I haven't been following the rumors at all, and my Who knowledge mainly covers the Tom Baker era and the new series... but could they be talking about one of the "alt" Doctors like the Valeyard, or whatever that weird Michelin Man was who followed Tom Baker around before he died?
The Valeyard isn't the same guy as the Watcher. The Watcher is more of a keeper of the Doctor's soul or something, merging with him just before he's about to regenerate (which was the case with both Three to Four and Four to Five). A future projection, but not a full, distinct separate personality with a life of its own like the Valeyard. The Watcher's more about Barry Letts's Buddhist geekery than an alt!Doctor per se.
It would be a bit weird, given that the Doctor has access to one single universe. If there were only one Doctor for all the universes, I would assume he'd be able to flit between them naturally.
I really doubt an alt-universe Doctor would look like Ten, though. He may still be Nine. Or Tom Baker. Or some other face entirely (preferably with a goatee and its concordant evil personality).
Tom Baker said something about wishing he could've played the Master, and I don't think he was entirely kidding. (Although it can be hard to tell with him!) If he has any interest in being on the new show, they should snap him up NOW! Ideally I'd like to see him return as the Fourth Doctor somehow, but barring that, there are all sorts of other possibilities. If he even did a cameo, there would be a mass geekgasm across all space and time...
I don't know of any canon information establishing that Time Lords are unique. And some of the spinoff stuff had an alt-Doctor or an alt-Master. It may be fanon.
From my general understanding, Gallifrey remained outside of time, and was as such unique to all universes. I can't quite recall where I got that from, but it's probably floating around the internet somewhere.
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I really doubt an alt-universe Doctor would look like Ten, though. He may still be Nine. Or Tom Baker. Or some other face entirely (preferably with a goatee and its concordant evil personality).
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