Doctor Who Flux: 10 Huge Questions After Once, Upon Time
2. What Are The Demons Williamson Is Fighting?
Once again, there’s a brief cameo for Joseph Williamson, who after meeting Yaz in the temple of Atropos is back in his Liverpool caves. Or is he? He laughs at Dan’s assumption they are underneath his street in Edge Hill, saying they are far, far away. He’s also now carrying a laser gun and is fighting unseen demons.
The caves are clearly important to the story and connect Liverpool to the planet Time and possibly other places and times too. The trouble is there aren’t enough episodes left for a story centred on Williamson’s historical setting, so we are probably not looking at a fairly self-contained adventure like War of the Sontarans or Village of the Angels. This has to hold significance to the ongoing arc, so the identity of the demons can’t be another enemy from the series’ history. Sadly, that probably rules out a surprise appearance from Silurians or Sea Devils then.
Are there an army of Ravagers about to run amok? Unlikely, given that Swarm and Azure have been working alone up to now. Williamson specifically says it’s not the blue time particles, so who is he defending himself against? We know from the trailer that at least one Ood is still to make an appearance this series, but an army of possessed Ood would be an odd choice for the finale when they’ve not featured at all up to now.
Could it be we are looking at not one alien race, but
multiple aliens – some familiar and some new, perhaps breaking free of one of
the remaining Passengers?