We nicknamed him Russell Tease Davies following his revelation that he planted false leads to keep secret the identity of our next Doctor Who, now known to be Ncuti Gatwa of Sex Education fame, and now he might be at it again.

As reported by Radio Times in this month's edition of Doctor Who Magazine, Mr Tease offered several possible theories to explain the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

Where the X-Files promised that the truth is out there, he tells us that it's in here (the magazine):

A mysteriously forgotten excursion for the TARDIS in between Planet of the Ood and Sontaran Stratagem? Or maybe a multiverse thing, they’re all the rage these days. Maybe this is the Doctor and Donna from Universe 557, all set to collide with our own.

Then again, maybe, just maybe, this return is so impossible that it’s actually an intricate illusion created by an old enemy of the Doctor’s. Or maybe an old enemy of Donna’s. Nerys!

Of course, I wouldn’t give that away in the pages of DWM, would I? But then again. This magazine is the first place I ever revealed the name of Billie Piper’s Rose (in issue 340). So read carefully. There are truths in here.

We've already seen a Doctor from an alternate universe and it seems like everyone's trying to get in on the multiverse action.

That would be boring.

We've also seen the Doctor subjected to illusion.

Yawn.

Nerys. She might be the ticket.

Donna's fiance Lance had been in servitude to the Empress of the Racnoss so it's not like villains haven't hidden in her social circle.

The next season of Doctor Who isn't scheduled to release until 2023.

In the interim Jodie Whittaker's final episode as the Doctor is scheduled to air in October.

[ Main Image: Russell T Davies. Credit: BBC via Twitter. ]

References

Hibbs, James (June 23, 2022). Russell T Davies hints at reason for David Tennant's Doctor Who return. Radio Times.