10 Doctor Who Fan Theories Better Than What We Got

6. The TARDIS Is Synced With Gallifrey

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For someone who's supposed to be the last of the Time Lords, the Doctor sure has met a lot of them.

Rassilon, Omega, the Rani, the Master - they turn up all over the place! And the funny thing is that the Doctor always seems to meet them in chronological order.

Why is this? Well, SteamDelta on Reddit thinks they have the answer.

The reason relies heavily on the Eye of Harmony, a singularity at the centre of Gallifrey. We've also seen that an Eye of Harmony exists inside the TARDIS too. So, what if this allows anyone with a TARDIS - like the Doctor and the Master - to be synced with Gallifreyan time?

This would explain why the Doctor always meets other Time Lords in the correct order. Compare that to River Song, who always meets the Doctor out of order - and that's because she doesn't use a TARDIS.

It's a bit techno-babbly, but it's a really cool explanation for how time works in the Doctor Who universe.

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