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A special Doctor Who ident was launched by BBC iPlayer, with the Fourteenth Doctor questioning the return of Donna and his old face. [151] An interactive "Choose Your Character" challenge was released on BBC iPlayer's TikTok, which revealed some unseen clips from "The Star Beast". [152]
"The Power of the Doctor" featured the largest number of returning characters. Sacha Dhawan and Patrick O'Kane reprised their roles as the Spy Master and Ashad respectively. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Both Jemma Redgrave ( Kate Lethbridge-Stewart ) and Jacob Anderson (Vinder) returned from series 13, the former having reprised her role after six years.
The Doctor is usually accompanied in his travels by one to three companions (sometimes called assistants). These characters provide a surrogate with whom the audience can identify, and further the story by asking questions and getting into trouble, (similar to Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.)
Articles about significant fictional characters in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Subcategories This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.
The first special focuses on various incarnations of the Doctor, including the return of the Tenth Doctor as well as the reveal of a secret incarnation called the War Doctor and his actions during the Time War. [51] The second special focuses on the Eleventh Doctor's regeneration as he dedicates his life to protecting the planet Trenzalore. [41]
The first special celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the series was titled "The Day of the Doctor" and saw the return of David Tennant and Billie Piper. [58] Christopher Eccleston was initially set to return in the special as well but was later replaced by John Hurt, who played an incarnation of the Doctor not previously known. [59]
When Davies returned to Doctor Who, one of the first things he requested was the return of the Christmas special. [13] A special was not produced for the 2022 holiday season, but a new trailer for the programme's 60th anniversary was released in its absence. [14] Christmas specials then returned with "The Church on Ruby Road" in 2023. [15]
Doctor Who follows the adventures of the title character, a rogue Time Lord with somewhat unknown origins who goes by the name "the Doctor".The Doctor fled Gallifrey, the planet of the Time Lords, in a stolen TARDIS ("Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Space"), a time machine that travels by materialising into, and dematerialising out of, the time vortex.