‘Physician Who’ May Deliver Again David Tennant to Meet Billie Piper Once more

It’s by no means a good suggestion to place an excessive amount of belief in rumors. However contemplating there have been rumors on-line that appropriately predicted how Ncuti Gatwa’s run on Physician Who would finish—with the Fifteenth Doctor regenerating into somebody who appeared quite a bit like former companion Rose Tyler, performed by Billie Piper—you possibly can’t rule them out, both. The most recent means that Piper’s return could also be for a particular function: a standalone particular that may reunite her with former co-star David Tennant.

This hypothesis was reported by UK papers the Mirror and the Sun, the latter of which which cites an unnamed supply teasing “discuss a doable one-off mission to have fun the twentieth anniversary” of the BBC’s revival of Physician Who in 2005.

This story couldn’t be extra obscure (the Solar piece goes on to notice that “there have been some concepts floated about, with the considered possibly bringing David and Billie again collectively for one final hurrah”) and clearly nothing official has been confirmed. The Solar’s unnamed supply additionally suggests this potential particular may reunite Piper (as Rose) and Tennant (because the model of the Physician that bi-generated within the sixtieth anniversary particular then settled in with Catherine Tate’s Donna Noble and her household).

The timing of this rumor comes as Physician Who followers are wondering what lies ahead for the long-running sci-fi present, which has but to announce any future plans following Gatwa’s closing episode. That features whether or not or not the BBC and Disney will proceed to collaborate on its manufacturing; whether or not or not Russell T Davies would stay as showrunner; and simply what Piper’s look on the finish of “The Actuality Battle” truly means—is she the Sixteenth Physician? And if not, uh, what’s she then?

The concept of a Piper-Tennant reunion particular would make sense in some methods. Tennant is such a beloved Physician that he’s performed two totally different iterations of the character already, and despite the fact that the Fourteenth Physician continues to be a very current reminiscence, most followers would nonetheless welcome him again a 3rd time, particularly if it means a re-team with Rose.

It could possibly be the proper transfer for a present that’s navigating some rocky territory in the meanwhile. Or, it may simply be a wild rumor that quantities to nothing. What do you consider a Tennant-Piper reunion as the subsequent step for Physician Who?

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