{"id":8769,"date":"2021-12-15T18:26:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1537804"},"modified":"2021-12-15T18:50:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:50:19","slug":"new-doctor-strange-detail-revealed-in-spider-man-no-way-home","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/new-doctor-strange-detail-revealed-in-spider-man-no-way-home\/","title":{"rendered":"New Doctor Strange detail revealed in Spider-Man: No Way Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Huw Fullerton\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 15 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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We all know Doctor Strange \u2013 former surgeon, current Master of the Mystic Arts, fan of goatees and flying capes and (of course) the Marvel Cinematic Universe\u2019s Sorcerer Supreme.<\/p>\n

Or so we thought.<\/p>\n

Because new Marvel movie Spider-Man: No Way Home<\/a> reveals that Benedict Cumberbatch\u2019s heroic magician didn\u2019t actually assume the title of Sorcerer Supreme when the previous holder (Tilda Swinton\u2019s Ancient One) was killed.<\/p>\n

Unlike in the comics, where Doctor Strange is (almost) always Earth\u2019s Sorcerer Supreme, someone else has taken the mantle in live-action: Benedict Wong\u2019s character Wong, last seen in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and now sparring with Strange in Spider-Man: No Way Home\u2019s opening scenes.<\/p>

\u201cHe got it on a technicality because I blipped for five years,\u201d Strange grumbles, while Wong heads off for more of his \u201cmany responsibilities\u201d as the main magical protector of Earth (which could also explain why he was so involved in Shang-Chi).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a small beat but could inform the events of the upcoming Strange solo movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If Strange does shatter the Multiverse once more, it could be that he\u2019ll have to face off with Wong in the latter\u2019s capacity as a defender of Earth\/general magic overseer.<\/p>\n

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Alternatively, maybe the film will see him earn his traditional title over the course of the story.<\/p>\n

It seems like an odd detail to throw up in No Way Home if it doesn\u2019t have some relevance going forward \u2013 though it wouldn\u2019t be the first time any of us have over-analysed a minor detail from a Marvel movie that turned out to go nowhere\u2026<\/p>\n

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