Doctor Who: Matt Smith WANTS To Return

The possible return of Matt Smith to Doctor Who and what role he might like to play. Join me as I discuss the possibility of Smithy portraying the iconic villain, the Master, and what that could mean for the show's future. Don't miss out on my exciting theories and speculations!

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Russell T. Davies is onboard to be showrunner until 2025, where after the 20th anniversary of the show's reboot and penning scripts for the 14th, 15th and 16th Doctors, he will hand over 'Doctor Who' to a new showrunner. Who this will be, well Russell himself isn't too sure yet. RTD's new era will bring in a whole host of new names with the most successful scriptwriter being handed the keys to the TARDIS. However, like rumoured, it is thought that Russell will stay on as an Executive Producer to help guide the new showrunner.

Disney Plus' additional budget to 'Doctor Who' is thought to mainly be going towards the VFX and casting of the show. RTD is writing roles specifically for monumental names within the television and film industry. Not to mention guiding up-and-coming artists into the show to boost popularity with the younger generation. With his prominence and the extra dollar, the show is set to regain mainstream stature.

David Tennant and Catherine Tate's return will be the only familiar force we have within the show for quite some time as Russell wipes the slate clean after the 60th. Even Neil Patrick Harris' involvement in the show is a fresh take on an old villain. The main theme will be villains and characters we are familiar with from other Doctor Who media but nothing from new who. There may be a dalek or cyberman in the odd episode, but even they will feature in a refreshed manner.

Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson will take the show into a whole new era where we see a brand new arch take over The Doctor's journey. Family and friendship will be at the heart of the show. There will be epic face-offs with horrifying enemies, but once again there will be relatable characters that we fall in love with. And that isn't just Ruby Sunday. Horror is something Russell wants 'Doctor Who' to really succeed at this time around. He wants people to hide behind their sofas. He also is creating monsters which will be the talk of the playground, or the office. He is playing with edgy themes and issues, the show will continue to have a family target audience, but he is aware with the shift in culture and the change in what really captures audiences in the 2020s.

Russell will establish many new re-occuring characters and expand the show's existing properties into new territories all in preparation for a whoniverse as he previously teased with Digital Spy. We will see spin-offs. We will see old doctors resurface outwith the mainstream show. There will be varied media to span from the show, much in the same ilk as SJA and Torchwood (which will not return despite Eve Myles returning to Doctor Who as Gwen Cooper in an upcoming episode). Also, Ace and Tegan are very much on the cards to appear in some form of spin off. We're looking at something to the same magnitude as marvel. Over exposure will not happen. Russell is very aware of Marvel's problem.

In terms of writers, there's many names being discussed, some are fanatical, others make perfect sense. Heres some names I've heard floating about;

Laurence Rickard

Francesca Gardiner

Sally Wainwright

Piers Ashworth

James Moran

Phoebe Waller Bridge

Mike Bartlett

Neil Gaiman

Source - Bad Wolf insider.

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[whoth]

The Master stealing one of the Doctor's faces would make for an interesting story...

[mrdoctorgilmore]

A potential compromise to make this happen would be to have the Master be in disguise as 11. It would be an interesting twist, appear to be a multi doctor story but 11's behaviour is off only to reveal it was the master all along.

[LogiBearStudios]

Imagining the Doctor seeing that version of the Master being like "You stole my look!!"

[brobs]

Imagine. David as the 14th doctor with Matt as the new master

[RyanNerdyGoober]

This’d be a poetic turn of events, since Eleven didn’t have his _own_ Master incarnation on-screen (the closest we got was the “Woman in the Shop” who gave Clara Oswald the phone number to the TARDIS in “The Bells of Saint John, ” foreshadowing Missy’s début in Twelve’s Freshlord year).

[TommyLednorMusic]

Say less. Watch Nightmare in Silver and you have a perfect audition for Smith as the Master

[karlitatv]

Okay but that sounds incredible, i think it was a second Doctor story that a villain looked just like him so that would be cool to have in NewWho

[DaveBaked]

He's still my pick for a modern Valeyard, using the chaos of his peculiar regeneration to explain how he split off from the doctor, maybe all that regeneration energy 11 used to destroy the Dalek fleet didn't just burn off maybe it coalesced to form a second body???

[Thevoidlezz]

Would be interesting having a Master have one of the past doctors faces just to taunt him.

[harveyweaver]

The most evil thing he’d do is say “bow ties are lame” or something

[garylouk]

This is actually a genius idea and something the master would do

[navibanfield]

That would be so interesting. The last we saw the Master he was intent on "being" the Doctor. It would be so interesting if his thoughts were so tightly wound on the Doctor when he regenerated that he manages to steal a face he was never able to meet.

[haroldburgess]

He does also wanna play The Doctor — he’s said he’ll come back any time if asked

[kevin]

Matt smith and christopher eccleston are probably the only 2 doctors who have not encountered the master since his creation in the early 70’s so that would be interesting seeing Matt return as the master

[evelawson]

matt smith loves doctor who so much its so sweet

[KhanhNguyen-mhec]

Master: Look at me. Look at me. I’m the doctor now.

Doctor: gasp

Ooh wee woo

[GothAtheist]

Ngl, I am down for Matt Smith to come back as the Valeyard, and it be revealed the Valeyard was a future version of The Master

[Deadman_]

Would be both cool and painful I want to see Matt as the doctor again it just doesn't feel like we had enough of him

[JamesBoxxy]

Honestly tho... The Master fully confusing the universe / planet by having regenerated into a known face of the Doctor would be interesting! Maybe the Master could use similar technology to The Sisterhood of Karn to get the desired look! 🤯 Tons of plot potential and various storylines! 🔥 Throw River Song into the mix and you'd have something truly unique within the Whoniverse! Kinda wanna see what that would look like! 😂😂

[TheOldBlackShuckyDog]

David’s doctor with Matt as the Master would have been crazy