Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and holograms in Doctor Who season 14
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Summary Doctor Who lives up to its title as season 14 sneakily introduces a mystery face into the Doctor's regeneration line, but this newcomer may actually be a ghost from the franchise's past.
Doctor Who's New Canon Doctor Appears To Be Richard E. Grant's Shalka Doctor The New Doctor Certainly Looks A Lot Like Richard E. Grant Close The surprise Doctor nestled between William Hartnell and Tom Baker bears an undeniably strong resemblance to Richard E. Grant. The Withnail & I and Saltburn star previously portrayed Walter Simeon before becoming the face of the Great Intelligence in Matt Smith's era, but also brought the Doctor themselves to life on two separate occasions.
If the hologram does depict Richard E. Grant's Shalka Doctor, then some alterations have clearly been made. The gothic paleness and razor-sharp sideburns from the animated version have been toned down, and Grant's Doctor looks visibly older - closer to the actor's age in 2024 than when he portrayed the Shalka Doctor in 2003. Regardless, it does appear that season 14 has officially inducted the Shalka Doctor into the show's official line of Doctor Who regenerations.
Where Doctor Who's Shalka Doctor Fits Into The Doctor's Timeline Something That Was Already Wibbly-Wobbly Just Got Timey-Wimey Close Officially speaking, the Shalka Doctor is an unofficial version of the Ninth Doctor. "Scream of the Shalka" debuted long after the failed Doctor Who TV movie with Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, but shortly before Russell T Davies brought the franchise back to prominence and cast Christopher Eccleston as the actual Ninth Doctor for TV.
Firstly, Doctor Who could retcon the Shalka Doctor into a pre-Hartnell Doctor, like Jo Martin. The arrival of the Fugitive Doctor and Doctor Who's subsequent Timeless Child twist confirmed the existence of an unspecified number of Doctors prior to the First. These regenerations called themselves "the Doctor" and acted like the Doctor, but were forgotten due to a Time Lord memory wipe. Richard E. Grant may now count himself among them.
Another possible explanation can be found in Doctor Who's bi-generation scene, also from "The Giggle." According to RTD during his commentary, the Fourteenth Doctor's bi-generation rippled through time, bringing all previous Doctors back to life. The Eighth Doctor, therefore, would have awoken on Karn, right as rain, and gotten on with his life.
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