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''The Giggle'' notably marked the return of [[the Toymaker]], now portrayed by [[Neil Patrick Harris]], fifty-seven years after his only televised appearance in {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)}}, beating the record set by the [[Great Intelligence]] as the longest gap between television appearances for individual antagonists. Harris's casting also made the Toymaker the second established ''Doctor Who'' antagonist to be played by an American actor, following [[Eric Roberts]] portraying the [[Bruce Master|"Bruce" Master]] in {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)|the TV Movie|noital=1}}. ''The Giggle'' also featured the return of [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]], in her first full story following her cameo in {{cs|The Power of the Doctor (TV story)}}, with this story revealing that Mel now worked for [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]]. | ''The Giggle'' notably marked the return of [[the Toymaker]], now portrayed by [[Neil Patrick Harris]], fifty-seven years after his only televised appearance in {{cs|The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)}}, beating the record set by the [[Great Intelligence]] as the longest gap between television appearances for individual antagonists. Harris's casting also made the Toymaker the second established ''Doctor Who'' antagonist to be played by an American actor, following [[Eric Roberts]] portraying the [[Bruce Master|"Bruce" Master]] in {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)|the TV Movie|noital=1}}. ''The Giggle'' also featured the return of [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]], in her first full story following her cameo in {{cs|The Power of the Doctor (TV story)}}, with this story revealing that Mel now worked for [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]]. | ||
Most notably, ''The Giggle'' saw the final onscreen adventure of the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]], and featured the first televised appearance of [[Ncuti Gatwa]] as the [[Fifteenth Doctor]]. Historically ''The Giggle'' introduced the | Most notably, ''The Giggle'' saw the final onscreen adventure of the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]], and featured the first televised appearance of [[Ncuti Gatwa]] as the [[Fifteenth Doctor]], though the story notably doesn't see the Fourteenth Doctor regenerate ''into'' the Fifteenth Doctor. Historically ''The Giggle'' introduced the concept of [[bi-generation]], a variant of the regeneration process that results in a split between the previous and next incarnations of a Time Lord, resulting in both existing at the same time. As such the story saw the very first bi-generation of the Doctor, resulting in the Fourteenth Doctor's regeneration story also acting as a [[Multi-Doctor story]], and marking the first time since the TV Movie that the Doctor regenerates part-way through the story rather than at the end, as well as the second time since the TV Movie that one Doctor's regeneration story also acted as the post-regeneration story of the next Doctor. ''The Giggle'' also marked the first time that both the preceding and succeeding incarnations of the Doctor are shown to exist within the same timeline rather than the current incarnation teaming up with a past incarnation during a [[Multi-Doctor event]]. | ||
Therefore, ''The Giggle'' concluded the Fourteenth Doctor's story by showing him being the first incarnation to fully retire from travelling through space and time to live with the [[Noble family]], while letting his successor continue in their place. It also answered the question as to why the Fourteenth Doctor had regenerated with the face of his tenth incarnation, with Donna believing the Doctor had subconsciously chosen the face of the [[Tenth Doctor]] so that he could finally settle down into a normal life, with the Fifteenth Doctor adding that his predecessor was "running on fumes" and needed to rest to ensure he would be healed. | Therefore, thanks to the circumstances of bi-generation, ''The Giggle'' concluded the Fourteenth Doctor's story by showing him being the first incarnation to fully retire from travelling through space and time to live with the [[Noble family]], while letting his successor continue in their place. It also answered the question as to why the Fourteenth Doctor had regenerated with the face of his tenth incarnation, with Donna believing the Doctor had subconsciously chosen the face of the [[Tenth Doctor]] so that he could finally settle down into a normal life, with the Fifteenth Doctor adding that his predecessor was "running on fumes" and needed to rest to ensure he would be healed. | ||
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