06-23T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1667997"},"modified":"2022-06-23T12:42:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:42:13","slug":"russell-t-davies-hints-at-reason-for-david-tennants-doctor-who-return","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/russell-t-davies-hints-at-reason-for-david-tennants-doctor-who-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell T Davies hints at reason for David Tennant\u2019s Doctor Who return"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 23 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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It\u2019s been over a month since the Doctor Who fanbase was rocked by news that David Tennant and Catherine Tate would be returning<\/a> to their iconic roles as The Doctor and Donna Noble for the show\u2019s 60th anniversary.<\/p>\n

Ever since then, fans have been trying to work out just how the pair might come back, and now returning showrunner Russell T Davies<\/a> has given them some new theories to mull over.<\/p>\n

Writing in this month\u2019s edition of Doctor Who Magazine<\/a>, Davies put forward a few potential explainers for how this could be possible.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cA mysteriously forgotten excursion for the TARDIS in between Planet of the Ood and Sontaran Stratagem? Or maybe a multiverse thing, they\u2019re all the rage these days. Maybe this is the Doctor and Donna from Universe 557, all set to collide with our own.<\/p>\n

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Catherine Tate and David Tennant in Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cThen again, maybe, just maybe, this return is so impossible that it\u2019s actually an intricate illusion created by an old enemy of the Doctor\u2019s. Or maybe an old enemy of Donna\u2019s. Nerys!<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, I wouldn\u2019t give that away in the pages of DWM, would I? But then again. This magazine is the first place I ever revealed the name of Billie Piper\u2019s Rose (in issue 340). So read carefully. There are truths in here.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Davies states, it\u2019s highly unlikely he would reveal the real explanation for their return so casually, so take those potential explanations with a huge pinch of salt. However, the tease at the end that \u201cthere are truths in here\u201d is sure to set fans\u2019 minds racing to uncover just what it all means.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s DWM 579! Available from branches of WH Smith and selected supermarkets from this Thursday, 23 June. Available to preorder online from https:\/\/t.co\/M0TUeDw7E2<\/a> from later today (UK, Ireland and Gibraltar only). #DrWho<\/a> #DoctorWho<\/a> #DavidTennant<\/a> #CatherineTate<\/a> #TARDIS<\/a> #NPH<\/a> #RTD<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WZmDMreoER<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Doctor Who Magazine (@DWMtweets) June 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>