{"id":49428,"date":"2024-04-12T12:24:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T10:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2024133"},"modified":"2024-04-12T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T11:58:43","slug":"doctor-whos-peter-davison-on-bi-generation-i-dont-know-why-they-did-that","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-whos-peter-davison-on-bi-generation-i-dont-know-why-they-did-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s Peter Davison on bi-generation: \u2018I don\u2019t know why they did that\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fifth Doctor addresses that surprising 60th anniversary twist. <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 12 April 2024 at 10:24 AM<\/p>

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Peter Davison has expressed some confusion over recent developments in Doctor Who<\/a>, which saw its first ever bi-generation late last year in a revolutionary twist for the long-running show.<\/p>\n

Rather than Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s newly regenerated (or \u2018bi-generated\u2019) Fifteenth Doctor outright replacing his predecessor, he instead spawned out of David Tennant\u2019s Fourteenth \u2013 leaving both alive and well, with even a separate TARDIS each.<\/p>\n

The initial response to this radical change to the show\u2019s formula was slightly mixed, with some fans excited by the storytelling opportunities and others concerned it could sap some of the emotional impact from a Doctor ending their tenure.<\/p>\n

While speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press about his new Beyond Paradise<\/a> role, the conversation inevitably shifted to Doctor Who \u2013 and Davison gave his candid thoughts on the twist.<\/p>

\u201cWell, the bi-generation is an interesting concept. I don\u2019t quite know why they did that,\u201d he began. \u201cSpeaking as an actor, it might be because Russell T Davies had said that he wanted to create a kind of \u2018Whoniverse\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the thing I don\u2019t really quite understand \u2013 I\u2019m a huge fan of Doctor Who, but I\u2019m not as mad a fan as, say, David Tennant \u2013 and the bi-generation basically apparently means that my Doctor still exists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davison continued: \u201cSo I can be brought back at any point, even as my older self, to do a Doctor Who story. I think that was the intention.<\/p>\n

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David Tennant and Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC Studios<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cHe caught the ire of a few of the fans because of this very fact, that it suddenly meant no Doctor ever actually regenerated. There was always just another one grew out of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor went on to admit that he is \u201cquite a few seasons behind\u201d on Doctor Who, having stopped watching after his sons left home for university, but he\u2019d heard that the 60th anniversary specials<\/a> had been \u201cfun\u201d.<\/p>\n

Davison added: \u201cDavid, when he first did Doctor Who, did it because he was a big fan of the series, even though his career was going well.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think he came back because he just couldn\u2019t resist coming back. He wanted to be the Tenth and the Fourteenth Doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n