Are you ready to feel the power of the Doctor?
BBC has announced today that the upcoming special featuring Jodie Whittaker's final appearance as the iconic sci-fi character will be titled Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor. The Thirteenth Doctor will soon regenerate into Ncutu Gatwa, so this episode may well feature that actor's first appearance as the Fourteenth iteration of the time-traveller.
It's been confirmed that Mandip Gill and John Bishop will reprise their respective roles as companions Yasmin Khan and Dan Lewis, while the poster for The Power of the Doctor does appear to show regeneration energy terminating from the Doctor.
As for the first look images, they're accompanied by the tease that "Old friends and enemies reunite."
Upon closer inspection, we see Sacha Dhawan's long-awaited return as The Master (who was last seen in the season 12 finale) and a new look for the Cybermen. They're clearly part of the forces that The Master is bringing together to destroy her foe, and the battle to come promises to be epic enough to warrant that inevitable regeneration.
Perhaps most exciting for fans, though, is the fact the Doctor is shown alongside two classic companions, Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding) and Ace (Sophie Aldred).
We can't wait to find out where this is heading, and how it sets the stage for the returns of David Tennant and Catherine Tate. Whether The Master will play a role in that remains to be seen, though we do know the Doctor's next big bad will be played by Neil Patrick Harris.
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor is set to air on the BBC next month
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