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-'''''The Star Beast''''' was the first of the three [[2023 specials]] of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'', broadcast on [[25 November (releases)|25 November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] as part of the [[List of anniversaries|60th anniversary]] celebrations, and was also the first episode of [[Russell T Davies]]'s [[RTD2|second stint]] as [[showrunner]].
+'''''The Star Beast''''' was the first of the three [[2023 specials]] of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]''. It was broadcast on [[25 November (releases)|25 November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] as part of the [[List of anniversaries|60th anniversary]], and it was also the first episode since [[Russell T Davies]]'s return as [[showrunner]].
-A year after his introduction in {{cs|The Power of the Doctor (TV story)}}, and following on from his first adventure in the comic strip {{cs|Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)}} and his first full onscreen appearance in {{cs|Destination: Skaro (TV story)}}, ''The Star Beast'' marked the first full onscreen adventure of [[David Tennant]] as the [[Fourteenth Doctor]]. He begins to have doubts over his own identity after his recent regeneration gave him the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s face and body again, a phenomenon wrapped in questions and mystery that becomes a major part of the Fourteenth Doctor's character. The [[Fourteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] is also seen for the first time onscreen, along with a new [[TARDIS control room]].
+A year after his introduction in {{cs|The Power of the Doctor (TV story)}}, and following on from his first adventure in the comic strip {{cs|Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)}} and his first full onscreen appearance in {{cs|Destination: Skaro (TV story)}}, ''The Star Beast'' marked the first full onscreen adventure of [[David Tennant]] as the [[Fourteenth Doctor]]. The Doctor begins to have doubts over his own identity after his recent [[regeneration]] gave him the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s face and body again. This phenomenon, wrapped in questions and mystery, becomes a major part of the Fourteenth Doctor's character. The [[Fourteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] is also seen for the first time onscreen, along with a new [[TARDIS control room]].
-''The Star Beast'' sees the return of [[Catherine Tate]] as [[Donna Noble]], fifteen years after her last regular appearance as a companion in {{cs|Journey's End (TV story)}} and thirteen years after her last appearance in {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}, which ''The Star Beast'' also acts as a sequel to by revealing what became of Donna and her family following her wedding, with the special seeing the return of [[Jacqueline King]] as [[Sylvia Noble]] and [[Karl Collins]] as [[Shaun Temple]], and the introduction of [[Yasmin Finney]] as [[Rose Noble]], the daughter of Donna and Shaun.
+''The Star Beast'' saw the return of [[Catherine Tate]] as [[Donna Noble]], fifteen years after her last regular appearance as a companion in {{cs|Journey's End (TV story)}} and thirteen years after her last appearance in {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}}, which ''The Star Beast'' also acts as a sequel to by revealing what became of Donna and her [[Noble family|family]] following her wedding. Alongside Tate, the special marked the return of [[Jacqueline King]] as [[Sylvia Noble]] and [[Karl Collins]] as [[Shaun Temple]], and the introduction of [[Yasmin Finney]] as [[Rose Noble]], the daughter of Donna and Shaun.
-''The Star Beast'' is notable for resolving what had happened to Donna following her last adventure with the Tenth Doctor, with it being revealed that a portion of the [[Human-Time Lord Meta-Crisis]] that lead to the creation of [[the DoctorDonna]] had transferred from Donna to her child, with the story not only seeing the end of the DoctorDonna but saw Donna fully regaining her memories of the Doctor and avoiding her death due to her daughter possessing part of the Human-Time Lord Meta-Crisis.
+''The Star Beast'' is notable for resolving what had happened to Donna following her last adventure with the Tenth Doctor, with it being revealed that a portion of the [[Human-Time Lord Meta-Crisis|Human-Time Lord metacrisis]] that had led to the creation of [[the DoctorDonna]] had transferred from Donna to her child. The story not only saw Donna fully regaining her memories of the Doctor, but the end of the DoctorDonna and the release of the metacrisis, now shared between two brains instead of only one.
-Most notably, ''The Star Beast'' was an adaptation of the comic story {{cs|Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)}}, and, as such, saw the first onscreen appearance of the popular ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' antagonist [[the Meep]], voiced by [[Miriam Margolyes]].
+Most notably, however, ''The Star Beast'' was an adaptation of the comic story {{cs|Doctor Who and the Star Beast (comic story)}}, and, as such, saw the first onscreen appearance of the popular ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' antagonist [[the Meep]], voiced by [[Miriam Margolyes]].
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