David Tennant Should Be The Valeyard, Not The 14th Doctor
Doctor Who is rumored to be bringing back David Tennant as the Doctor, but instead of the 14th incarnation, he should play one of the Time Lord's most confusing enemies: the Valeyard. The Valeyard is one of the classic eras' most convoluted villains, and the revival series ofDoctor Who has thus far ignored him, barring brief mentions in «The Name of the Doctor» and «Twice Upon a Time.» However, if Tennant is returning to the series, this bizarre bad guy could be the perfect role for the veteran actor, and it could also solve one of the series' biggest continuity errors.
The Valeyard is a confusing Doctor Who villain who is a foe of the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker). According to the Master, the Valeyard is an "amalgamation of the darker side of [the Doctor's] nature, taken somewhere between [their] 12th and final incarnation." Prior to the events of «The Time of the Doctor» and «The Timeless Children» rewriting the Doctor's regeneration limit, this would put the Valeyard as an offshoot of the 11th and 12th Doctor (as the presence of the War Doctor bumps the numbers up by one). However, the modern series has yet to address this plot point.
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David Tennant's reappearance on Doctor Who is the perfect time to bring back the Valeyard. It is already unprecedented for an actor to play the Doctor twice, so showrunner Russell T. Davies could have some fun with the actor's return and slowly reveal him as a villainous version of the Doctor. Furthermore, Tennant has proved how excellent he is at playing villainous characters with turns as Kilgrave in Jessica Jones and Barty Crouch Jr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Having Tennant play a rogue offshoot of the
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