Doctor Who Flux: 10 Huge Questions After Village Of The Angels

10. Did The Doctor Really Just Fix The TARDIS?

The TARDIS has been playing up all series, with the Doctor increasingly concerned about the integrity of her usually dependable ship. She has already lost control to whatever power brought the TARDIS to the temple of Atropos and now one of the Angels has been able to breach its already weakened defences.

As the Angels prepare to land the ship, the Doctor takes evasive action. The most immediate concern is that the Doctor, Yaz and Dan could be sent back in time and permanently separated from the TARDIS. So the Doctor acts fast. With a typical combination of technobabble and improvisation, she is able to reboot the TARDIS, expelling the Angels instead. Yaz’s fear that it might not work because the TARDIS is already broken proves to be unfounded.

It’s all a little too easy and it turns out to be completely unnecessary because the Angel wants the Doctor not the ship. So what was the point of the scene? Could it be that the TARDIS is now also free from the damage caused by the Flux? At the moment the TARDIS is stuck, taking time to fully reboot, but is she soon going to be ready to come to the Doctor’s aid? Judging from the post-credits trailer to Survivors of the Flux, the TARDIS will be back with an old friend of the Doctor. Kate Stewart has form for acquisitioning the ship, but could it have returned to UNIT HQ off its own volition?