Hidden MCU Reunion Created by New Canon Doctor for Doctor Who Season 14
Though it also makes a strong link to the MCU, Doctor Who Season 14, episode 6, "Rogue," presents a new Doctor into the main canon. Though the history of Doctor Who is fairly extensive, it still lags behind the volume of official knowledge found inside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But by reuniting two people, a brief sequence in "Rogue" remarkably metaly closes the distance between the two franchises. Doctor Who's Disney period so grows ever more linked with the multimedia giant.
"Rogue" does not particularly add the fresh version of the Time Lord to the Doctor Who season 14 ensemble; but, a quick glance of a holographic Richard E. Grant strongly suggests the animated version of the character he voiced in 2003 has just been established as part of the main Doctor Who canon. More importantly than it currently is, Grant also had a cameo in Doctor Who season 14, episode 6 in an MCU film back in 2021.
Kate Herron has now presented fascinating new variations to the MCU and Doctor Who.
Loki and Doctor Who have pretty similar themes; the main heroes of both programs can visit numerous points in the timeline. But both shows have other sci-fi trademark besides the time-travel cliché. Though Doctor Who has historically addressed the concept of a multiverse, it is hardly the main emphasis. On the other hand, Loki is a totally multiversal story that frequently presents several forms of its characters—especially Loki. Herron has followed a pattern she started in Loki season 1 now she has written Grant's Doctor into Doctor Who.
While some of the Loki variants look exactly like Tom Hiddleston's primary character, others are represented by entirely different actors and some are not even humanoid. Except for David Tennant's trio, almost all of the Doctor's incarnations are presented by a fresh actor. Herron thus managed to replicate one of Loki's most exciting elements without overshadowing the narrative of "Rogue," even though she never got the chance to introduce a second Ncuti Gatwa.
Co-writer of Doctor Who's "Rogue" also ran Loki Season 1.
Kate Herron and Briony Redman co-wrote "Rogue; the former of the two women oversaw Loki season 1 during production. Doctor Who is her most well-known script to date, despite her few and far between career writing credentials. Playing a variation of the God of Mischief known as "Classic Loki," Richard E. Grant, whose face shows across the screen in "Rogue," made a far more significant cameo in two episodes of Loki season 1.
Grant's appearances in Doctor Who and Loki imply that, despite their relatively oblique nature this time, this is the second project in which the actor has worked with Kate Herron. Grant's "Rogue" appearance over in the blink of an eye is easily missed, while Russell T Davies is the most well-known among the Doctor Who Season 14 writing staff members. With Steven Moffat's "Boom" the other episode in Gatwa's first season not written by the returning showrunner, "Rogue" is one of two episodes in that regard.
How Richard E. Grant Might Show Up as Future Doctor for Doctor Who?
Grant was the voice of a variation on the Doctor meant to follow Paul McGann's Eighth as the next official iteration of the character. Doctor Who: Originally judged non-canonical when the 2005 main program was revealed, an animated series called Scream of the Shalka debuted in 2003. Grant's rendition of the Time Lord is thus now known as the Shalka Doctor rather than the Ninth Doctor. Fascinatingly, the Toymaker has already acknowledged altering the Doctor's chronology in "The Giggle," therefore he might have restored the Shalka Doctor as major canon's component.
Showrunner Russell T Davies has also noted that every previous Doctor also bi-generated in response to the well-known scene creating Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth. Grant is therefore an other form of the Ninth Doctor since Paul McGann's Eighth bi-generated from him. This opens the path for the Loki actor to go back to the series; but, this time he has the chance to play the Shalka Doctor in live-action instead of merely lending a voice performance.
For sixty years, Doctor Who has been a regular feature on TV screens, suggesting a wealth of stories from which to choose the Time Lord's best.
Though it also connects strongly to the MCU, Doctor Who season 14, episode 6, "Rogue," presents a different Doctor into the main canon. Though the history of Doctor Who is fairly extensive, it still lags behind the volume of official knowledge found inside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But by reuniting two people, a brief sequence in "Rogue" remarkably metaly closes the distance between the two franchises. Doctor Who's Disney period so grows ever more linked with the multimedia giant.
"Rogue" does not particularly add the fresh version of the Time Lord to the Doctor Who season 14 ensemble; but, a quick glance of a holographic Richard E. Grant strongly suggests the animated version of the character he voiced in 2003 has just been established as part of the main Doctor Who canon. More importantly than it currently is, Grant also had a cameo in Doctor Who season 14, episode 6 in an MCU film back in 2021.
The brief appearance of Jon Pertwee in "Rogue" consists in a holographic picture that defies the actor's Third Doctor time.
Fifteen does not react to Grant's appearance among his past regenerations; although he might have just not noticed, it also begs more doubts regarding the Doctor's chronology. One theory holds that Gatwa's doctor recalls being the Shalka doctor, and the Toymaker is in charge of the newly acquired fresh memories for the Time Lord. Sadly, only time will reveal how Davies manages the reintegration of the MCU star's version of Doctor Who's main character.
Episode | Disney+ Release Date
"The Devil's Chord" and "Space Babies" | May 10
Boom | May 17
" 73 Yards" | May 24
"Dot & Bubble" | May 31.
June 7: "Rogue"
June 14 | The Legend of Ruby Sunday
June 21: "Empire of Death".
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Originally released in 1963, Doctor Who is a science fiction series tracking the Doctor—a strong being known as a Time Lord. Using an interdimensional time-traveling ship called the TARDIS, the Doctor travels time and space with varying companions, fixing many problems and preventing catastrophe as much as they nearly cause. Though they go through regenerations to be re-cast every few seasons as a new immortal entity with fresh personality features, the Doctor is always the same person.
