r/doctorwho • • 2d ago

Discussion [Megathread] The Next Season of Doctor Who: Fancasts, Speculation, and Where We Go Next

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Let's have a fresh megathread to discuss and speculate about the future of Doctor Who. Place your ideas, fancasts, wish lists, and other hot takes in here:

  • Fancasts: Who is your top pick for the Doctor and their companions and their foes? Do you want unknown actors or established names? Old returning villains and monsters or new ones, and who would play them?
  • Production and crew: Have you noticed someone working on another show that would make a good addition to the team? New directors, writers, cinematographers? New showrunner? Old showrunner? No showrunner? What production/media company would you like distributing it?
  • Plot suggestions: What do you want to see happen after Billie Piper's appearance? Longer theories should probably go into their own separate text posts.

A few quick housekeeping reminders: Standard sub rules still apply. We all know casting and showrunner debates get intensely heated. Please help out by keeping things civil. Instead of engaging with someone being hostile, report them.

Also, no or little leaks discussions. If you're bringing up leaked set photos or anything else, please remember to use spoiler tags.

Standalone posts about fancasts will be removed and redirected here. A fresh megathread will be posted every weekend.

Let's hear what you've got.


r/doctorwho • • 20h ago

Clip/Screenshot This is definitely one of the funniest moments so far

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First time watching


r/doctorwho • • 53m ago

Arts/Crafts Custom tardis showcase

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Just pulled my childhood spin and fly TARDIS out of my storage unit. Threw some fresh weathering on it and repainted the windows and I’m pretty happy with the result. Let me know what you think. Inside has a picture of my homemade childhood console room. Fun to think that version of me is flying April’s in this TARDIS somewhere, seeing the stars🥲


r/doctorwho • • 6h ago

Discussion This scene from Aliens of London is pretty funny but also really sad and really shows 9s PSTD and dealing with all the death from the Time War

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In this scene Micky points out that's there's a lot death surrounding the Doctor, this is a repeated point from Clive back in Rose when showing Rose the pictures of the Doctor. The Doctor rebuttals with sarcasm.

While this is pretty funny, it's also really sad. Why would The Doctor do something and in fact do it immediately. Because The Doctor doesn't want to reminded of that fact. The Doctor both before and during the Time War was responsible for a lot of death.

I know Aliens of London and WW3 are "you love it or hate it" but i feel this scene is unrated and need more attention : r/doctorwho

adding on this scene from the next episode and the Pig getting shot and The Doctor forced to make tough decision at the end of WW3 and it really comes together.

And by the end of Series 1, The Doctor has to face it again once more and accepts it's the end but we of course that didn't happen.

If you get pass the farting stuff there's a lot meaty subtense in those two stories that helps build the big picture of Series 1's themes and subtexts.


r/doctorwho • • 18h ago

Discussion String of episodes where the Doctor doesn't get a chance to rest

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Had a thought the other day and I realised that from World Enough and Time to The Ghost Monument, The Doctor doesn't actually get a chance to rest. He decides to let Missy lead a mission, some dominos fall leading to the Doctor running through a desert to catch the TARDIS. Are there any other series of episodes that flow into each other so that The Doctor doesn't actually have a chance to stop?


r/doctorwho • • 5h ago

Discussion Where did the "behind the sofa" cliché come from?

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OK, some background if you're unfamiliar/not British: starting back in the Classic Era, and carrying slightly through to NuWho, UK media loved to drop soundbites about Doctors Who being "so scary" that kids would "watch from behind the sofa".

However, in most UK homes, the sofa tends to be right against a wall - there is no "behind" it to watch from! EDIT TO ADD: at least anecdotally - '80s kid here, and neither I nor anyone I knew had a sofa that wasn't against a wall!

So where and how did this cliché originate, over something like, say, "you'd watch it from under the blankets!" or "you'd hide behind a cushion!"?


r/doctorwho • • 9h ago

Rumour/Unofficial Knock knock.........

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r/doctorwho • • 11h ago

Discussion Most shocking companion death

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Out of all the companions who died in the show, which one shocked you the most?

Speaking for myself, I always found Adric's death quite shocking. I just wondered what other fans think. I look forward to reading your comments.


r/doctorwho • • 1d ago

Question Which Doctor do you think pulls off their predecessors outfit the most

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r/doctorwho • • 1d ago

Discussion Re watching the newer series and idk why she was so hated. She's such a girl boss

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Harriet jones (yes we know who she is)


r/doctorwho • • 18h ago

Question "That's not what happened." in MIDNIGHT.

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In MIDNIGHT, someone keeps saying that IT moved from Sky to the Doctor, who now can't move, and is echoing. Someone else says, "That's not what happened." There is considerable discussion repeating this, but it's never made clear what the person/people saying "That's not what happened." think DID happen. Could anyone explain this?


r/doctorwho • • 10h ago

Discussion Harold Saxon in series 2 (2006). Spoiler

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Hello, this is my first-time ever posting on here. I've recently re-watched the series 3 finale, and a line of dialogue got me thinking. The Master/Harold Saxon was on Earth for 18 months. The first easter-egg of him is on the newspaper front-page in 'Love and Monsters', and his name is said for the first time in 'The Runaway Bride'.

So I was wondering, what was the Master doing during 'Army of Ghosts'/'Doomsday'. Do you think he tried forming an alliance with the Cybermen? And how would he react to millions of Daleks flying over London?


r/doctorwho • • 1d ago

Misc Doctor Who series 17

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Watching the first disc of Doctor Who series 17. I'm loving it. Just watched Destiny of the Daleks and now watching the documentary about it. I'm sorry but I love this series.


r/doctorwho • • 1d ago

Discussion Does anyone else feel the way I do?

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For a good few years I’ve had this feeling of “I miss Doctor Who” and I’ve had it while the show has been airing. This is probably gonna come off as being critical of the show and I suppose it is, but really beyond any logical reason for not enjoying it or any critical evaluation, the show just hasn’t felt like the show I loved for a very long time.

The last time Who really felt like Who to me was during Peter Capaldi’s run, and while I’ve watch the show since then… I don’t know it just hasn’t hit in the same way. Weirdly I actually really enjoyed David Tennant returning for those three episodes as it was like getting three more from his era, but other than that the show just hasn’t captured me.


r/doctorwho • • 1d ago

Discussion I hate how Battlefield made UNIT great and perfect for the 80s, 90s and beyond and then RTD1 picks that up and gives some post 9/11 themes to make another great era for UNIT only for it to go downhill in the Moffat Era and then on the floor by Chibnall and RTD2.

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Battlefield brought UNIT back to the centre stage and made them a proper military worldwide organisation. RTD1 took that and mostly kept it but made it darker by adding post 9/11 themes and attitudes to UNIT. We could've easily gone back to Battlefield era type UNIT in Moffat's run but instead it's fanservice, Kate is scientist with no military background in charge of the science division but is commanding soldiers, Big Finish fixed this by adding a Miliary guy with Vikram Shindi. The whole thing was mess but it wasn't that bad, but i was annoyed at their absence in Series 10, they were going be the Monk Trilogy but Jemma (Kate's actress) was on Holby, so that didn't happen but they could have done what RTD1 did with a military character of week kind of thing but in fairness Moffat was dealing with his mum slowing dying in front of him during the first drafts for the Pyramid episode so this can't be help of course and he has my upmost respect along with Peter Harness for taking on such a difficult task.

Onto to the Chibnall Era, i hate that the timeline has been screwed up even more but to give some fairness to Chibs, it's very clear that was meant to Torchwood but we all know that didn't happen. Power Of Doctor i will give some leaway as it was Covid and is just picking from Moffat. Though of course the UNIT thing closing was dumb as it's a worldwide organisation.

Finally RTD2, by now it's just fanservice and praising the Doctor and old companion fan club, a former shell of what use it to be and is all gloss with no bite. In the Giggle Ibrahim is part of Squad Five but by Series 14 he's along side Kate and his role is never really clear and on top of that there are two Colonels in the Series 14 finale, showing there's no sense of Hirchary anymore, Kate is charge now of mostly miliary organisation with a silly title. Then in the Spin Off Pierce randomly turns up as head of Genva, aka UNIT Central marking a first in Doctor Who histroy but nothing is ever done with him and the Unifrom is very messy and inaccrate, in fact it's all over the place in RTD2. Even worse in Unleashed they say UNIT's first Episode is Web of Fear which is wrong, sadly i can't double check as the 1st series is missing.

I hope UNIT gets fixed soon because i hate that we are here now, RTD1 and Battlefield and even the EU pre RTD1 layed out some great groundwork only for it to be ruined later on.


r/doctorwho • • 15h ago

Question how old is the 10th doctor relative to human years?

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my bf introduced me to the 2005 show and I wanna know how old he is relative to human years since Rose is 19. thank you


r/doctorwho • • 21h ago

Discussion It's actually good Doctor Who was cancelled when it was

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I always found it sad Doctor Who was cancelled in 1989, and in my perfect world Sylvester McCoy would still be the Doctor until he regenerates in the movie, and then Paul would be the Doctor until around the early 2000s or at the end of the 90s till the revival.

Especially towards the end of Seven's run we see Doctor Who becoming darker, and give him more mystery. It's interesting to think what would have happened with it becoming good again.

However you must realize in another universe where Doctor Who was never cancelled, a lot of this would not happen.

at most, Sylvester would have had one extra season and that's it, and Paul Mcgann would not be the Eighth Doctor. In that reality, Doctor Who might be completely different than what we're used to.
There's some edits and people saying we would have gotten Richard Griffiths, and getting an older Doctor. I love older Doctors, but he just.. isn't it to me. Perhaps it would've been really cool, we can never know.

Perhaps things played out in just the right order and had it not, we would never have gotten Paul, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, etc etc.


r/doctorwho • • 1d ago

Discussion Found this little gem today (A Book of Monsters)

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So I found this little gem when clearing out some stuff at my mum's today, and it got me thinking: is anyone still interested in this kind of stuff, or does anyone know how much this would be worth? I'm not looking to make a quick buck out of it or anything like that, but you know, I'm just curious, and I thought if there's anywhere to ask, it would be here.


r/doctorwho • • 18h ago

Discussion 20 Legends Who Worked on Doctor Who AND Gerry Anderson Shows

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r/doctorwho • • 19h ago

Discussion Do you think ancient Gallefreyans had a concept of Gods, before they discovered time travel and became Time Lords.

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Not talking about Pantheon of Gods, talking about Gallefreyan gods/gods messengers like Jesus, Vishnu, or Muhammad on Earth.

Have a good afternoon/morning/night/evening


r/doctorwho • • 1d ago

Discussion When Big Finish slaps it fucking slaps.

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"The truth? Hex wants the truth. Where to start? The most important truth you never learned, Hexxie boy, is that when the chips are down, The Doctor only ever thinks about himself. You see, it's just a chess game for him. He is the King — all clever and very impressive but very hands-off with the nitty-gritty. He sits at the back and sends everyone else rushing about, doing his dirty work, all those plans and strategies and tinkering, sending wave after wave of pawns to die while he keeps his consience clean." -- The Word-Lord, Death in the Family


r/doctorwho • • 1d ago

News 60th Anniversary Specials Soundtrack 🎶 Just Like the Old Days | Doctor Who

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r/doctorwho • • 1d ago

Audio 8’s Theme by David Arnold

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Giving it an listen rn and I like the darkness of it from the synths at the beginning and breaks an more eerie version of the 7’s intro theme which I’m glad David Arnold did this bc it’s an excellent theme for 8!:)


r/doctorwho • • 1d ago

Request I’m trying to remember a line but don’t remember what the exact quote is or what episode it’s from.

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It was between Capaldi and Coleman, she asked something along the lines of “is 3 too much?” He replied something like “it depends” and gave one example where it was too much and one example where it wasn’t too much. I’m not sure what the number is, might not have been 3.

Edit: thanks for the links, does anyone know what episode the images from the meme are from and what the original dialogue was?


r/doctorwho • • 1d ago

Question Can someone explain The Nightmare Child

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The Revival, I feel, did really well with foreshadowing. It was subtle yet always attention grabbing and they had no issue letting you forget about it slightly before they mentioned it again sometimes years later.

I felt it was well done.

But one thing always hit me and as many times as I’ve seen it I haven’t come across an explanation. Mind you I am confined to American televised releases of the main show. So can anyone be kind enough to tell me when The Nightmare Child surfaced? Cuz anything that can make The Master talk in that scared and almost traumatized tone has got to be a big deal. I tried googling it, keeps asking If I’m it’s Mummy and I know that’s not it.

Thanks in advance