10 Doctor Who Episodes You Didn’t Know Were Connected
4. The Magician’s Apprentice & The Timeless Children
Former showrunner Chris Chibnall definitely left his mark on Doctor Who, for better or for worse.
His decision to reveal that the Doctor is the mythical Timeless Child that formed the base genetic code for all future Time Lords was extremely controversial.
It was the Master who revealed this secret to his long-standing rival, but it turns out that he knew this story long before he let on. Well, probably not, but he certainly knew more about the Doctor's past than we did.
In the episode The Magician's Apprentice, Missy tells Clara that she's known the Doctor "since he was a little girl." Coincidentally, this is the form that the Timeless Child takes when we first meet them.
A brilliant piece of foreshadowing? At the time, obviously not, but in hindsight, you can certainly look at it that way, and it's interesting going back to watch this moment with the knowledge of the Timeless Child in hand.