Want to enjoy stories featuring the Fourteenth Doctor Who – the return of David Tennant? This is a collecting guide and viewing order for episodes, novels, comic books, magazines, audio dramas, and more. Find every release and appearance! A part of the Guide to Doctor Who on Crushing Comics, edited by AdjectiveNoun. Last updated March 2024 with titles scheduled for release through June 2024.
The 14th Doctor, David Tennant (again!)
David Tennant returned to Doctor Who not as the Tenth Doctor, but as an all-new Fourteenth Doctor on 25 November 2023 in a series of three 60th Anniversary specials before regenerating (sortof) into the Fifteenth Doctor – Ncuti Gatwa (more on that in the Fifteenth Doctor Guide).
In 2021, the BBC announced that previous showrunner Russell T. Davies would return to take the helm of Doctor Who for the 60th Anniversary in the wake of the departure of Thirteenth Doctor, Jodie Whitaker. Ncuti Gatwa was announced as the next Doctor on 8 May 2022 – still months before Whitaker’s final adventure aired.
Yet, in the run-up to that final episode, some curious set photos began to leak. They showed David Tennant – the Tenth Doctor – on set! This mystery deepened with the final episode of the Thirteenth Doctor on 23 October 2022, where her regeneration had her transforming not into Gatwa, but into Tennant!
The BBC promptly announced that David Tennant was the Fourteenth Doctor and that he would be reuniting with former co-star Catherine Tate as Donna Noble for a trio of 60th Anniversary specials prior to Ncuti Gatwa taking over as the Fifteenth Doctor.
The 60th Anniversary specials were both a celebration of past continuity (and Companions) and a simplified introduction for new viewers. That was important, since the BBC entered an agreement with Disney+ for global distribution of the show outside of the UK! The three episodes celebration some of the Doctor’s continuity and several of his past companions and supporting characters, all while staying intentionally accessible to new fans.
This brief era of the Fourteenth had an open-ended conclusion thanks to an unusual regeneration. It was more of bi-generation, that meant the Tennant’s incarnation of Fourteenth could continue his adventures while the Fifteenth Doctor began his. Though there is no further media confirmed with Tennant in the role of the Fourteenth Doctor, the extended universe of Doctor Who may be allowed to use him in the future in tales that are contemporaneous with Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor!
- Television Episodes
- 60th Anniversary Specials (Dec 2023)
- Bonus Episodes (Nov 2023)
- Novels & Short Stories
- Magazines
- Doctor Who Magazine (1979) #584-598 by Alan Barnes and Lee Sullivan (Nov 2022 – Dec 2023)
- Annuals by BBC Books
Television Episodes – The Fourteenth Doctor Who, David Tennant
The BBC produced a series of three 60th Anniversary episodes, which served as a celebration, a re-introduction, and the beginning o a global distribution agreement with Disney+. The first special was an adaptation of a beloved Doctor Who Magazine comic, an entirely original single location horror-thriller, and the return of a 60’s villain that has been trying to come back for decades, the specials give a slice of the many things Who can be.
Doctor Who, 60th Anniversary Specials (Nov – Dec 2023)
as collected in a single physical release…
60th Anniversary Specials (2024)
(UK BD / UK DVD / AUS BD / AUS DVD / US BD/DVD TBA)
as originally aired…
Special 1: The Star Beast (Disney+ / BBC iPlayer)
Originally released on the 25th of November. Features the return of Donna Noble as a Companion. Adapted as a novel, below.
Special 2: Wild Blue Yonder (Disney+ / BBC iPlayer)
Originally released on the 2nd of December. Adapted as a novel, below.
Special 3: The Giggle (Disney+ / BBC iPlayer)
Originally released on the 9th of December. Former Companion Melanie Bush appears. Adapted as a novel, below.
Doctor Who, Bonus Episodes (Nov 2023)
Destination: Skaro
Originally released on the 17th of November for Children in Need. Set before The Star Beast. (YouTube)
Novels & Short Stories – The Fourteenth Doctor Who, David Tennant
Doctor Who prose fits into one of three categories – adaptions of television episodes, full-length original novels, and original short stories. Since this era was so short (both in air dates and in elapsed story time within the episodes), there are no original stories from the period. However, each episode has been adapted into a novel, each with details that expand and clarify elements from the episode proper.
Doctor Who, 14th Doctor Adapted Novels (2024)
The Star Beast by Gary Russell
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1785948459 / digital ebook / 2024 CD audiobook / digital audiobook)
Adapted from the 2023 6oth Anniversary special The Star Beast
Wild Blue Yonder by Mark Morris
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1785948466 / digital ebook / 2024 CD audiobook / digital audiobook)
Adapted from the 2023 60th Anniversary special Wild Blue Yonder
The Giggle by James Goss
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1785948473 / digital ebook / CD audiobook TBA / digital audiobook)
Adapted from the 2023 60th Anniversary special The Giggle
Doctor Who, 14th Doctor Original Novels
Ten Days of Christmas: Festive Tales with the Tenth Doctor by Steve Cole
This collection primarily of 10th Doctor stories features a reprint of the 14th Doctor story Under Control and a prose adaptation of the comic Into Control. They are both originally from the 2024 Annual focused on the 14th Doctor, below. See the Guide to Doctor Who – The Tenth Doctor (eventually) for this release.
Short Stories
15 Stories, 15 Doctors – See Guide to Multiple Doctors
Magazines – The Fourteenth Doctor Who, David Tennant
Since 1979, Doctor Who Magazine has been the home of beloved stories expanding on the adventures of the many Doctors Who. Those adventures are told mostly through one of the longest-running comic strips in British comics. These stories are generally much more widely-seen and well-known by the British viewing public than those in Doctor Who comic books.
Stories in Doctor Who Magazine typically star the current Doctor, though they also sometimes feature past Doctors in stories set during their own time. Stories often have a broad scope or a more fantastical bent than episodes of the show, since comics allow for monsters and effects that outstrip the capabilities of a regular television series.
Arcs of Doctor Who Magazine stories are often collected in trade paperbacks after they conclude.
Doctor Who Magazine (1979) #584-598 by Alan Barnes and Lee Sullivan (Nov 2022 – Dec 2023)
#584-597: Liberation of the Daleks (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1804911518)
Takes place immediately after the Thirteenth Doctor’s final story The Power of the Doctor, leads directly into the Bonus Episode Destination: Skaro.
#598: Untitled
Takes place between The Star Beast and Wild Blue Yonder.
Annuals by BBC Books (Sep 2023)
2024 Annual (2023 hardcover, ISBN 978-1405956895)
Prose: Under Control by Steve Cole
Comic: Into Control by Steve Cole
Later, the collection Ten Days of Christmas: Festive Tales with the Tenth Doctor by Steve Cole reprinted Under Control and a prose adaptation of the comic Into Control. See the Guide to Doctor Who – The Tenth Doctor (eventually) for this release.
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