{"id":53298,"date":"2024-06-15T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2057322"},"modified":"2024-06-15T10:33:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T08:33:37","slug":"doctor-who-shares-update-on-david-tennants-fourteenth-doctor","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-shares-update-on-david-tennants-fourteenth-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who shares update on David Tennant\u2019s Fourteenth Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"

What has happened to him since The Giggle? <\/p>

By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 15 June 2024 at 07:00 AM<\/p>

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This article contains spoilers for Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Tennant might have insisted that his latest Doctor Who<\/a> encore in the show\u2019s 60th anniversary specials was \u201cvery much the end of the story<\/a>\u201c, but the latest episode nevertheless appeared to gift fans the tiniest of updates on the fate of his Fourteenth Doctor.<\/p>\n

Uniquely, rather than regenerating into Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s Fifteenth Doctor, Tennant\u2019s Fourteenth experienced a \u201cbi-generation\u201d<\/a> which allowed both incarnations to co-exist.<\/p>\n

With Fifteen taking flight in his own TARDIS, heading out into the universe to battle monsters and fight against injustice, Fourteen opted to take a well-deserved break and was last seen enjoying his retirement \u2013 well, semi-retirement, with the occasional jaunt through time \u2013 at home with companion Donna (Catherine Tate) and her family.<\/p>

In new episode The Legend of Ruby Sunday, the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby (Millie Gibson) arrive at UNIT HQ in 2024 seeking to solve twin mysteries \u2013 the identity of Ruby\u2019s mother<\/a>, and the secret of a woman (played by Susan Twist<\/a>) who keeps appearing across time and space in different guises.<\/p>\n

There, the Doctor shares a joyous reunion with Donna\u2019s daughter Rose (Yasmin Finney), who is now employed by UNIT chief Kate Lethbridge-Stewart (Jemma Redgrave).<\/p>\n

\u201cHow is your mum? How is your uncle?\u201d asks the Doctor, with Rose confirming that both are doing \u201cgood\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Given this is the first we\u2019ve heard of Rose\u2019s \u201cuncle\u201d, it seems safe to assume this is a reference to her *surrogate* uncle, the Fourteenth Doctor \u2013 and the good news is he\u2019s still alive and out there, despite showrunner Russell T Davies joking that the character had \u201cdied\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe went to Venice, 2063, when the city sank, and he went into a whirlpool, which is really sad\u2026\u201d Davies said back in May<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not a bit of it\u2026 the Fourteenth Doctor lives! Even if, again according to Davies, he\u2019s \u201cparked and retired\u201d and Tennant is \u201cabsolutely not coming back\u201d<\/a>, we can at least take solace in the knowledge that he\u2019s still out there, thriving, in the Whoniverse\u2026<\/p>\n

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