Doctor Who
Warning : Contains spoiler for Doctor Who ’s sixtieth anniversary particular , " The Giggle . "
Summary
Doctor Who ’s third sixtieth anniversary special , " The Giggle , " changes the Timeless Child twist from Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker ’s earned run average , and makes it a tidy sum good . Doctor Who ’s Timeless Child reveal was one of the biggest and most controversial retcons in the show ’s story , revealing that the Doctor was not a Time Lord of Gallifrey , but someone from another attribute completely . In a way , the Timeless Child whirl change everything and nothing . It entirely upended almost 60 years ofDoctor Whocanon , but didn’ttrulychange who the Doctor was at their core , which is something that ’s exculpated from David Tennant ’s return to the role as the Fourteenth Doctor .
Of naturally , Doctor Who ’s 60th day of remembrance made some big changes and lore additions of its own . Most notably , that includedDoctor Who ’s new atomic number 83 - generation , supersede the stock positive feedback by effectively splitting Tennant ’s Fourteen and Ncuti Gatwa ’s Fifteen into separate beingness . There was also a new flirt of what ’s to come , with the warning of"The One Who Waits " as the Doctor ’s next villain . Alongside all that , though , was a retcon of a retcon , with a new twist to the Timeless Child . Unlike the previous era , however , this is less divisive , and actually makes more sense .
The concluding Doctor Who day of remembrance extra , " The Giggle , " is a re-formation story like no other - and its close set up some marvelous escapade .
Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary Confirms The Toymaker Was Behind The Timeless Child
As the Doctor and the Toymaker ( Neil Patrick Harris ) square off down to wreak a game , theDoctor Whovillain reveals his part in meddling with the creation and its history . And , ostensibly , that extends to the Doctor ’s own past . The Toymaker says:“I made a jigsaw out of your history . Did you like it?“Combined with references to make for a biz with the Master - who was the one to reveal the true statement of the Timeless Child to the Doctor - it sure enough seemed as thoughDoctor Who was retconning the Timeless Child . In this new variation of events , the Toymaker was the one behind it , all part of his fun and games .
For the first time in Doctor Who account , two Doctors exist at once , and they both have a TARDIS ! So what next for David Tennant ’s embodiment ?
That was then confirmed by showrunner Russell T Davies , via the in - episode commentary usable on BBC iPlayer . He says this is part of the"loosening of the rules,“going on to reference whether he was half - human as Paul McGann ( the Eighth Doctor ) , and"is he a Timeless Child?“Davies ' purpose is basically to make everything quite simple : the Doctor is whatever hoi polloi want him to be . It could all be true , and it can now all exist within the same canyon , without one thing overriding the other .
The Toymaker Finally Clears Up Doctor Who’s Timeless Child Confusion
hold the classicDoctor Whovillain the Toymakerbe the one behind the Timeless Child is a smart retcon , and constitute the twist meet much more neatly into canyon . The Doctor having been the Timeless Child all along was always too openhanded a game - auto-changer , altering the character ’s story on such a spirit level that it could n’t be properly explained . Doctor Whocanon has long been tractile , to put it mildly , but the Timeless Child created so many rank plot holes and inconsistency that have the Toymaker be the one to do it crystallize much of it up in an twinkling .
With Doctor Who ’s sixtieth day of remembrance special at an end , it ’s time to look back over the skilful and spoiled of the Doctor ’s birthday solemnisation .
It also signify the Doctor ’s original history , of being a Time Lord from Gallifrey , remains canon , which is particularly significant for the 60th day of remembrance , as it feels more in keeping with the spirit and original design of the entire show . Crucially , however , Davies forfend just completely shutting down the Timeless Child . Because it was such a self-aggrandizing wrench , then it had to be address in some way , but simply saying the Master was lying or some other get - out would ’ve risked feeling a chip cheap , rather than dealing with the problem .
The handling of it here is clever in that it technically builds on what Chibnall did , using the winding and the Master ’s actions to further the write up and make the Toymaker into a majuscule terror . It also allows for what could be perceived as hints to the Timeless Child in past stories ( such as the eight Brain of Morbius Doctors ) to still exist as such , only as the work of Harris ' scoundrel . Working with the Timeless Child was never going to be well-fixed , but Davy ' counter toDoctor Whohas in reality made it interesting and just about fit into canon ( as much as anything can ) .
