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Warning : spoilers ahead for Doctor Who season 14 , episode 1 & 2 .

Summary

The TARDIS has not been in right work order sinceDoctor Whobegan in 1963 , but something seems to be very wrong with the iconic blue box in season 14 . While the Doctor is often considered the only constant protagonist across allDoctor Whoeras , that assessment underestimate the TARDIS , which has to the full earned the right to be considered aDoctor Whocharacterof its own . Episodes regularly swear on the TARDIS as a plot of ground gadget too . If its cloister bells tintinnabulation , then trouble is brewing . If it go away , then hassle is brewing . If the coffee berry machine breakout , nothing is brew .

Ncuti Gatwa’snew TARDIS inDoctor Whoseason 14 is a massive departure from late versions , with Disney paying for an impressive renovation that look like what might happen if X - Men ’s Cerebro and the stagecoach from Taylor Swift ’s Eras Tour were dispose into the fourth dimension vortex together . The heart and person of the TARDIS remains unaltered , however . The Fifteenth Doctor still treats his ship like a sentient comrade , and the TARDIS is still used as a barometer for how exit the population is to certain doom . If one scene inDoctor Whoseason 14 , instalment 2 , " The Devil ’s Chord , " is any indication , certain end of the world is very close indeed .

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Doctor Who Season 14, Episode 2 Hints Something Is Wrong With The TARDIS

The Doctor & Ruby Notice Something Wrong With Their Ship

When the Doctor and Ruby travel to post - revelatory London and encounter the brand - newDoctor Whovillain Maestro , their immortal opposition seizes the TARDIS . Fortunately , the Fifteenth Doctor handle to worm back enough control to take back to 1960s London and Gatwa kisses his TARDIS console to apologize for the boisterous flying . As he and Ruby take the air away across Abbey Road , however , the TARDIS audibly groans . Ruby simulate this has something to do with freeing the ship from Maestro and require the Dr. , " Did you break it ? " Ominously , a disjointed Fifteenth Doctor replies,“No , that ’s something else … "

Maestro is able to command the TARDIS through their ability to control sound . Maestro can manipulate anything that make noise .

The Doctor ’s visible concern and the accompany enigmatic bars of score paint a picture this shot is sowing a cum that will mature in importance witheachDoctor Whoseason 14 installment . If the TARDIS groaning is n’t just a consequence of the Doctor struggling to pilot his ship through Maestro ’s interference , then a larger mystery is afoot . The pressing motivation to defeat Maestro forces the Doctor and Ruby to stuff any potential TARDIS job onto the backburner as they save the world from a music - free macrocosm , but the paramount implication of this scene indicate thatDoctor Whoseason 14 is building toward a big reveal that something is very wrong with the TARDIS .

Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor looking serious in the TARDIS in Doctor Who.

Why The TARDIS Might Be Broken In Doctor Who Season 14

Three Possibilities Behind The TARDIS' Problems

Several possibilities explicate why the TARDIS is scramble inDoctor Whoseason 14 spring to mind . The most obvious answer is Maestro being to fault , as the problems only begin after Jinkx Monsoon ’s character begin diddle with the Doctor ’s time machine . The Time Lord may believe his TARDIS is creaking because of " something else , " but that could simply mean Maestro has secretly done something to affect the ship for good . Perhaps a midget mo of Maestro ’s power or essence has ooze into the heart of the TARDIS , allow the scoundrel to retain a foothold in the independent world .

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Another likely resolution can be find in 60th day of remembrance special episode " The Giggle . " In a canyon - violate first - time - ever moment , Ncuti Gatwa ’s Fifteenth Doctor separate the TARDISso that his precursor could void London ’s extortionate hire prices by endure in his trusty blue box between visits to Château Noble . The TARDIS may now be feel the branching of that split , and potentially ca n’t serve at full throttle without its other half . A few easy trips through time are fine , but the strain of fighting Maestro might have exposed the TARDIS ' soften state .

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or else , the TARDIS ' problems might be connected to Ruby Sunday . By the end ofDoctor Whoseason 14 ’s " The Devil ’s Chord , " it is clear from thefalling snow that Ruby possess inner powerof vast and ancient proportions . Even Maestro is frightened by what they sense loiter inside Ruby , hinting toward a connexion between her and the " Old Ones . " Ruby ’s presence as a passenger could be having a negative effect upon the TARDIS . Childhood memory board of descend snow seeping into realness are a sure sign that Ruby can manipulate time , albeit not intentionally , and her magnate may be clash with the TARDIS ' timey - wimey engines .

Doctor Who’s Broken TARDIS Would Explain A Season 14 Trailer Shot

Is It The Beginning Of The End For Doctor Who’s TARDIS?

Something being incorrect with the TARDIS may excuse a key shot bring out byDoctor Whoseason 14 trailer footage . The vista in query showed a seemingly abandoned TARDIS resting upon the edge of a cliff , inquisitively cover in moss and sens as if no longer operational . The in - dialogue tinge that not all is well with the TARDIS from " The Devil ’s Chord " could represent a first step toward pay off this dawdler shot of a dusty , forgotten blue box that has n’t been reach in years .

Before a unmarried 2d ofDoctor Whoseason 14 transmit , drone footage had , at the very least , confirmed the TARDIS would fall into disuse at some pointin the come episode . That in itself is n’t hugely strange . Because ofDoctor Who ’s labyrinthian timeline , the TARDIS has been drive to wait for the Doctor on many occasions , such as in the backwash of Clara ’s death and short afterPeter Capaldi ’s Doctor regenerated . The aforementioned trailer shot could simply be another instance of the TARDIS look for its possessor to catch up . After hearing the machine creak and groan in " The Devil ’s Chord , " however , it looks more like the TARDIS itself could be the problem .

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The Doctor and Ruby Sunday in the 1960s crossing Abbey Road in Doctor Who season 14.

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