Doctor Who
Chris Chibnall ’s Timeless Child twist is belike the former showrunner ’s biggest and most controversial add-on toDoctor Whocanon , but it also paradoxically explains one of the likely plot hole opened by the storyline . Doctor Who ’s Disney erahas lightly cite Chibnall ’s divisive addition to the show ’s continuity , but it has n’t focused on it all that much . The Doctor ’s TARDIS was also affected by the shocking revealdue to the strong connection between the Time Lord and the iconic blue box . However , the Timeless Child storyline also explains why the TARDIS looks so recognisable .
The TARDIS has been a Brobdingnagian part of the show ’s chemical formula ever since the very first episodeofDoctor Who ’s Greco-Roman geological era . Although it holds the voltage to blend in seamlessly with its surroundings , it ’s never escort as anything other than a 1950s constabulary box seat . Of course , the show had long explain why this was before Chibnall choose charge , but the Timeless Child twist softly adds to this traditional knowledge . The biggest clue comes when a surprisal actor is add to the group ofthose who have played the Dr. .
The TARDIS May Have Remembered Being A Police Box From Before The First Doctor (& Decided To Stay That Way)
The Doctor’s TARDIS may have looked how it does for much longer than the show has implied
Doctor Whoseason 12 , episode 5 , " Fugitive of the Judoon , " insert Jo Martin ’s Fugitive Doctor . Her launching brings with it the Doctor ’s TARDIS but with both the ship and its proprietor predating William Hartnell ’s First Doctor - an entire era not remember by the show ’s main persona . moderately confusingly , the Fugitive Doctor ’s TARDIS already looks like a law corner . bond to the useable lore at the clip , this should n’t have been the display case at this point in the Doctor ’s timeline , as it ’s supposed to have a function chameleon circuit . On the other hand , it bring home the bacon a brilliant alternative possibility .
In short , the Fugitive Doctor ’s TARDIS looking as it does may not have been a production superintendence - but rather an intentional seek to foreshadow the Doctor ’s future .
Althoughthe TARDIS ' memory has also been powerfully connote to have been wiped by Division , the time and space machine may hark back a shard of its past from before the memory rub . If so , it could remember taking the configuration of a police force box before its fender took the form of Hartnell ’s Doctor . If so , the TARDIS could have made a witting decision to rest that mode - although it may not understand why . In short , the Fugitive Doctor ’s TARDIS looking as it does may not have been a production oversight - but rather an knowing attempt to omen the Doctor ’s future .
The Timeless Child Would Also Explain Why The Doctor Never Fixes His Chameleon Circuit
The Doctor’s subliminal affection for the TARDIS' appearance may have been a factor
The TARDIS ' chameleon circuit can still be broken even when the pre - Hartnell Doctors are accounted for . Similarly , the Doctor ’s account for not fixing it because he like how the blue box looks can also still be on-key . However , this fresh theory put in motion by Chibnall ’s contributions could add an extra motivation when decline to repair the circle in question . In short , the Doctor may also harbor some manakin of computer memory of the TARDIS being a police force boxwhen they were under Division ’s employment . So , the familiar visual aspect may offerDoctor Who ’s primary character a subliminal feeling of familiarity .
