Does anyone think we'll get another multi Doctor story for those anniversary? If we do my dream anniversary would include McGann, Chris Eccles, David Tennant, Matt Smith and Capldi. By the next big anniversary Chris might feel its been a long enough time away and its time to reprise the role of the Doctor for a final appearance. RTD might even get on board in some capacity and talk Chris round. McGann, Tennant and Smith would all jump at the chance to come back.

Eccleston will never do it. Tennant,Smith and Capaldi would. More likely 60th anniversary.

Never say never, Jim Carrey was the same and refused sequels because he thought they weren't a challange but eventually did Dumb and Dumber To. I'd like to hope Chris feels he has more to contribute to Doctor who one day and returns.

The 55th isn't really a thing. I've never seen a 55th anniversary celebration for anything before.

The 60th is the next proper landmark, but it's still just under 9 years away. Without being too morbid, I expect Tom will probably be gone by then. As for the others, Smith can be from any point during his stay on Trenzalore. Tennant could possibly be the meta-crisis Doctor as he'll be 52. The others would need some sort of explanation (like the Curator revisiting old faces) because they will look too different to their original Doctors.

Yeah I can't see them doing a special for the 55th but I think it'd be the last chance for a proper multi Doctor episode before everyone becomes too old. If they wait for the 60th McGann will be 65, Chris will be 60 and Capaldi will be 65. I've got a bad feeling Colin Baker won't last another 10 years. At least we have the 100th with Chris (He said he'll be there with his sonic and stair lift) to look forward too.

David,Matt and Peter would do it in a heartbeat so i could see a kind of nice unity between the three and the then current doctor

Technically, it will be this year. No, not the revival in 2005, but the 50th Anniversary of the first ever Christmas special - The Feast Of Steven. That is the next proper landmark for Doctor Who to celebrate. You must excuse me, I've got a berry vad cold...

You're missing Sir John Hurt as well..

Dr who might be cancelled by its 60th. Could be a low key affair like its 30th or forgot about like its 40th. I know they will never surpass the 50th.

To be honest, the next big anniversary is 75, not 55 or 60. And by the time of the 75th, there may be a whole set of new doctors who are invited back... Alternatively, the show might have long been cancelled by then.

I think multi-doctor events lose their effectiveness if they happen every 5 years or so. If there was a 60th anniversary special, I doubt we would have returning doctors. But if we did, then Smith, Capaldi and the incumbant (assuming it's not Capaldi) would probably be the likely candidates. Smith has a good 11 years on Tennant so will be able to return to the role without looking substantially older for longer.

The idea that Tennant can return at any time in the form of the Meta-Crisis Doctor is a non-starter. The Meta-Crisis Doctor was a plot devise, nothing more. I don't believe there was ever any serious intention to ever bring the character back or create a spin-off. And in any case, the Meta-Crisis Doctor simply isn't the Doctor any more than Smith's ganger doctor - why would we want to see him return?

I have no real desire to see M.C Doctor back, but it's pretty much a baggage free way of bringing DT back without explaining why he is so old.

But if he's not playing the canonical 10th Doctor, why bring DT back at all?

Don't get me wrong, I liked Tennant's doctor. But I don't want to see him return at all costs.

They could bring Tennant back older. They did that in Time-crash with the 5th Doctor. Ok, it was a Children in Need special but the same process would apply.

Well, the big advantage of bringing back the meta-crisis Doctor is that he has an ongoing existence in the Whoniverse. He can continue to grow and develop in interesting ways. He can age. He can die. He can even become the Valeyard.

I find this more interesting than the prospect of David reprising his Doctor again for another "Greatest Hits" comeback show set sometime before The End of Time.

Never say never, time changes things and the way people feel about them. Tom Baker didn't do the five doctors, but look at him in 2013 happily being involved in the 50th.


What a cheery post!. Seriously, I know it might be cancelled by then, but give it's current success ithere's probably as much chance that it won't be, so I think we can allow a bit of optimism. Agree with you the 50th episode was good though.


Extremely doubtful they would ever bring Tennant back as anything other than the real doctor.

I never thought they would for the 50th because casual viewers would likely not even remember the storyline, and of those of us who would, many would feel cheated at having him back as anything but the real doctor.

These points would be even more prominent for the 60th. Could you imagine:

STARRING MATT SMITH as the doctor

STARRING PETER CAPALDI as the doctor

STARRING DAVID TENNANT as some character who made a one episode appearance 15 years ago.

It would just be so wrong.

Sorry yes! if JH would be up for it then the more grandad the better

This should haven happend, to think it never will

http://youtu.be/PsFa_n4s-3s

I don't understand why Moffat never included classics, for starters we could have 8th as the Doctor who fought the time war

To be honest the Curator plot should have been the 50th and the time war plot for the 10th anniversary of New Who.

Bear in mind that this episode was also Rose's last appearance. It's well-remembered and has been repeated many, many times on BBC Three. It's fair to say that most of the general audience and virtually every fan will be aware of Meta Ten.

Much more obscure stuff has been referenced in the new series.


Equal airtime for 12 or 13 versions of a single character would be unmanageable. The Day of the Doctor works perfectly with 3 prominent Doctors and a bunch of cameos.

Thanks. My cold has improved on your comment... So if we include Eccleston...

Grandad (John Hurt)
Big Ears (Christopher Ecclestone)
Sand Shoes (David Tennant)
Chinny (Matt Smith)
Crooked Nose (can anyone come up with a better one for Capaldi?)

Well each to there own opinion and all, but to me those who think of David Tennant as either their favourite or one of their favourite doctors, it would be a bit of a slap in the face to find that after thinking we were going to get the chance to see his doctor again after 10 years since the last time, it turned out he wasn't playing the real doctor at all.

Well, the sight of a bloke in his 50s trying to recreate the supposedly youthful-looking Tenth Doctor isn't all that exciting either. Even with a timey-wimey differential (or some such technobabble explanation), it would still be jarring to see Tennant's character looking noticeably different from the Tenth Doctor we all remember.

Time Crash was nice for a bit of fun on a tacky charity telethon, but it would be rubbish to have an old Davison playing the Fifth Doctor in the main show. And that's probably why Moffat chose to cast Tom Baker as a future retired Doctor, rather than an incongruously aged Fourth Doctor.

I think you're overstating the importance and prominence of this one-off appearance. And in 2023, 15 years after it happened? I'm sorry, but the Meta-crisis character is of miniscule importance in the history of Doctor Who and simply won't be brought back. If Tennant returns, it will be as the Doctor, the character he played for 5 years. Not the meta-crisis character.

Not that he neccessarily needs to be brought back anyway! He will certainly look significantly older....

They did a multi-doctor minisode with Peter Davison and that was fine. No reason why they can't do a low-key multi-Doctor story some time. A two parter with Paul McGann, and whoever's the Doctor at that point.

But what about Rose? We've seen Billie come back as a pre-series Rose and as the Moment, but the character we know cannot return without addressing what became of her and Meta Ten.

Billie Piper will be asked back for a guest appearance at some point. No question.

Eyebrows perhaps?