Doctor Who closed out 2023 with three specials to celebrate its 60th anniversary, featuring returning characters, The Doctor revisiting a familiar face, the reintroduction of a villain from years past, and a major twist when it was time for the regeneration. It then introduced The Doctor to his newest companion in a Christmas special.
The Fourteenth Doctor Bi-Generates! | David Tennant to Ncuti Gatwa | The Giggle | Doctor Who
David Tennant returned as the Fourteenth Doctor, having previously played the Tenth Doctor, alongside Catherine Tate who returns as companion Donna Noble. And while the last time they saw each other she couldn't remember who he was or her mind would be burned away – after absorbing the power of a Time Lord into her head – the first special, "The Star Beast," solved that problem, thanks to her sharing the meta crisis with her daughter, Rose (Yasmin Finney), and then the two of them just let it all go.
In the third special, "The Giggle", The Doctor faced the Toymaker (Neil Patrick Harris) and when he suffered a fatal blow, he was bigenered and split off into the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa). The Fourteenth Doctor stopped travelling and instead settled down to live a life with a family – Donna, her husband, her daughter, her mother and her grandfather – and Fifteen set off on her next big adventure.
The Doctor (Gatwa) then met Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) in the Christmas special, "The Church on Ruby Road", which led to quite a mystery surrounding her and one of her neighbours.
