We’re pretty sure we’ve nailed it.
First, apologies if this violatesDen of Geeks house style guidelines, but LOL.
Is it because human characters and prefs are easier to portray on an increasingly strained BBC budget?
Maybe humans are special somehow, and there is some ineffable quality to them that the Doctor finds appealing?
Or perhaps its the Doctors boundless compassion and empathy that drives them to protect us?
These are some pretty weak theories to be honest.
Everyone knows humanity is awful, and compassion isnt real.
No, there must be some massive secret backstory to explain this obvious character flaw.
Boltzmann Brains are cool.
So what if thats why Davies cut the line out?
Because it gave away the true origin of the Doctor.
Wouldnt that be fitting?
It would be like the Rey twist inThe Last Jedi, but times infinity.
The Doctor is a Skywalker
Were on Disney+ now, why the hell not?
We know a surprisingly large amount about the Doctors future.
But what, really, is the ultimateEnd of the Doctor?
What else, when all is said and done, could it be?
What if, rather than revisiting a few old favourites, the Doctor ultimately revisitsallof their old faces?
The Doctor isaGod
The multiverse ofDoctor Whois positively littered with celestial beings.
Pin their photos to a dart board, put on a blindfold, throw a dart.
Wherever it lands, thats your back-story, right there.
The Doctor is God
What if the Doctor is just God?
No messing about, metaphors or God-like aliens or any of that, just the Doctor being actual God.
with a lascivious grin.
But what if we twist the knife further?
What if the Master had broken the Time Lord taboo?
This, by the way, is not my idea.
Maybe Missy survived her backstabbing my her former self at the end of The Doctor Falls.
The Doctor is Inston-Vee Vinder and Bels Baby
Remember these guys?
Whatever happened to them?
We know Vinders important because he started off at Outpost Rose, and we knowthey had a baby.
Maybe they dropped it in a dimensional rift.
What if all those fairy tales and legends called out to the universe and somehow summoned the Doctor?
Joseph Campbells Hero with a Thousand Faces made literally real?
We have now fulfilled that obligation.
YOU Are the Doctor
Picture the scene.
Then he turns directly to the camera and says Im you, the viewer at home.
You look down, and realise your hands have started to glow.
Soon the glowing has encompassed your entire body, each cell spontaneously combusting and being reborn as something new.
Terrified, you flee to the one place you instinctively feel safe that gap behind the sofa.
Funny, theres not much room there, even for a child.
Why did you ever think you could hide there?
Unless… and then you realise its bigger on the inside.
