Shortly earlier than Physician Who‘s three sixtieth anniversary specials premiered, key plot particulars for all of them discovered their means on-line (together with affirmation of that controversial bi-regeneration). Now, one other – unearthed by a consumer on the r/gallifrey Reddit web page – might have pulled again the curtain on Ncuti Gatwa’s stint because the Fifteenth Physician.
The complete story for this month’s Christmas Particular is on the market when you go searching, and whereas it is best to take this newest with a pinch of salt, we now have good cause to consider it could possibly be respectable. Why? Nicely, the leaker in query was proper about loads of what we noticed in “The Star Beast,” “Wild Blue Yonder,” and “The Giggle.”
Earlier than we get to the Whoniverse’s potential new massive unhealthy, it is mentioned (by way of SFFGazette.com) that Ruby Sunday’s (Mille Gibson) boyfriend, performed by The Little Mermaid star Jonah Hauer-King, falls for the Physician because the collection progresses. Showrunner Russell T Davies is supposedly seeking to transfer away from the anticipated romance between the Time Lord and his feminine companion, and a love triangle is sudden.
As for the bigger arc he has deliberate for Physician Who, it’ll reportedly see the Fifteenth Physician regenerating into an evil model of himself referred to as the Valeyard.
That is an actual deep dive into Whoniverse lore as, within the authentic Physician Who collection, he was basically a model of the Physician who regenerated together with his darker impulses not pushed down. The hero finally managed to beat and bury that side of his persona, but it surely appears Davies now intends to place a brand new spin on the idea.
Considerably confusingly, it is mentioned a future model of the Fifteenth Physician – maybe the Fourteenth Physician after he regenerates? – will then should journey again in time to try to get the Valeyard to show again into his heroic self, with Davies hoping to enlist a number of earlier Physician actors to ship Gatwa’s iteration out in model. Presumably, which means the actor is simply sticking round for a three-season run (which appears to be the utmost on this trendy period).
Lastly, the leak additionally claims there are plans in place for the Daleks to return in subsequent yr’s season 1.
We’ll see if this leads anyplace but it surely’s actually intriguing to consider the place Physician Who could possibly be taking us within the years forward. Lately, Davies shared his ideas on that massive bi-generation twist leaking upfront.
“It’s form of leaked. So loads of followers will find out about this, however that’s simply followers,” he mentioned. “And my sister will nonetheless sit there screaming [because] there can be an terrible lot of people that don’t know what’s going to occur. The overwhelming majority. And it performs with them a lot right here. ‘What’s happening?’ What fun.”
Physician Who‘s Christmas Particular, “The Church on Ruby Highway,” will premiere on BBC and Disney+ on Christmas Day.
