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But seriously, WTF is Mrs. Flood?
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Or equivalent cosmic/celestial/whatever being stuck on earth? It seems TARDISes are recognised by other species around the universe as well (like Vinder in "The flux").
I'm not going to speculate as to her precise identity, but if we take everything the episode showed us at face value:
She knows what a TARDIS is.
She did not recognize the Doctor's police box as a TARDIS until he dematerialized it in front of her, and even then did not seem to know who the Doctor was.
Again, if we are to take all this at face value, I think that narrows the list of candidates significantly, and rules out most, if not all, "familiar" characters.
Could she be a former companion of a pre-Hartnell Doctor? I know the Fugitive Doctor's TARDIS appeared as a police box to Thirteen, but it's very possible the chameleon circuit was operational in those days.
i thought maybe she was ruby's birth mum somehow but i'm not sureee now. or maybe she's the equivalent of mrs. figg from harry potter where she watches over ruby from some higherorg. :3
All the discussions of birth mothers makes me wonder if perhaps she's the Doctor's mother. They made a point of mentioning he also was a foundling.
Hmm, maybe. She does seem to be aware of multiple dimensions (breaking the fourth wall at the end there).
Or, at the very least, relative dimensions — maybe even in space 🙂
I wouldn't mind that a ton, honestly, given that Chibnall ripped off the bandaid of the Doctor's past after Moffat hinted at his being an orphan, and after all RTD also started all the speculation about the Doctor's mother back in "End of Time".
(Home instance is having federation issues, so reposting some comments on this one. Apologies for dupes.)
I'm wondering the same thing! 4th wall breaking character? Interesting stuff! I wonder if she was the person that picked up the tooth in the last episode. Either way, I've got the feeling this isn't the last time we'll see her.
I'm wondering the same thing! Not much discussion on the mid-credit scene and it seems pretty significant. 4th wall breaking character? Interesting stuff!