Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who: The Giggle.
The Giggle has been.
The outcome: Ncuti Gatwa IS the Doctor!
AND David Tennant IS ALSO the Doctor!
Well, people said they wanted a multi-Doctor story, I guess.
However, the regeneration energy disappeared, and the Doctor asked his friends to pull.
This is a bigeneration.
What the Flip Is a Bigeneration?
Is There a Precedent For This or What?
Absolutely not, no.
Two Doctors: No Peril?
Well, there wasnt a huge amount of peril before, was there?
The difference is that the previous incarnation is still cutting about somewhere.
What Does It All Mean for the Whoniverse?
Ah, I see youve adopted the official branding.
Well, we dont know the full ramifications yet.
We dont know if Ncuti Gatwas Fifteenth Doctor will regenerate or bigenerate.
We dont know if David Tennant is on speed dial for future series finales.
What we know is there ispotentialhere, and if were honest it could go either way.
Bigeneration felt like a farewell toDoctor Who(2005 2023).
It needed a rest.
Theres a support system in place, a reduction in post-regenerative trauma.
The previous incarnations get to play their age in scenes likeTales from the TARDIS.
Theres increased potential for stories.
But Does It Undermine Ncuti Gatwas Doctor?
You remember the pressure onMatt Smithwhen he took over from David Tennant?
That was without the in-story possibility of Tennant turning up again.
Theres clearly a plan in place to ensure thatDoctor Whois a long-term concern.
However, weve just had the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate as the Doctor and Donna.
These characters are still around.
Essentially were in new territory here, and at the start of something.
The new cast is haunted by the spectre of the old.
Ncuti Gatwas era is hobbled by its opening gambit.
Or, alternatively, we might never hear about bigeneration ever again.
So There Might Be Absolutely Nothing to Worry About?
In the context ofDoctor Who, ja.
