Doctor Who’sRussell T. Davies Writes the 8th Doctor Regeneration That Could’ve Been in a New Short Story

To celebrateDoctor Who’s50th day of remembrance , we were introduced toJohn Hurt ’s War Doctor , the struggle - ready incarnation of the Time Lord that fight down repugnance his later self select to hide away in pity . But for an special surprise , it also gave us the moment Paul McGann ’s Eighth Doctor transform into him … but the tale was nearly rather different .

Ahead of tonight’s15th anniversary rewatchof “ Rose ” at 7:00 p.m. UK Time ( that ’s 3 p.m. EST , if you require to follow along in the U.S. ) , the very first story of Doctor Who ’s modern revival , the BBC has officially let go of a unretentive history Russell T. Davies originally wrote for Doctor Who Magazine that serve as a span between the terminal of the Last Great Time War and the Ninth Doctor ’s new geological era .

https://gizmodo.com/russell-t-davies-will-release-new-doctor-who-material-1842453483

The Eighth Doctor’s end could have nearly been quite different.

The Eighth Doctor’s end could have nearly been quite different.Image: BBC

Written in the flair of anold - schooling Doctor of the Church Who novelization , the en medium res infusion was stand for to read as if you ’d turned to the last pages of Doctor Who and the Time War , a novel that never was , but told the story of the Eighth Doctor ’s final moments . There was even a faux covert done in the style of those old Target books , by graphic designer Lee Binding .

But when Humphrey Davy and the DWM squad fail to then - current showrunner Steven Moffat to discuss their idea … they find oneself a problem . Moffat was already write a new Doctor intohis belated versionof the 50th day of remembrance special , “ The Day of the Doctor”—the factual Doctor that would ’ve ended the Time War . He did n’t even tell them that he ’d also planneda short prequelto give Paul McGann ’s Time Lord one last huzzah . And so , Davy ’ story was exit untold .

That is , until now . you may witness the moment that might have been — between the Eighth Doctor and The Moment , the arm that ended the Time War once and for all — over on theofficial BBC site .

Binding’s faux-cover for a Target take on Doctor Who and the Time War.