THE NEXT
50 YEARS
2014 The All-New Doctor, Clara and occasionally River Song go on fourteen movie-like adventures. 2015 Jenna-Louise Coleman guest stars in Emmerdale alongside former co-star Matt Smith in what is definitely not a publicity grabbing event. 2016 Sir Bernard Cribbins returns as Wilf. 2017 Steven Moffat kills off Clara and the Doctor, who regenerates into Daniel Radcliffe 2018 Emma Watson films a guest spot in the show in an episode written by JK Rowling. The Harry Potter books 'just happen' to be re-released the same day as this episode is shown. 2019 Daniel Radcliffe's Doctor regenerates into a previously unknown actor. 2020 Steven Moffat leaves the show. All characters in the entire canon of the show are killed off in his last story. The entire internet explodes as a result. 2021 Mark Gatiss takes over as showrunner. He reintroduces the Chumblies who instantly become more infamous than the Daleks.
2022 The actor playing the Doctor takes a year off and three specials are made without the Doctor focusing on the postdoctor futures of previous companions. (Actually that's an idea! Hang on. Don't Big Finish do that already?) 2023 The show turns 60. A celebratory episode featuring all surviving all past Doctors. In other news a blue moon is reported and hell freezes over. 2024 Russell T. Davies writes a new episode. 2025 Big Finish Productions begin audio adventures with David Tennant to celebrate 20 years since he first played the Doctor. 2026 The Entire BBC is caught up in some scandal or other and is closed down. Production moves to Channel 5 for one disastrous and heavily product placed series. 2027 The show moves on-line as fifteen minute shorts. 2028 The BBC is resurrected and Doctor Who returns to the BBC, now filmed in Glasgow. 2029 The Doctor becomes addicted to Deep Fried Mars Bars in a controversial storyline which is bemoaned by Mary Whitehouse's ghost 2030 Following a Martian exodus and subsequent 'equal rights for Martians' marches, Doctor Who casts it's first Martian Actor. Jab Ral-oh , despite being a brilliant actor, takes on the role of the Doctor in just one TV movie.