This Doctor Who article contains spoilers.
A pained expression covers Fourteen as he admits, I dont know how.
And its not just because we know the Doctor as a person on the move.
Ever since the characters introduction in 1963, the Doctor has been defined by restlessness.
They search for answers, save the day, and then off they go to a new adventure.
If hes going to stop moving, where is the Doctor supposed to live?
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The next time we see the Doctor, he appears to have stopped.
He sits around a table with Donnas family and returning companion Mel Bush (Bonnie Langford).
I ended up with a family, Fourteen says happily at the end of The Giggle.
We arent surprised at all that the openly sentimental Tenth/Fourteenth Doctor would end up with a family.
So the real question is,Whodve thought?
I ended up with a house?
But thats not whats actually going on.
Yes, thats theDoctorstable.
Hes settled down and ishostinga garden party for his family and not the other way around.
With those ample savings and payments, the Doctor has unknowingly become quite wealthy.
And unlike Donna, the Doctor apparently chooses not to give away his gobs of cash.
When the Doctor says he doesnt know how to stop, Donna replies, I can tell you how.
The end of the novelization shows the Doctor has listened.
Do we believe him?
Doctor Who returns for series 14 in May on the BBC in the UK and Disney+ everywhere else.
