When a present has been round for so long as “Physician Who” has (and there aren’t many reveals that have been round so long as “Physician Who”), it’ll ultimately run into the issue of getting a lot historical past that newcomers might be reluctant to leap in. Fortuitously, Russell T. Davies has handled and overcome this precise problem as soon as earlier than, when he reintroduced “Physician Who” to a brand new technology with the 2005 revival, led by Christopher Eccleston because the Physician and Billie Piper as companion Rose Tyler.
The “Physician Who” sixtieth anniversary specials did the work of serving to the Physician shed some baggage by splitting him into two folks when he regenerated: one performed by David Tennant, who’s off someplace having adventures in his personal Tardis, and the shiny new Physician performed by Gatwa. Add a shiny new companion, Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson), who conveniently will have to be given a rundown of who the Physician is and what the Tardis does, and you’ve got a recipe that claims, “welcome, Who-newcomers!”
A comfortable reboot is precisely what “Physician Who” must deliver again lapsed viewers and invite the subsequent technology into the blue police field — nevertheless it’ll take some high quality timey-wimey magic to maintain them there. We’ll discover out if the magic is current quickly sufficient. The brand new season of “Physician Who” premieres Might 10, 2024, on Disney+.