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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:125%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''[[The Doctor (Doctor Who)#Changing faces|The Doctor]]'''</span><br>
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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#D6D6FF" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:125%;" |'''The Fourteenth Doctor'''
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" |[[Doctor Who (TV Series)|Doctor Who]] character
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" |[[David Tennant]] portrays the Fourteenth Doctor
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Introduced by'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Russell T Davies]]
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Portrayed by'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[David Tennant]]
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Preceded by'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Jodie Whittaker]]
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Succeeded by'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Ncuti Gatwa]]
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| bgcolor="#D6D6FF" align="center" colspan="3" font-size: 105% |'''Information'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''[[Companion (Doctor Who)|Companions]]'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Donna Noble]]
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| bgcolor="#D6D6FF" align="center" colspan="3" font-size: 105% |'''Chronology'''
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Previous version'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Thirteenth Doctor]]
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Next version'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Fifteenth Doctor]]
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The '''Fourteenth Doctor''' is an incarnation of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]], the fictional protagonist of the [[BBC (television network)|BBC]] [[Science Fiction on Television|science fiction television]] programme, ''[[Doctor Who (TV Series)|Doctor Who]]''. He is portrayed by Scottish actor [[David Tennant]], who was last seen in the programme in 2013 portraying the [[Tenth Doctor]]. The role was previously thought to have been given to [[Ncuti Gatwa]] until the ending of [[Jodie Whittaker|Jodie Whittaker's]] [[The Power of the Doctor (Doctor Who Episode)||final appearance]] as the character.

Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a millennia-old, [[Extraterrestrial Life|alien]] [[Time Lord]] from the planet [[Gallifrey]], with somewhat unknown origins, who [[Time Travel|travels in time]] and space in their [[TARDIS]], frequently with [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companions]]. At the end of life, the Doctor [[Regeneration (Doctor Who)|regenerates]]; as a result, the physical appearance and personality of the Doctor changes.

He is set to appear in the [[60th Anniversary (Doctor Who Episode)|60th anniversary]] specials in November 2023, executive produced by [[Russell T Davies]]. [[Catherine Tate]] is also set to reprise her role as companion [[Donna Noble]].

== Personality ==
The Fourteenth Doctor speaks in the same [[Estuary English]] accent he did as the Tenth. He also uttered one of Ten's catchphrases of "What? What? What?" when he realized he'd returned to this form rather than a new one, as well as commenting on having the same teeth, a call-back to how the Tenth Doctor commented on his "new teeth" when he'd just regenerated into that form. This may mean he has a similar, if not the same, personality as his past incarnation.

=== Appearance ===
The Fourteenth Doctor has the same appearance and voice as the Tenth, though slightly older, as well as a similar hairstyle. His clothes are also very similar, with a similar brown suit, only with a tartan plaid design on top of the colour, and a blue [[overcoat]] rather than the brown [[trench coat]] Ten wore. These clothes regenerated with his appearance from the Thirteenth Doctor's rather than him choosing them like in most of his previous regenerations.

In an interview with [[BBC News]] following the announcement of his role reprieval, Tennant commented on his Doctor's appearance saying that "to a sort of casual viewer, I look like I'm sort of dressed in the same way as I used to be. But actually we've gone for something that's sort of the same but different. That has echoes of the past but it's also a bit something of the now as well."

== Background ==
Rwandan-Scottish actor [[Ncuti Gatwa]] was initially announced to be playing the Fourteenth Doctor in May 2022 and would have taken over from English actress [[Jodie Whittaker]] in the role following [[Doctor Who (2022 specials)|a series of special episodes throughout 2022]]. During the special, "[[The Power of the Doctor (Doctor Who Episode)|The Power of the Doctor]]", it was revealed following Whittaker's regeneration the Doctor had regenerated into David Tennant. Tennant had previously starred in the programme as the [[Tenth Doctor]] from 2005 to 2010. The return of a previous actor as a new incarnation of the Doctor was previously proposed by ''Doctor Who'' creator [[Sydney Newman]] in a 1986 exchange with then [[BBC One]] controller [[Michael Grade]] after the dismissal of [[Colin Baker]]; Newman specifically envisioned [[Patrick Troughton]], who portrayed the [[Second Doctor]], returning for one season before regenerating into a female incarnation.

Gatwa was confirmed to eventually be starring in the role as the Fifteenth Doctor, with executive producer [[Russell T Davies]] stating "The path to Ncuti's 15th Doctor is laden with mystery, horror, robots, puppets, danger and fun!" [[Catherine Tate]] was announced to be reprising her role as companion [[Donna Noble]] (who had worked alongside the Tenth Doctor). Davies continued his statement asking: "And how is it connected to the return of the wonderful Donna Noble? How, what, why? We're giving you a year to speculate, and then all hell lets loose!"

Tennant and Tate are set to reprise their roles in [[60th Anniversary (Doctor Who Episode)|three special episodes]] to commemorate the programme's 60th anniversary in November 2023. [[Yasmin Finney]] is also set to make her debut as companion Rose.

== References ==

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Fourteenth Doctor - Revision history

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