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I suspect bi-generation is a ploy to make this Doctor, and all he does, reversible. I understand if RTD didn't want to carry all the dense guilt and lone wolf weight of Moffitt's Doctor into his version, but just dumping it onto poor Tennant and carrying on with a properly "counseled" Doctor, as if the new Doctor wasn't a continuity but rather a drop in from already having a life, seems....weird.
But for the producers, if it doesn't work out you can just eliminate the RTD storyline and switch back to Tennant. After all, who really expects a time lord to sit on a porch drinking lemonade for long?
I find it troubling how some fans itch for "reset points" when it comes to certain changes from the show template. Like suggesting rolling back the first Black Doctor immediately after his premiere appearance, or crying for RTD to retcon all of the first female Doctor’s run before it was even over.
Why not just... live with it? Let the show go on forward instead of imagining some weird rewritten, all-white-males version? It was fun having Tennant and Tate back for a second, but I honestly prefer Ncuti Gatwa already, especially over a "rerun" face.
On a sidenote, I don't think David Tennant is anywhere as eager to return to the show (even on an intermittent basis) as his fans are, and I kind of doubt we'll see him again until it becomes time for that actual regeneration into 15.
I guess I wasn't clear. I like the new Doctor too, and I don't want a reset. It's did occur to me that the episode lent itself to rolling back. Another possible conclusion is that Disney wants to spin off more Doctor-themed shows and having two doctors makes that work.
IDK. I'm happy we're getting more Doctor Who, but nervous we're destroying tropes along the way. Two Tardises, just like that? Hmmm.
That's an interesting way to look at it. It's going to be a fascinating time for Dr Who
I think that choice has a lot to do with the Curator and the Renegade Doctor, this would explain them pretty neatly.