Doctor Who
Summary
Ever since formerDoctor WhoshowrunnerChris Chibnall introduced the Timeless Child twist , several related game hole have arisen , but the factious storyline can in reality excuse a secret that ’s existed for over half a C . Despite addressing almost every sci - fi trope during its protracted running play on TV , notall actors to have toy the Doctorget to have every story normally plant in a show likeDoctor Who . In fact , some of thebestDoctor Whostories of all timeare incredibly run aground , but that is n’t the case for the Timeless Child and a specific franchise brain-teaser it work .
Chibnall ’s Timeless Child plot line led to Jodie Whittaker ’s Thirteenth Doctor discovering that the franchise ’s main eccentric did n’t grow on Gallifrey , as had previously been the compositor’s case until that stage . Instead , the Doctor is divulge to be a member of an unknown foreign racewho crossed over from another dimension . Perhaps most shockingly , Chibnall ’s confusing retcon meant the cognitive operation of re-formation was harvested from the Doctor and integrate into parcel of the Gallifreyan population to make the Time Lords . The story send destructive ripple up and down theDoctor Whocanon , but there is one plus to its invention .
The Timeless Child account shake the foundations of Doctor Who lore , and it may have been because of the realism - warping powers of the Toymaker .
Doctor Who’s Parallel Universes Don’t Typically Contain The Doctor
The alternate realities in “Inferno” & “Rise of the Cybermen” only have the main Doctor to save the day
The Timeless Child story becomes especially striking whenDoctor Who ’s parallel universes fall into play . The Doctor seldom travels to these alternative words , but when he does , there is no foretoken of his multiversal counterpart . For instance , in a 1970 serial entitle , " Inferno , " during Jon Pertwee ’s foot race as the Third Doctor in the classic era , he does n’t meet that universe ’s variant of the Time Lord . likewise , David Tennant ’s Tenth Doctor did n’t run into a version of himself native to the substitute reality inDoctor Whoseason 2 ’s , " Rise of the Cybermen " two - parter .
OtherDoctor Whomedia has assay to explicate where the multiverse ’s physician are , but the show itself has never addressed the issue .
There ’s never been a canonical explanation as to where other versions of the Doctor are located as he travel through the multiverse . BeforeChibnall neuter the canon to change the Doctor ’s origin , the fact that other Doctors never converge on the position of the show ’s main Doctor was always very confusing . The Doctor is almost always on deal to save the earth , peculiarly if the danger is on Earth - as both " Inferno " and " climb of the Cybermen " are . However , Chibnall ’s large offering to theDoctor Whouniverse means this narrative crotchet makes sense .
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The Timeless Child Can Explain The Doctor’s Absence From Alternate Timelines
The Doctor’s new origin could be too unique to repeat across the multiverse
The Doctor ’s update origin calls for an incredibly specific chronological succession of eventsto happen for the character to enter their lie with flight . In the pre - Timeless Child canon , the Doctor was bear on Gallifrey and had a fairly regular creation among his native people before take flight in his stolen TARDIS . While the same is still technically true , the twist now also requires the myriad pre - William Hartnell to be account for , as well as Tecteun find oneself the Doctor after lessen through an interdimensional rift . If the Doctor never fell through that severance , the quality would n’t be in the " present day " story .
The concluding instalment of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary episodes has retconned the Timeless Child story , and it gets quite complicated .
Given the whodunit and importance of the Doctor falling through the rift into the show ’s primary world , it ’s very possible that such an event never happened in any otherDoctor Whoreality . So , it makes gumption why multiversal doc have never shown up in the relevant installment - in unforesightful , it ’s because they do n’t exist . Making the mainDoctor Whouniverse the only world to contain the Doctor makes the character even more particular , but also begs the compelling question of which dimension they originated in , and whether the other member of the Timeless Child ’s species are looking for the Doctor .
The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor, joined by new companion Ruby Sunday.
Technically , the universe in which Rose is trap does have its own edition of the Doctor . However , David Tennant ’s meta - crisis Doctor originates in the prime universe .
The Doctor’s Absence Would Also Mean No Time Lords In The Other Universes
Tecteun needed the Doctor’s ability to regenerate to create the Time Lords
The Doctor is absolutely polar to the existence of the Time Lords . When the Doctor fell through the rift and was discovered by Tecteun , the biggest revelation discovered by the scientist was the Timeless Child ’s ability to cheat demise by renewing every cell in their trunk . Such an ability was not brag by earlier Gallifreyans such as Tecteun . She managed to take the Timeless Child ’s power and pull up the ability to restore and incorporate it into her genetical makeup . Tecteun croak on to found the order of the Time Lords , bolstered by their newly extended lifespans .
It goes without aver that if the Doctor was never found as a child by Tecteun , then the Time Lords could also never have live .
It goes without saying that if the Doctor was never find out as a child by Tecteun , then the Time Lords could also never have existed , andGallifreyans would n’t be the semi - immortal subspecies they became in the mainDoctor Whouniverse . This would be an tremendous difference of opinion and an even more reasonable account for why no other Time Lords seem to step in when the show makes employment of theDoctor Whomultiverse figure .
Disney’s Doctor Who Era Should Revisit The Show’s Parallel Universes
Russell T Davies should take Gatwa’s Doctor to another reality
Doctor Whoseason 15will be the show ’s second run of sequence in the Disney era , and after time of year 14 avoided visit the multiverse , future instalment would do well to visit other realness . Granted , multiverse tale are perhaps a little overused in general at nowadays , butDoctor Who ’s spar approach shot to the figure of speech through the ten would mean it would sense smart within the linguistic context of the show . Plus , it would be the first prison term since the Timeless Child story was discover that the Doctor would have found himself in a parallel world .
Doctor Whoseason 14 focused quite heavily on elements of the phantasy genre , shifting the show slightly off from its sci - fi roots .
Doctor Whoseason 14 focused quite heavy on constituent of the illusion genre , shift the show slimly by from its sci - fi roots . The results were interesting , but mostly quite sundry . So , Russell T Sir Humphrey Davy would do well to reintegrate more recognizable storylines going forward , and parallel existence would be a welcome return to the dealership . After the endless use of other sci - fi hallmarks like aliens and time travel , adventures in other dimensions are still frustratingly rare .
Russell T Davies ' casting announcement at San Diego Comic - Con 2024 immediately made me realize one of my expect comebacks is still on hold .
Multiverse narratives could also bring in a compelling spin on multi - Doctor stories . If other universe do somehow have substitute versions of the Doctor , the likelihood of them divvy up the same side as any of the iteration from the prime macrocosm is insanely dispirited . Plus , the show ’s principal Doctor would have to return home when the chronicle is over , so there would be an constitutional timekeeper on the interaction between doctor - which is often the sheath in the more traditional multi - Doctor stories . Hopefully , Doctor Who ’s next makes way for these possible action .
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The a la mode Doctor Who serial introduce the Fifteenth Doctor , joined by new comrade Ruby Sunday .
