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Ryan Britt

46 Years Later, The Oldest Sci-Fi Show’s Big Twist Has A Weird Canon Precedent

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Is the new Doctor really going to have the face of a previous companion? With the shocking ending of Doctor Who’s “The Reality War,” you might be wondering how the Doctor could possibly have the face of a previous companion, Rose Tyler, played by actress Billie Piper. Clearly, there are a lot of questions as to whether or not Piper is playing the next Doctor for real, or whether this was a kind of tribute to the 20th anniversary of the start of the new Who back in 2005.

But if Piper does end up becoming an incarnation of the Doctor, there’s very much a good precedent for it. And not from the Doctor themselves, but rather, from another Time Lord; Romana.

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