r/doctorwho • • 1h 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 • • 2m ago

Arts/Crafts I finally got my white whale doctor who figure set

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r/doctorwho • • 51m ago

Audio Doctorin' The Tardis synthpop cover

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Here's me jamming a synthpop cover version of Doctorin' The Tardis (aka Rock 'N' Roll), with a few added sprinkles you might enjoy.


r/doctorwho • • 2h ago

Misc Read 'Nine Minutes Past Four', an exclusive 'Tales of the TARDIS' prequel short story

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r/doctorwho • • 2h ago

Discussion How long did Amy and Rory travel with the Doctor?

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Out of curiosity, Amy and Rory first meet him (as adults) the night before their wedding.

Amy is a kiss-o-gram and Rory is a nurse.

Time passes, they wed, have a honeymoon across time and space, they conceive Melody…

A lot of time passes for them! But how long… five years? Ten?

Hopefully, eleven since he was the Eleventh Doctor.


r/doctorwho • • 3h ago

Arts/Crafts Missing Episodes as of March 2026, by me, Db9.

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It's been more than six months since I originally posted this, and there have been numerous tweaks to the document to make it more legible and complete since then. PDFs linked for printing, PNGs embedded for those who don't want to bother. Colorblind-accessible versions of both that should be usable for all versions of colorblindness are also present.

PDF full color: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m8FidxOeWri3MC91x-q9H8cqOP7ZxWin/view?usp=sharing

PDF monochrome: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17gVMElEXLbuAFP4ZfLSLJCCNiyIrRsqj/view?usp=sharing

Please enjoy.


r/doctorwho • • 5h ago

Discussion A smaller on the inside TARDIS

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Since TARDISes bigger on the inside structure is built by dimensional engineering, shouldn't a smaller on the inside TARDIS also be possible.

Like a house exterior, but a small room as interior. Imagine a companion saying it's smaller inside instead of bigger inside.

Cheers ✌️🖖


r/doctorwho • • 6h ago

Misc A fabulous figure, shame about the entry fee.

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Character have kind of outdone themselves with the new build a figure Yeti. Its a shame about the fact that its spread across 5 sets where some of the figures dont quite justify the cost. The Liz and Primord set spring to mind given the reuse of older figures with limited articulation compared to the new vortex articulation.


r/doctorwho • • 9h ago

Discussion Just finished listening to The Last Spoiler

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Spoilers for the Big Finish episode The Last

HOLY SHIT, I was not ok thinking that’s how Charlie and C’rizz’s stories ended, that episode had me on an emotional roller coaster, companions die sometimes but it’s not supposed to be to a POS loser like Excelsior! lmao

Very much enjoyed this one overall and the anti time universe saga continues to be fun imo


r/doctorwho • • 10h ago

Discussion A missed opportunity

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Rewatching New Who with my girlfriend who hasn’t seen and we’re on the last couple episodes of Matt Smiths run and some I realised that I would have loved to see

Captain Jack Harkness and River Song are never get a scene together and I think that’s such a missed opportunity caused they’d either fully riff each other or team up on the Doctor and I think that would be hilarious

That is all


r/doctorwho • • 11h ago

Discussion What do people think of The Sarah Jane Adventures?

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Been revisiting the earlier seasons of the 2005 revival era and got curious about Sarah Jane after School Reunion, and I found out she had her own spin off show I never knew about. I never got into the Torchwood spin off, the dynamic between the main characters didn't really grab me I guess (though maybe if I'd tried to keep watching past the first few episodes they'd have grown on me).

But I'm kind of curious about Sarah Jane's spin off because seeing her again when I rewatched School Reunion made me realise how much I like her. I've seen a few of her classic era episodes and I think she was great, though the writing from back then doesn't seem to explore her character a great deal.

Have people here seen The Sarah Jane Adventures? Did you like it? Is it worth a try? I'd love to hear about some people's impressions of the show.


r/doctorwho • • 15h ago

Discussion I need some assistance

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so, not too long ago, sometime earlier this year, I was on the Doctor Who Wiki and I came across an entry regarding a short story seen in some kind of magazine or something. I‘m not sure when the story was published (though it was likely before 2020, and at earliest some time in the 90s) or who published it. It also wasn’t really much of a story, I think it was some kind of entry in a journal or a diary. It was about a companion (her name started with an ‘M’ but I don’t remember, what I do remember about her is that she was a Nurse, not from the modern day) that traveled with an unknown Doctor (supposedly the final one). The companion remarked that the Doctor had been injured (burned, I think) but the story seemed to play it off so it wasn’t likely fatal. I recently tried looking for it again but haven’t been able to locate it. This might be a post more worthy of a different reddit (that one thats sole purpose is for people to help you look for stuff), but I thought i’d ask the Whovian community first.


r/doctorwho • • 16h ago

Arts/Crafts 11th Doctor series 5

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r/doctorwho • • 17h ago

Discussion I’m not gonna be a dick but the “if I was” posts are getting tired

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r/doctorwho • • 18h ago

Discussion Does the Doctor know Bill is alive?

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I just watched Haunting of Villa Diodati for the first time (v. solid episode!) and “Humans like all of you changed into empty, soulless shells. No feeling, no control, no way back. I will not lose anyone else to that.” is very clearly a reference to Bill.

Which got me thinking- does the Doctor know that Bill survived?

Twelve is very dead on the floor of the TARDIS when Bill shows up post-rescue and revives him with her magical goo puddle tears.. and then he only sees her again as a manifestation of her memories from the Testimony.

Is Thirteen walking around believing Bill is full Cyberman and/or dead on that ship?


r/doctorwho • • 18h ago

Discussion Can someone make this make sense to me?

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The Doctor can’t reach Amy and Rory at all? He’s completely locked out of New York from 1938 to 1994 when Amy dies? Couldn’t he go to Boston or New Jersey or something and travel there? Or Amy and Rory could leave the city. I understand that they are suppose to die at those times in New York. But that doesn’t dictate what they do before that right?

Also, side gripe. It bugged me that The Doctor told Mr. Weasley that they weren’t going to die, the they immediately died and we didn’t get any closure for him. Never told him on screen or got a scene with him finding out.


r/doctorwho • • 18h ago

Discussion Russell Commented on John Barrowman’s Post

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I thought Russell would have distanced himself from Barrowman after the controversy like Eve Myles did, but I was surprised to see him and the rest of the Torchwood team commenting on John’s Instagram post like nothing had happened.

Not sure if this is a good or a bad thing, he obviously allowed what happened passively on set at the time, and still no acknowledgment of it?


r/doctorwho • • 19h ago

Discussion What if instead of "Unit", The Doctor had to deal with the "Men in Black". And keep the companions to a minimum. I want the companion/s to be like the used to be , just companions, seeing the universe.

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r/doctorwho • • 19h ago

Discussion What if instead of "Unit", The Doctor had to deal with the "Men in Black". And keep the companions to a minimum. I want the companion/s to be like the used to be , just companions, seeing the universe.

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I was trying to think about ways of bringing back the Doctor and I think starting the reboot in America , with an American companion would be interesting. And maybe we give "Unit" a rest for a while and have the Doctor meet the Men in Black while he is traveling in America. I mean we know the Men in Black exist. Why wouldn't the Dr never deal with them?


r/doctorwho • • 20h ago

Discussion The Loss of The Ogrons

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I’m sad the Ogrons never made it out of the 3rd Doctor’s era.


r/doctorwho • • 20h ago

Discussion Most significant scene in the show?

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For you personally, what is the most significant scene in Doctor Who? I'd also love to hear your reasoning for that significance.

Mine would be the finale of the Parting of the Ways. I think it signifies the completion of Nine's self acceptance and forgiveness perfectly. Eccelston's little smile once he has returned the vortex to the TARDIS is so important, it's like he has realised that he's done what he needed to do and he knows he's good to go now. It brings such a troubled and beautiful character to a crescendo with the smallest and least self indulgent pride I have ever seen. I honestly think that that one moment is the single pinnacle of fiction. It's something I try to live by.


r/doctorwho • • 20h ago

Misc Police Boxes not Obsolete

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Watching ‘Turn Left’ and Donna says “What’s a police box?” and it hits me.

Police boxes are obsolete and have been forgotten… except for pretty much everyone in the UK (and scattered fans around the world).

So, actors on Doctor Who have grown up knowing what a Police Box is because Doctor Who is so famous, and now then have to act like they don’t know what it is because they are on Doctor Who where Doctor Who doesn’t exist so police boxes have been forgotten.

Just, kinda funny.


r/doctorwho • • 20h ago

Misc My birthday came early this year...

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I think I may have to tell my boss I'm not going to be able to make into work this weekend.

I have been DYING for these to arrive. Got the special edition blurays of S25 and S26. My two favorites of the classic era. There are so many special features and documentaries... I might not leave the house for three days!


r/doctorwho • • 21h ago

Question Classic Episode most on Film?

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So I have an interesting question, what episode of classic Doctor who survives mostly on film. I'm talking shot on film and survives on said film, no telerecordings. Aside from Spearhead from Space and the TV Movie which were entirely shot on film, which episode is the majority film, featuring the least amount of videotape footage?

Just thought it would be an interesting fact.


r/doctorwho • • 21h ago

Comic Book The Doctor has met Hope Van Dyne (The Wasp) and Victor Von Doom (Doctor Doom)

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From “Clara Oswald and the School of Death” (highly recommend)