David Tennant is set to return in Doctor Who's 60th-anniversary celebrations, but he may be playing a creation of the Toymaker rather than the Doctor himself. Next year will be an exciting one for Doctor Who, with Russell T Davies returning as showrunner — and unexpectedly bringing David Tennant and Catherine Tate back with him. The BBC officially announced their return in May, ahead of public filming where set photos would have confirmed it anyway.
Marketing for the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special(s) won't begin until 2023, well after this year's Centenary Special in which the Thirteenth Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, will bow out. For now, the BBC is keeping the 60th-anniversary announcements to a minimum, focusing mainly on exciting casting decisions, including Neil Patrick Harris's mysterious role as a major villain. Still, the lack of detail is ironically leading to ever-more-intense speculation within the fanbase. Davies has addressed it directly in a recent exclusive interview with Doctor Who Magazine; he's always loved the magazine and seems eager to work with it as much as possible going forward.
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Davies teased how Tennant and Tate could return, presenting a wide range of possibilities. He suggested this could be a sort of "Missing Adventure," a previously-unseen excursion set before Tate's companion, Donna Noble, left the Tenth Doctor's side. Alternatively, perhaps it could be a multiversal adventure, and that "this is a Doctor and Donna from Universe 557, all set to collide with our own." But his third option was most remarkable: "maybe, just maybe, this return is so impossible that it's actually an intricate illusion created by an old enemy of the
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