I’m sure the new Doctor Who episode already aired and this theory is already rubbish, but here we go:
- Donna Noble and her grandfather Wilfred Mott are ordinary humans that have been recurring characters. Both have shown great resourcefulness and calm under pressure. Both have been quite clever.
- “Wilfred Mott” is an anagram for “Time Lord WTF” (or FTW, however you like to think of it).
- The Doctor was originally introduced back in 1963 as a mysterious old man accompanied by his granddaughter Susan Foreman.
- After the events of The End of Time Part 1, a reasonable case could be made that neither Donna nor Wilfred are actually human.
Therefore, perhaps Wilfred and Donna are actually The Doctor and Susan, disguised in a manner previously used used by other time lords in the series.
I just needed to get that off my chest before I actually see the new episode and am certainly proved wrong.
Certainly not proven wrong; but we’ve previously seen that Time Lords (Family Blood, whatever episode that the Master returns) will surround themselves with an object in which their true consciousness is held. If they are both Time Lords, then I’ve yet to see an obvious connection to a given item.
Also – the Doctor wiped Donnas mind when she turned into Doctor Donna for a brief period for fear that she would go kaplooey. This would suggest that she is just a human, as she could not handle the abilities of a Time Lord; or we could look at this as just non cannon.
Either way, interesting theory – enough to hold some water, and definitely feasible in the Doctors universe.
I was surprised not to be categorically disproven. As for the lack of a Time Lord-brand pocketwatch, that could have just been the writers declining to drop such an obvious hint just yet.
Of course, nearly anything is possible in the Whoniverse. Canonical explanations have changed repeatedly over the past half a century. If only all sci-fi writers were as unconstrained as these folks.
I just watched End of Time Pt 1 and I was wondering if you could ‘splain something to me. How does The Master suddenly have superhuman powers like super speed, jumping/flying and shooting lightening out of his hands. Did they bother to come up with an explanation for that? Did I miss something?
The Doctor said something about him burning out his life energy, and it was indicated that it was all just a consequence of the botched resurrection attempt. I suspect the real answer is that they had a serious BBC-style lapse of judgment regarding how their special effects budget ought to be spent.