8 Doctor Who Fan Theories That Became Fact
4. Gwen Is Related To Gwyneth
Actress Eve Myles first stepped into the Whoniverse in the 2005 episode The Unquiet Dead, portraying Mr. Sneed's clairvoyant servant, Gwyneth. Then, in 2006, Myles joined the cast of Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood, as policewoman Gwen Cooper.
Though her second Whoniverse character was wildly different to her first (for starters, Gwyneth lived in Victorian times, while Gwen was active in the modern day), fans, for obvious reasons, speculated that they were connected somehow, despite then-showrunner Russell T Davies telling Doctor Who Magazine that there was, definitively, no link between the two characters.
However, it appears that Davies then changed his mind - or perhaps all the fan theories caught his attention? Whatever the case, Doctor Who's Series 4 finale explained that Gwen was connected to Gwyneth, with "spatial genetic multiplicity" resulting in their physical similarities.
It's also possible that Davies was simply lying about their lack of a connection at first. After all, being in charge of Doctor Who means you have to tell the occasional fib!