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Warning : SPOILERS ahead for Doctor Who special episode " The Giggle " !

Summary

Doctor Whoshowrunner Russell T. Davies has confirmed the status of the Fourteenth Doctor following the 60th anniversary specials . During the final examination of the three episodes , titled " The Giggle , " the Toymaker utilise a galvanic beam that causes the Doctor to bi - generate , splitting himself into both David Tennant ’s Fourteenth Doctor and Ncuti Gatwa ’s Fifteenth Doctor . After the villain is defeated , Tennant ’s Doctor adjudicate to settle down in Paris with Donna and her family while Gatwa ’s Doctor continues his adventures .

Speaking onDoctor Who : Unleashed , Humphrey Davy confirm theDoctor Who60th day of remembrance endingmarks the stopping point for one Doctor and the continuation of the journey for another . The showrunner saysthe Fourteenth Doctor will remain on Earth with his happy ending , while the Fifteenth Doctor - the true positive feedback - will continue take in adventures , starting with the upcoming Christmas special . hold out what Humphrey Davy had to say below :

The ending is very unproblematic , actually . It ’s not much of a tease . It means David is park . David [ Tennant ] is living in France . We ’ve got a well-chosen Doctor who is no longer saving the universe , but that ’s park with Donna for a happy sprightliness . While THE Doctor , which is always the next Dr. , and that ’s always true of Doctor Who , the Doctor is the next Doctor , is out amongst the star topology . He ’s flying off . He ’s going to have a companion . It ’s going to be there on Christmas Day . It ’s break to be very exciting . I ’m going to say hobgoblin and tremendous fun to come .

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Will The Fourteenth Doctor Ever Return?

Davies ' elucidation underscores the idea thatthe Fourteenth Doctor is now retired from his tariff as a Time Lord , adjudicate alternatively to know a comfortable biography on Earth . However , the Fifteenth Doctor ’s adventures will stay on , with the homecoming of the Master suggest at in the specials ' final minutes . While the episode seems to shut the book on Tennant ’s Doctor ever yield , his position as a disjoined being from the principal Dr. means he could amount back in the future .

Multiple Doctors have returnedin old episodes of the serial , with Tennant ’s previous Tenth Doctor having returned for the 50th day of remembrance special in 2013 . Because different iteration of the Time Lord returning has already been establish , it ’s potential he could come back to assist the Fifteenth Doctor - or a succeeding loop - with a universe - scale trouble . This is made even easy because the Fourteenth Doctor is now his own person .

SinceDoctor Whointroduced bismuth - generationto its universe of discourse , future Dr. could potentially become separate entity moving forwards . This fresh interlingual rendition of positive feedback may be setting the stage for a major upshot many age down the line . If that ’s the case , then it ’s highly likely Tennant ’s Fourteenth Doctor will be involved , especially founder the actor ’s return for multiple day of remembrance episode so far .

David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor sitting and looking satisfied in Doctor Who episode The Giggle.

Doctor Whoseries 14 , which will continue the adventures of the Fifteenth Doctor , begin on December 25 , 2023 with the special instalment " The Church on Ruby Road . "

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