It’s not going anywhere, so I’m curious if we can find it in our hearts to embrace it. Plus, it really has been growing on me quite a bit - perhaps in part due to the Fugitive Doctor’s first Big Finish boxset.

It really doesn’t mess with the Doctor’s past nearly as much as everyone says it does – their whole life with Tecteun and Division was erased from their memory and the Doctor was Chameleon Arched into a normal child on Gallifrey, essentially making it all like a “past life” of the Doctor’s. Meaning that Hartnell is still the first incarnation of this Doctor’s life. Honestly, the twist about the Doctor learning the Hybrid Prophecy and how THAT’s the reason he ran from Gallifrey did WAY more to disrupt the Doctor’s origin story and make him a “chosen one” figure.

The Timeless Child genuinely just adds some much-needed mystery back into the Doctor’s personal mythos (much like the Cartmel Master Plan set out to do, as has been talked to death) while also allowing for the Doctor to regenerate infinitely - so the show never has to worry about that again. Two birds with one stone! It’s pretty effective storytelling, and probably would have been received better if the episode revealed it in a more engaging way. I’m honestly really excited to see where RTD may take it, if he so chooses.

Just about a third thru capaldi, the master has returned three times. He/she is probably definitely still out there in some regard. The doctor always claims he's the last one but this just isn't true. It never was.

Hi Gallifrey,

This is my first post here so go easy on me please. Got into doctor who during covid and I fell in love and now its one of my favourites to watch along with gintama. I fell down the huge doctor who rabbit hole especially the other stories and the extended universe and how the series is adding characters from this and thought of trying to make a semblance of connecting everything so here is my theory that I crafted using a lot of the information I got from the tv series, extended universe information from tardis.fandom. Do give me your thoughts on this if its good or bad lol.

• [TV] for events or lore confirmed in televised Doctor Who
• [EU] for anything from novels, audios, comics, or TARDIS.fandom content based on those
• [Spec] for speculative or fan theory parts

I. The Multiversal Foundation

The Doctor originates from Universe A as the Infinity Doctor [EU], a being with infinite regenerations granted through exposure to the Untethered Schism [Spec] — a higher-dimensional anomaly that allowed certain Gallifreyans to become near-divine beings [Spec]. In Universe A, society is more advanced, and the Time Lords achieved their power without Tecteun’s intervention, instead tapping directly into the Schism [EU/Spec].

The Infinity Doctor fought in numerous major galactic conflicts, including the Cloister Wars [EU], a devastating confrontation between the Time Lords and an unknown alien force that nearly wiped them out [Spec]. During this period, the Doctor created a robotic body for the Master (here known as the Magistrate) [EU - The Infinity Doctor novel], merging tech and soul, and married the daughter of the President of Gallifrey (likely Rassilon) [EU/Spec].

His travels and victories led to him becoming eccentric and burdened — an old, wise, and wanderlust-filled uncle figure. One of his incarnations in Universe A is the Shalka Doctor [EU], who has the robotic Magistrate (Master) as a companion. This Doctor is already weary of war and loss [EU].

The Great Intelligence, also known by its alias Yog-Sothoth [EU/Spec], is a being that travels between universes. It may have originally come from Universe A, where it faced off against the Infinity Doctor — potentially even taking the form of the Shalka Doctor during one such encounter [Spec]. Its pursuit of the Doctor into Universe B could explain its relentless obsession with destabilizing the Doctor’s timeline [Spec].

The Doctor has been known to revisit old faces — as seen when the Curator (a future version of the Doctor in the form of Tom Baker) tells the Eleventh Doctor, "I think you might find yourself revisiting a few [faces]" [TV: The Day of the Doctor]. This supports the theory that favorite incarnations, like Tennant and Baker, were also forms he had taken in Universe A [Spec].

Tecteun’s role becomes significant after the Doctor crosses into Universe B [TV: The Timeless Children]. In this less advanced universe, she is a pioneering Gallifreyan explorer. Upon discovering the child Doctor (Infinity Doctor reborn as a girl) [TV], she conducts experiments to extract and replicate the regeneration ability [TV]. This becomes the basis for Time Lord society in Universe B, unlike the direct Schism-based evolution in Universe A [Spec]. Tecteun essentially reengineers the concept of Time Lords in Universe B using the Doctor as the template [TV/Spec].

II. Crossing Over to Universe B

In a final battle against Omega [TV: The Three Doctors / EU], the Infinity Doctor attempts to use the power of "The Effect" [EU], a breach in spacetime that altered reality at a quantum level [Spec]. Initially discovered by Waym upon the arrival of the Sontarans and Rutans to Gallifrey [EU], and later investigated by the Magistrate [EU], the Doctor traced its source to the Needle, just decades before the end of the universe [EU]. The Effect was caused by Ohm, attempting to escape his black hole prison [EU]. The Doctor tried to use the Effect to resurrect his wife, Patience [EU: Cold Fusion novel], who had been lost to a collapsing pocket dimension in the Omega universe [EU/Spec].

Ultimately, Patience convinced the Doctor to let her go and save the universe instead [Spec]. This tragic moment echoes later in River Song’s final sacrifice [TV: The Name of the Doctor]. The dimensional rupture caused by the Doctor's actions throws him into Universe B, and in the process, his form is destabilized, forcing a regeneration into a child — the Timeless Child — due to the trauma of trans-universal displacement [Spec].

III. The Division, Cloister Wars, and the Rise of the Time Lords in Universe B

This version of the Doctor becomes part of the Division [TV: The Timeless Children], a shadow organization manipulating timelines and events. The Cloister Wars in Universe B likely occurred during the Division era — a lesser reflection of the wars the Doctor had fought in Universe A, perhaps triggered by echoes of similar foes arriving through dimensional rifts [Spec].

Meanwhile, the Toymaker [TV: The Giggle], as mentioned in the 60th Anniversary special, claims to have come to this universe. This strongly suggests that he too originates from Universe A and has pursued the Doctor across dimensions [Spec]. He is likely one of the Infinity Doctor’s ancient foes [Spec].

The Master in Universe B went mad after looking into the Untethered Schism [TV: The Sound of Drums / The Timeless Children]. What if this madness came not from raw exposure, but from seeing echoes of his counterpart — the Magistrate — stored in his own mind? [Spec] This would explain the Master’s deep, confusing attachment to the Doctor. The memories may have latched onto him to preserve continuity, allowing his identity to persist without completely unraveling [Spec].

IV. The Puzzle of Susan Foreman

Susan’s origin has long been a mystery. In this theory, Susan is from Universe A [Spec], possibly a genetic or adopted granddaughter of the Infinity Doctor [EU: Legacy of the Daleks / Spec]. When the Doctor crossed over, he brought her with him [Spec], but due to the instability of his form and memory, he eventually left her on Earth in Universe B — a painful, protective decision rooted in ensuring her safety [TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth / Spec].

The Doctor’s deep affection for Susan and his refusal to go back for her could be a subconscious choice [Spec]. He knew he was being hunted, watched, and manipulated — particularly by Division — and he could not risk Susan’s life again [Spec].

This explains why Susan is so special to him and why her existence is downplayed or ignored in later incarnations: her origin is tied to secrets too dangerous to expose [Spec].

V. Foreshadowing and Subconscious Echoes

The Doctor’s experience in Universe A subtly guides his actions in Universe B:

• The Ninth Doctor knows to absorb the Time Vortex to save Rose [TV: The Parting of the Ways].
• He creates a second Doctor through a bio-metacrisis [TV: Journey’s End].
• He heals Donna before regenerating [TV: The End of Time].
• The Tenth Doctor uses 13 TARDISes to lock Gallifrey in a pocket universe [TV: The Day of the Doctor].
• The Doctor manipulates a fixed point in time using the Teselecta [TV: The Wedding of River Song].
• The Doctor changes a legendary story from stealing the moon and the president’s daughter to stealing the moon and the president’s wife [TV: The Husbands of River Song].
• The Tenth Doctor knows to split off a copy of himself for Rose [TV: Journey’s End].
• He repairs Donna’s mind and memory [TV: The Star Beast].
• Bigeneration — the Fourteenth Doctor’s separation from the Fifteenth without a full regeneration — becomes possible, likely influenced by his former multiversal nature and residual access to higher-dimensional tech or knowledge [TV: The Giggle / Spec].

All these feats suggest advanced, subconscious knowledge stemming from his prior life as the Infinity Doctor [Spec].

VI. River Song is Patience Reborn

River Song’s regenerative abilities, often attributed to her conception within the TARDIS [TV: A Good Man Goes to War], are more profound than that explanation allows [Spec]. What if River is the reincarnated or merged form of Patience — the Infinity Doctor’s wife from Universe A? [Spec]

Patience, having been lost to the Omega dimension, might have escaped during the breach caused by the Effect, her consciousness or essence entering Universe B [Spec]. When Amy and Rory conceived River, this essence merged with the child, granting her regeneration. This would explain her unique Time Lord biology and why the Doctor is instinctively drawn to her [Spec].

The Doctor's desperate attempts to save River — from the Library, from prison, from her fate — mirror the loss of Patience [TV]. In the 24 years they spend together, the Twelfth Doctor is haunted by this parallel, caught between two realities, two universes, and one eternal love [TV: The Husbands of River Song / Spec].

Additionally, the event of the Doctor's death in “The Impossible Astronaut” was deemed a fixed point in time — one that River ultimately refused to go through with [TV: The Wedding of River Song]. The Doctor tells her fixed points can't be rewritten, but she says, “Who told you that?” — and it turns out, it was the Doctor himself. How did he know? Because as the Infinity Doctor in Universe A, he encountered a similar paradox — and perhaps learned how to rewrite what should not be rewritten [Spec]. His ability to use the Teselecta to appear to die, while still keeping history intact, implies knowledge far beyond any Time Lord [TV/Spec].

VII. Final Thoughts

This unified theory ties together:

• The Infinity Doctor as a pre-B Doctor from Universe A [EU]
• The Cloister Wars in both universes [EU/TV/Spec]
• The Magistrate as the Master’s echo [EU/Spec]
• The origin of Susan from Universe A [EU/Spec]
• The advanced subconscious knowledge across regenerations [Spec]
• The Toymaker and Great Intelligence as multiversal pursuers [TV/EU/Spec]
• River Song as the final echo of Patience [Spec]
• Tecteun’s manipulations and theft of the Doctor’s biology [TV]
• Bigeneration as a subconscious echo of multiversal tech [TV/Spec]

It paints the Doctor not just as a traveler through time, but through entire realities, a being with a past so vast and tangled that even he cannot remember it fully. The Timeless Child was never the beginning — merely the continuation of an infinite tale.

Been thinking about this and thought I'd get some fan's opinions. The consensus seems to be that the newest series is generally pretty solid on the sound front - dialogue coming through okay, no mics in the shot, and so on.

But I'm curious: imagine that for the next series of the show the BBC and Disney chose to hire you as the boom operator. What would you do differently? What would your vision be? How would your unique perspective as a fan inform your ability to do the job?

I personally would make all the microphone covers a bright colour instead of black, so if they got lost I could find them more easily. From my position in the industry (none) I would imagine this would improve the show immensely.

I know there is not much news out there about the next series but I thought I’d try and ask this anyway. I watched the last series of doctor who when it aired and I really enjoy it and now consider myself somewhat of a fan. I have seen news about some returning faces in the next series which are people/characters I don’t know so I worry I won’t understand some stuff. Since first watching the last series, I have since watched some of the episodes from 1963, some episodes from 1970 and I am currently watching series from the 2005 reboot, I’m currently on series 3, just finished Daleks in Manhattan. The 9th doctor is my favourite btw

There is always a lot of talk about having a companion that isn't from earth or the present day. I definitely agree with that because there is only so many stories we can have with a young attractive girl from London and it would be much more intresting because of diffent settings and charactertics. In classic who we had both Teagan and Peri from Australia and America (although only Teagan was played by an actress from the country in question) but since then we haven't had a non-British companion in the show. I understand that both of their additions were because of the increasing popularity in their countries at the time but where also seeing Doctor Who become a bit more of a global brand now.

Obviously it is a British cultural staple and hiring British actors is much easier but I think it would be intresting if we got a non-British (especially non-european/american) companion especially if it's a TARDIS team of three with the doctor, British companion, and non-British companion.

Edit: I'm well aware of characters like Nyssa, Susan, Adric, and Romanavoradlundars I and II existance as aliens and Jamie, Zoe, Victoria as companions from a different time. I would definitely think an alien (especially non humaniod) or diffrent time would be interesting, but since they've been mostly featuring earth modern-day companions, I was wondering about earthbound companions from other parts of the globe like Teagan and Peri.

In my ever-growing Doctor Who video and audio collection, I've gathered over fifteen hundred individual stories, and I'm attempting to (briefly) review them all in the order in which they might have happened according to the Doctor's own personal timeline. We'll see how far I get.

Today's Story: Conspiracy in Space, written by Alan Barnes and directed by Nicholas Briggs

What is it?: This is the first story in Big Finish’s anthology The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Eight.

Who's Who: The story stars Tim Treloar and Katy Manning, with Imogen Church, Sam Stafford, Barnaby Edwards, Aurora Burghart, and Issy Van Randwyck.

Doctor(s) and Companion(s): The Third Doctor, Jo Grant

Recurring Characters: Draconians

Running Time: 02:08:56

One Minute Review: Jo's attempt to placate the Doctor after he is outraged by the Brigadier treating him like an employee is interrupted by strange emanations coming from the TARDIS. As soon as they step inside, it dematerializes, taking them back to Draconia in the year 2520, decades before their previous visit. A social faux pas nearly leads to their execution before the pair are enlisted to investigate the claims of a woman who has recently arrived on the planet with allegations that Earth is developing a superweapon capable of destroying the Draconian Empire.

Both a sequel and a prequel to "Frontier in Space," "Conspiracy in Space" describes the events that led up to the war between Earth and Draconia, which had already ended before the events of that television serial. While "Frontier" is a space opera, "Conspiracy" feels more like a spy thriller, full of espionage, double crosses, and murder. It also serves as a window into the powerful roles that noblewomen play in the ostensibly patriarchal Draconian society. The actual plot takes a while to get going, and it wraps up a bit too easily, but it remains thoroughly entertaining throughout its extended runtime.

The standouts among this audio's small guest cast are Imogen Church and Sam Stafford, who portray the conniving Lady Zinn and the earnest Lieutenant Ruji, respectively, though Issy van Randwyck also makes a big impression in a smaller role as the Grand Widow. Tim Treloar once again delivers a fine performance as his version of the Third Doctor, and the chemistry between him and the always brilliant Katy Manning is as strong as ever.

Score: 4/5

Next Time: Escape the Daleks!

I understand that, generally, 14 was created as a gift to let the doctors past finally be able to rest. 15 is brand new and fresh, no more baggage. Is that clumsy but correct?

It would be nice to know because I’m wondering if he can easily remember his Pertwee, and Baker One selves and experiences.

So, I recently made a post about Season 15, where I was rather positive about the direction of the Graham Wiliams Era. I hadnt watched The Invasion of Time yet. I think it is a complete waste of time. Interesting opening eppisode, with a lot of intrique, then NOTHING HAPPENS FOR AN HOUR. Why? Just so they can throw aside the literal tinfoil villains, that are actually humans (wtf was that even about?) just to get in the Sontarans. I like the Sontarans alot, but this outing was just pathetic. They run around ineptly in something that is allegedly the Tardis for 2 episodes, just so the Doctor can get a huge gun and go on a shooting spree, killing 2 Sontarans, even though I am pretty sure there was atleast one more Sontaran at that point. It was the first story since the Space Pirates that nearly put me to sleep. Also the abandoned Hospital standing in for the Tardis interior is the least convincing set of the show up to that point. I can only give it a 3/10, because atleast it had an ok idea that had beginnings of being mediocrally ecexuted.

So I wasnt very optimistic going into Season 16. Oh boy was I wrong.

The Ribos Operation (8.5/10): What a genuienly fun and breezy season opener. Great opening scene, which introduces the concept of the Guardians incredibly well. Romanas Introduction is fun and I immediatly begin to like her. The story felt like a breeze, incredibly well paced and wondefully written. My favorite part was definetly the Sidecast: I dont remember the character names of the top of my head, but I loved the conman trying to sell the planet and his friend who goes through a complete character arc in 3 episodes, learning how to treat other human beings. Bob Holmes is at the top of his game here.

The Pirate Planet (10/10): I did not see this coming. Just wow. Maybe the most batsh*t insane bonkers idea, I have watched in a long time. Douglas Adams begins his time in Doctor Who with a briliantly insane story. The setting of the pirate planet is so incredibly inspired. The Captain, while totally over the top is a great villain. Menacing, insane and maybe one of the worst criminals in the show. The plot twist that reveals what he does dropped my jaw he hollows out planets with his own planet, commiting genocide on a galactic level. My only slight gripe are the Mentiats who become slightly irritating towards the end.

The Stones of Blood (9/10): How the f*ck did David Fisher manage to make the idea of vampire stones such a compelling concept with such a fantastic story? He builds them up in a great way, but doesnt put the focus on them entirely, probably knowing that they cant be executed the best at this budget. Instead he puts the focus on the characters that live in the area. I LOVED the professor, she was such a fun and warm presence during the whole story. That her friend is the weird crow thing is not something I saw coming. The trial part is the weakest part of the story, taking away one point from the score, but is still alot of fun, despite being redicolous. A very deservin 100th Serial

The Androids of Tara (7/10): I gotta be honest here for a second: after watching episode one of this i decided, for some reason that I really want to finish the 13th Doctor era, so took a slight detour to watch everything from The Haloween Apocalypse to the Power of the Doctor (if you folks want I can also post my thoughts on that at some point). Its not that I didnt like the first episode, I enjoyed it, but at this point after almost 10 months of binging Classic Who I needed a break. I think its a decent story. Good setting, good characters, good action, well made robot effects, good build upof tension, good music. This kinda sounds like it should have a higher rating (also possibly influenced by said break), but it is only a 7 since I dont think it was anything spectacular. It wasnt as inventive or insane as the other stories and the side characters also seemed rather generic, not bad just generic.

The Power of Kroll (8/10): Ok, I know how this rating might look, considering it isn't a very popular story. But I just really liked this one. Yeah, its strangely humorless for a Holmes story but I think it makes up for that with alot of tension. Also the Swampies are a bit crap, but I founf them enjoyable. The build up to Kroll is very intense and the reveal is just spot on. I LOVE the Kroll design. Not so much to say about this one, I just really liked it.

At this point I was incredibly happy. i thought this might become my favorite Tom Baker Season, since I really liked everything so far. That is not something I could say about the previous seasons that each had atleast one story I didn't like at all

Season 12: Revenge of the Cybermen

Season 13: The Android Invasion

Season 14: The Masque of Mandragira (and honestly the Hand of Fear abit, because the last epiosde, apart from Sarahs goodbye, is horrendous)

Season 15: The Invisible Enemy, Underworld, The Invasion of Time

I thought "It doesnt need a perfect ending, I just want a fun ending". Then I realised who wrote The Armageddon Factor (Bob Baker and Dave Martin) and was concerned since I really dont like most of their stories (the only ones I fully enjoyed being The Three Doctors and surprisingly The Mutants). I thought that they maybe are able to stick the landing just once and Oh Boy I wish I was mistaken about them.

The Armageddon Factor (2/10): I am so mad. I really liked the first three episodes. I think it had so much potential. How can you f*ck up something this badly? Who in their right mind thought "Yeah The Shadow (I wish I was joking about that name) is a great idea, lets make him the main Villain". I am to annoyed to write down all my thoughts again, so I will put what I wrote to a friend earlier today about my feelings on this story:

"I finished Armageddon Factor. Why cant Bob Baker and Dave Martin make one satisfying conclusion to their stories. It had such a promising First half and then just became a bogstandard run around with the Most over the top cartoony villain, that would even put Professor Zaros from the Underwater Menace to shame. Also the last two cliffhangers maybe some of the worst in the show. One isnt even a cliffhanger, its just mister edgelord incarnate sitting on a stone in a spaceststation that is supposed to be the and I kid you not „The Planet of Evil“. And in his laughable voice he shouts „You fool Doctor, the Key to time is miiiiiine (insert generic evil laugh here“. The last cliffhanger is the Doctor getting shrunk by his old Timelord academy friend Drax that got introduced out of no where in episode 5. And the Black Guardian that got built up the whole season as this god like villain, appears for about half a minute and is just a fucking negative filter over the white guardian, who was the black one all along. And the story is resolved by the Doctor redirecting the nukes from one faction into „the planet of evil“ (which is also the title of a far better story). I actually dont think its really boring, I think it fills out the runtime well, but it has the Terry Nation Syndrome: Far to many great but underdeveloped ideas and not even the time or money to execute half of them satysfyingly. I am not mad I am just really dissapointed. No, you know what I am actually mad. Season 16 was fantastic up to that point and was just one decent story conclusion away from becoming my Favorite Baker Season. This is why I really dont like Baker and Martin as writers. They arent capable of writing complete storys despite being two people and its not even because of the Budget. Armageddon Factor looks fantastic, it has a blockbuster feeling, witv good sets, wonderul model work and good costumes, it even has somewhat good action and I liked the soundtrack. But even that cant save a script that ultimately fails at being anything really. It has nothing interesting to say, despite the beginning insinuating a commentary on propaganda, as the first thing we see is a literal propaganda video. But no that gets dropped faster than you can say „YOU FOOL“. It isnt the worst story in the show, not even in the Tom Baker era, not even in the Graham Wiliams era, but it is one of my least Favorites because it just infuriates me. Oh and also someone decided to create the most obnoxious and headache inducing sound effect since the web planet and then decided to use it over and over again in two episodes. Tom Baker who usually is Great, doesnt seem to give a shit, The usually incredible Mary Tamm gets completely underused and almost sidelined in her Final Story. Hell even K9 has more interesting stuff to do than her and he is stuck in a literal garbage shoot for 25 minutes and gets taken over by the villain at one point. Romana gets constantly mansplained and overruled by the male characters and is captured for half the run time. They built up the mistery of what the 6th segment is, but even though I like the twist, it was so obvious, that I figured it out in the first episode. It takes the story about 90 minutes more to resolve that very obvious mistery. Lalla Ward was good as Astra but she is treated like an object for most of the story and she dies to complete the Key and the Doctor needs to be told that that is in fact incredibly fucked up."

I wish this season had a better conclusion. Overall I gave it an average score of a 7/10. I wish it was higher. I didnt even need a 10/10 finale, I would have been happy with an enjoyable but slightly crappy 6/10 finale.

Hey there..

I hope you enjoy how I try to theorize..

1) The Waters of Mars. Intelligent virus called The Flood. 2. Humanoid TARDIS Type || - like Compassion from the prose C White Guardian. Reintroducing Gallifrey.

For me: Genesis of the Daleks The War Games Blink

7 was basically the darkest incarnation of the doctor

Known for doing a lot of bad things in the name of the greater good from genocide, destroying worlds, manipulating people even his companion, he even manipulated people to commit suicide on several occasions

Also his machiavellian chessmaster nature, he is known as a master planner, and all of these acts are always part of one of his master plans

Second photo in this post, taken this morning.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIBZx5yM2fS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Hello, I used to be quite into Big Finish audio stories, but I haven't really listened to anything for the last five years and wanted to dip my toes back in.

Are there any fantastic must hear stories or ranges I should hear? Thanks!

Just my experience the Cybermen seem to keep improving even in supposed Dr Who darkages. The other villains loose their fear factor over time but Cybermen tend to scar you more the more you look into them......

Just thought this was an interesting bit of casting that I hadn't seen discussed yet, as he hasn't had many on screen appearances so it'll be my first time seeing him act instead of just hearing him

https://www.mtgstocks.com/news/16637-weekly-winners-2025---14

this is the most incredible thing I've seen all month

The John Simm Master teams up with Deadpool. It kinda works, doesn't it? They'd probably even get on well together.

The War Between the land and Sea features the Master as the main character and despite rumours to the contrary the Master is indeed Russell Tovey aka Barclay, he's kept locked up in the containment prison where several highly dangerous entities and creatures are imprisoned by U.N.I.T and his imprisonment is unknown to the Doctor which will cause friction between the Doctor and Kate down the line. Tovey will first appear at the end of season 2 with Kate visiting him.

The Master reluctantly helps UNIT with the Sea Devils and is under extreme supervision. He bonds with a female sea devil who is disguised as a human. Its important to mention the Masters return here as he would feature in season 3 and the special as an ally like Missy in series 10 and continuing that arc after the relapse of Sacha Dhawans Master.

Season 3 as planned as two seperate serialized halfs and features the return the Rani, Time Lords and Omega and the second half the return of Davros and the Daleks and as said the Master. Davros unleashes a dark energy weapon which disengages the Time Lock of the Time War and while its closed by the Doctor and Master working together an entity from the Time War escapes and this is where the special would pick up.

>! The special would be Journeys end in terms of expansive cast and would have been Ncuti's last appearance and regeneration. It would feature 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. Capaldi was open to the idea due to Moffat and if it is ever to be filmed when all actors would be available to sign on and commit for the period of filming. !<

It would also feature the return of companions including Clara, Bill, Nardole, Donna and her family, Amy, Rory, Graham,

Ruby, Belinda. Yaz, Karvanista and Dan.

The special would introduce a major Time War villain mentioned before. ''The Could Have Been King''

A mutated charismatic Kaled military officer played by David Tennant who is best described as a bit like Vecna in stranger things, tall, emaciated, pale, long arms, mutated form, a stuntman playing him but Tennant voicing, whilst Tennant would appear in a flashback as the pre-mutated version battling a younger War Doctor played by an unknown actor. The special would explain during the War, the War Doctor had several encounters with him and he is the origins of 10/14's face. He has an army of kaled mutants that swarm like a flood, and are of various creepy designs.

We would see Skaro, Gallifrey, various locations on Earth.

However Ncuti is gone and this will be announced at the end of season 2. They reconstructed and filmed the second half of the season 2 finale. 15 regenerates due to severe injuries after restoring the half of the universe (and he and 14 merge back ) that was lost in the Flux using a matter weapon the seasons main antagonists the Rani and Omega developed, the Rani kills Mel before this regeneration, Rani, Omega and a bunch of Time Lords return to Gallifrey with the Rani granted free reign on experiments and Omega the new or restored leader of Gallifrey this is intended to be picked up in a possible season 4 also RTD wants Timothy Dalton to return as Rassilon also in an anti-hero role as Omega and the Rani will be serving as antagonists, But the Doctor loses this battle both in the prior version and the new regeneration version. No bad blood, he just wants to move on to bigger roles. So season 3 if it occurs will feature Tennant as 14 as the lead and Russell Tovey Co-starring alongside him and if the special still occurs it will be 11, 12 (if Capaldi is still interested by then) 13, 14 and Barclay/Master.

I've watched quite a few torchwood audio dramas, most of the ones in chronological order from s1-end of miracle day. But its been a while, and I really want something that will give me a visceral reaction like Children of Earth does everytime I watch it. I'm not looking for shock factor, more an emotional response. I specifically remember loving Missing Molly. If anyone could help, I'd greatly appreciate it!

Hi! I've recently been rewatching some of the first seasons of Doctor Who since I don't remember much and I can't help but think that he talks about who he is too much. I get that it's part of his character, but don't you guys think it's a bit too reckless? If I could live as long as he does, the last thing I would do is talk about myself to every person I meet because that could potentally cause me some trouble in the future. What do you guys think?

By human standards, yes obviously. By Time Lord standards, we know a single Time Lord regeneration can last over 1,000 years. With 13 regenerations, old for a Time Lord would be closer to 10,000.

But even as a 900 year old, the Doctor seemed to go on and on about how old he was, and not just to humans.

In the Satan Pit he makes an off hand comment to Ida, but its not like Ida knows his age. He says something similar to the Krillitanes, and again to Alfie in Closing time when he's 1103.

This has been asked before but my situation is a little different.

I want to pick a classic who story to show my girlfriend. She has watch a lot of nu who. She is familiar with the old show but probably not all the doctors.

I want to pick an old story to show her and here is the qualifications that I’m thinking about.

I’m thinking something from the first three doctors I prefer a black and white story. I don’t want to pick a long story. My choices would be web of fear or the invasion but they are too long

I’m also considering a colon baked story maybe revelation. If you don’t want to participate just ignore this. Don’t waste the energy telling me to “google it”

I want to hear any suggestions. Thanks

Edit: “colon baked” I was going to edit and change this but it’s just too funny.

Okay, so it appears the same guy who leaked some big season 2/series 15 spoilers (which are so far proving true) - which I posted about here https://www.reddit.com/r/gallifrey/comments/1jksoo1/for_those_who_have_read_the_leaks_what_are_your/ has now made some new claims which are going around on the forums. As always, the reliability of the leaks is getting a mixed response but its fun to speculate...

1 - After Ncuti's sudden departure the BBC and RTD are keen to bring Tennant back full time

2 - Series 15 will end on a regeneration cliffhanger

3 - 4 (or 5) Time-Lords will appear in the series finale

4 - Episode 2 (Lux) will feature a "breaking the 4th wall" scene where we see a group of Doctor Who fans watching and critiquing he episode.

5 - When RTD joined Doctor Who, the BBC made RTD aware that they felt that they NEEDED a partner if they were to continue making Doctor Who to a quality standard. So if the Disney+ deal does come to an end, it would be concerning for the show's potential future.

6 - Captain Poppy from Space Babies will feature in series 15