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I can see an edit war a-brewing on the horizon, and we've had both Tennant AND Gatwa referred to in an official context as the "Fourteenth Doctor" thus far, so... how should we handle this? StrexcorpEmployee (talk) 20:31, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's a good question. It's probably more likely that Gatwa will officially be the Fourteenth Doctor whilst Tennant 2.0 is a placeholder for the anniversary. I imagine they'll designate him closer to the anniversary with a title like the "Anniversary Doctor". This was done to John Hurt's incarnation, who is the "War Doctor" and not the "Eighth-and-a-Half Doctor". I think we will need more info before we commit to these titles/name changes, though these could easily be reverted and moved in the future. Dark knight 2013 (talk) 21:10, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Per the BBC's press release, Tennant is the Fourteenth, and Gatwa is the Fifteenth. There is no disputing this. -- Alex_21TALK 22:32, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Actually Ncuti has previously been called the "Fourteenth Doctor" in other releases. StrexcorpEmployee (talk) 16:12, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Those were all released before 13 regenerated into Tennant's doctor however - some of those were released before Tennant's return was announced, and others were released at a time when, officially, there was no comment on the role he would be playing other than that of "the doctor," implying 10 may be returning via time travel. Presumably this was to hide the fact that 13 would be regenerating into Tennant until the scene aired, as every statement by everyone involved since then calls Ncuti 15 and Tennant 14, with Ncuti even changing the first line of his instagram bio from "14" to "15".
Honestly I'm skeptical this is planned to stick, and I think there'll be some reveal in the 60th that this is some sort of illusion or something, but as of now this is the official status and fan speculation isn't what we should be basing the title of the article on.
I think the current article mentioning that he had been previously claimed to be 14 does enough to cover this. Wexford001 (talk) 02:57, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
