Doctor Who
Warning : mollycoddler beforehand for Doctor Who season 14 , episode 1 & 2 .
Summary
The Timeless Child is n’t going anywhere inDoctor Who , despite the Toymaker ’s good efforts , and time of year 14 prove it . Introduced by former showrunner Chris Chibnall during Jodie Whittaker ’s era , theTimeless Child rewrote the foot ofDoctor Who , revealing the Doctor hails not from Gallifrey , but from an nameless planet somewhere beyond the universe . The twirl also confirmed that an unspecified number of theDoctor ’s regenerationsexist prior to William Hartnell ’s . Needless to say , the Timeless Child was not universally embraced , and this prompt questions over whether Chibnall ’s replacement , Russell T Davies , would retcon the retcon .
WhenDoctor Who60th day of remembrance special " The Giggle " rolled around , theToymaker unwrap that he " made a reciprocating saw " of the Doctor ’s chronicle , going on to cite the Master ’s final fight against the Thirteenth Doctor . This exchange gave the consuming printing that the Doctor was in the beginning a Time Lord from Gallifrey , then the Toymaker used his world power to rewrite reality and sour the Doctor ’s personal history into the " Timeless small fry . " The Toymaker ’s claim triggered doubts over whether the Timeless Child would still be in - play duringDoctor Whoseason 14 , or whether it would just be treated as the Toymaker spicing up the Doctor ’s life .
Doctor Who has been a fixture on TV screen for 60 age , meaning there are lot of story to opt from when picking out the Time Lord ’s skilful .
Doctor Who Season 14 Is Doubling Down On The Timeless Child
RTD’s Doctor Who Is Heavily Referencing Chibnall’s Timeless Child
Doctor Whoseason 14 ’s opening one - two combo of " Space Babies " and " The Devil ’s Chord " get out not a shadow of doubt thatthe Timeless Child is still having a very strong influence uponDoctor Who . " Space Babies " go out Ncuti Gatwa ’s Fifteenth Doctor call himself " sweep up " when giving Ruby a brief run - through of his story , explaining how the Gallifreyans are not his true hoi polloi . This motif then keep afterDoctor Who ’s Bogeyman twistis send packing . The Doctor empathizes with the tool for being the only one of its form and daringly risk his life to relieve it .
Not only does this refute any suggestion that RTD making the Toymaker responsible for for the Timeless Child mechanically unwrap Chibnall ’s change toDoctor Whocanon , it turn out time of year 14 will go along reckoning with the aftershocks of the initial disclosure . Gatwa ’s Doctor is manifestly still come to footing with the hidden truth of his past tense . Moreover , the Doctor is plain undergo an experiential identity crisis as the vanquish solitariness of learning his total living was a Trygve Lie sinks in . Nothing said by theToymaker inDoctor Who ’s 60th anniversaryhas derailed the tarradiddle Chris Chibnall began tell in time of year 11 .
What Did The Toymaker Have To Do With Doctor Who’s Timeless Child, Exactly?
Everything & Nothing, According To RTD Himself
In his commentary for " The Giggle , " Russell T Davies elaborate on the import behind the Toymaker ’s " made a reciprocating saw out of your history " job and its connexion to the Timeless Child specifically . TheDoctor Whoshowrunner described the line ’s intention as a " loosening of the rules , " summate , " Was the Doctor half - human ? Is he a Timeless Child ? He is whatever you require him to be . " This confirms RTD wrote the line with a measured intension to Chibnall ’s Timeless Child , but a non - committal stance in condition of addressing exactly what the Toymaker did .
The subject matter from the open two episodes ofDoctor Whoseason 14 is clear : how the Timeless Child happened does n’t matter .
RTD ’s " whatever you need him to be " philosophy allowsDoctor Whoviewers to believe the Toymaker was fully responsible for the Timeless Child , and the Doctor was very much a Time Lord before Neil Patrick Harris rewrote realism . At the same time , one could also opt to believe the Timeless Child has always been the Doctor ’s genuine history , and the Toymaker ’s role was but make for that secret into the open via the Master . The vague nature of the Toymaker ’s quotation mark is deliberately plan to ask in multiple valid interpretationsand rub aside any lingering inconsistencies inDoctor Who ’s hole - riddle canon .
Dr. Who ’s sixtieth day of remembrance special , " The Giggle , " retcons the Timeless Child , and the story give to David Tennant ’s Fourteen makes more gumption .
The message from the chess opening twoepisodes ofDoctor Whoseason 14is clear : how the Timeless Child happened does n’t matter . The story here and now in 2024 is the Fifteenth Doctor oppose to and get by with that knowledge , as well as playing out how it impress his outlook in future adventure - just as it does throughout " Space Babies . " There is no doubt thatinvolving the Toymaker in the Timeless Child provided RTD with an easy chance to pretend Chibnall ’s twist never happened , but that chance was not lease .
Doctor Who Season 14’s Timeless Child References Are A Good Sign That We’ll Get Answers (Eventually)
RTD Can Solve The Doctor Who Mysteries Chibnall Did Not
When Chris Chibnall departedDoctor Who , he left a great manyquestions about the Timeless Child- almost all of them , in fact - unreciprocated . Where the Doctor came from , which species they go to , how and why they crossed universe , how many regenerations be across time and space - all of these questions and more remain unresolved as ofDoctor Whoseason 14 . The Timeless Child ’s fleshy influence upon Ncuti Gatwa ’s Fifteenth Doctor is , therefore , an supporting house that some sort of explanation is forthcoming .
By constantly cite the Timeless Child and shew its bully presence at the heart of Fifteen ’s personality , Doctor Whoinspires hope that answers to all of those dawdle questions will get in sooner or later . The logical conclusion to the Doctor ’s identity crisis is surely discovering their true family planetand finding a sense of closure there . As more interdimensional villain such as the Toymaker , the Not - Things , and Maestro begin grovel intoDoctor Who , the chance of a military mission to the Doctor ’s real home major planet to see Timeless Child answers only increase .
Episode
The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor, joined by new companion Ruby Sunday.
Disney+ Release Date
" Space Babies " and " The Devil ’s Chord "
May 10
" Boom "
May 17
" 73 yard "
May 24
" Dot & Bubble "
May 31
" Rogue "
June 7
" The Legend of Ruby Sunday "
June 14
" Empire of Death "
June 21
The recent Dr. Who serial enclose the Fifteenth Doctor , fall in by new fellow traveler Ruby Sunday .
