The Doctor will not be regenerating any time soon. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Jodie Whittaker has revealed that she’ll be playing the Thirteenth Doctor for at least one more season.
“Yes, I’m doing another season,” she told the publication. “That might be a massive exclusive that I’m not supposed to say, but it’s unhelpful for me to say [I don’t know] because it would be a massive lie! [Laughs] I absolutely adore it. At some point, these shoes are going to be handed on, but it’s not yet. I’m clinging on tight!”
There’s no word yet on whether any other actors will be reprising their roles, or if Chris Chibnall will return as showrunner.
Previously, it was confirmed that Doctor Who seasons 13 and 14 are definitely happening. They’ll continue to air on BBC America, but will be made available on HBO Max as well, along with all previous 12 seasons of Doctor Who.
The next episode of Doctor Who season 12 airs this Sunday on BBC America. In the meantime, catch up with our recaps.
I really love this series. There is so much depth in so many characters
Gandalf facing the Balrog at the Bridge: “%#$%, I _should_ have brought Glorfindel.”
“for [he] knew that a flood would come down”
The flood was commanded by Elrond, who has not been to Valinor yet. So I’m not sure that there’s any intercession with the divine involved in that.
Ironically–and if I had more space I would’ve mentioned this in the article–Glorfindel was part of the Fellowship in the very beginning, but Tolkien almost immediately took him out! Then it became Gandalf and like 5 hobbits, if you can imagine that…
Luckily for me I am used to language like ‘diapered with celandine’ thanks to Walter Scott and E.R. Eddison.
When in one of The Hobbit movies we see the Eagles leave the expedition on top of a really high rock in the middle of a plain, my sister said, “So that’s why the Eagles didn’t fly the ring to Mordor: they’re kind of jerks.”
Very cool essay, thanks for it.
Jeff Daniel’s line in The Martian – “If we are going to have a secret project called “Elrond”, then I want my code name to be ‘Glorfindel'” makes much more sense after reading the above article. Teddy is clearly a Tolkien super-fan and understands in an instant the important background role played by the big G leading up to Elrond’s Council. He wants to play the same type of big behind the scene role in Mark’s rescue. Brilliant.
Wow, this is awesome. I must admit I never paid too much attention to Glorfindel. As for his exclusion from the movie, I do understand it – it definitely is cutting out a lot of thematic awesomeness, but it’s the kind of thing that in a movie would have required a lot more setup, and movies, I think, need a litlte more economy of storytelling than a book.
That said, this is sooooooo good :) Do you think Tolkien would have been familiar with the shamanic connections – my knowledge is mostly in our shared Catholcisim which doesn’t quite have the same concept of ‘shamans’ (although some of the symbolism/concepts exists in other ways). But, I know he was also interested in a lot of Norse/northern mythologies, so I’m wondering if that same type of symbolism exists there.
That said, I really love your symbolism of the eagles and what it represents in terms of spiritual transformation (ecstacy and agony reminds me very much of Bernini’s statue of The Ecstacy of St. Teresa), and how they are only sent once the soul is at its limit – which is in line with, I think, Tolkien’s ideas on grace and his words about the ending of LotR where Frodo gives everything he can and it’s still not enough (but it still works out).
@@.-@: elrond is descended from earendil amd elwing, thus he is by nature divine, having a maia for a great–grandma.