"Considering he said he didn't want to go ..."

TV  So yes, the least kept secret in fandom has now been confirmed, David Tennant is back again for the 60th anniversary although the news that Catherine Tate will also be along with him which is fantastic news.  On the instas, RTD2 says:

"THEY’RE BACK! The Doctor and Donna! But… how?! He wiped her memory! If she remembers, she’ll die! But, but… is it a flashback? A dream sequence? A lie? A fantasy? A parallel universe?! Alt Doctor? The Land of Fiction?! You’ll find out in 2023 as Doctor Who hits its 60th - diamond! - anniversary!"

Which is basically him telling us to wait and see.  I think this has partly been announced now because David was seen in Cardiff recently or some such.  Considering he said he didn't want to go ...

The 60th anniversary was always going to be a complicated construction once Jodie and CC decided to leave.  How to you introduce a new Doctor in the 60th anniversary special and pay off the show's legacy without one becoming undermined by the other?

I think it would be wrong for Ncuti’s new incarnation to have to deal with a series of flashbacks to earlier Doctors while he's finding his feet.  But I also can't imagine them making a big announcement about the return of the Doctor Donna without their participation being substantial.

My theory?  That we'll be getting a short anthology type series featuring earlier Doctors or adjacent characters which lead into Ncuti’s first episode, the 60th in which he'll have the chance to find his feet and that this won't be the last of the Sunday announcements.  I'll squee myself silly if the Eighth Doctor returns.

Either that or the 60th is going to be some mad regeneration crisis thing where earlier incarnations show up and then Ncuti wanders in at the end.  In which case how does Donna figure into that?  Whatever happens I hope RTD2 gets a proper sleep pattern this time and isn't desperately filling ashtrays at 3am again.

It's interesting that he reminds us the Donna's memory was wiped.  I get the feeling he's always somewhat regretted that.  Maybe, just maybe, in the meantime he's worked out a mechanism for her to gain those memories back.  Anyway, if we thought the 50th was wild, this is going be something else.

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