Doctor Who Flux: 10 Huge Questions After Once, Upon Time
5. What Is The Purpose Of The Flux?
So the Flux, it turns out, is not a naturally occurring phenomena. It was created because of the Doctor. That’s not a lot to go on at this stage, but it does imply that it has a purpose. It’s not there to destroy the Doctor, it’s had more than enough opportunity to do that already.
The most obvious answer might, for once, be the correct one. The Flux has been created to destroy our universe, because of something the Doctor has done. Perhaps positioning herself as defender of the Earth was enough. With its effects being countered, at least as far as the Earth is concerned thanks to the Lupari shield, time itself has been added to the mix as a destructive force. This universe is to be erased from physical existence, and if that fails to stop the Doctor defending it, it must also be wiped from all memory. The Doctor cannot champion a universe that has been stripped of all life and erased from all memory. It’s like deleting a section of a hard drive that has been infected with a virus.
It suggests that we are dealing with timelines that whoever
created the Flux believe should never have existed. Ones that the Doctor has inadvertently
created by her meddling ways. A theme of this universe being unimportant in the
general scheme of things has been constant throughout this series, with the
Doctor’s determination to stand up for the ‘insignificant’ frequently mocked,
whether by Karvanista, Swarm, or Awsok who criticises the Doctor’s love of a
lost cause.