Doctor Who Flux: 10 Huge Questions After Survivors Of The Flux
7. Where Else Do Williamson's Tunnels Lead To?
The 1904 tunnels under Liverpool contain gateways to
numerous times and places, including Liverpool itself in 2021, the planet Time,
and the boat that Dan, Yaz and Jericho were travelling in. Williamson initially
planned to use it as a refuge in the event of an apocalypse, though quite how
he’d even be able to persuade people to hide there, quite apart from the
logistics involved, is anyone’s guess.
But since All Hallows Eve the doorways have shifted, leading to all manner of nightmare worlds. The one he most fears, number nine, includes ‘death rays of death’. Could it be Skaro or a Dalek ship? Another one has a sketch of Cybermen on it, and another a note saying ‘watery ocean’ – which could well mean Sea Devils. The Sontarans are attacking the Earth from above and below, breaking in through one of the doors in the tunnels, so another door could lead directly to Sontar.
There’s a parallel here with the Passengers, who Swarm and Azure make out are places of refuge from the Flux, keeping thousands safe, when they are anything but. It was be surprising in the two are not directly linked in the finale.
We are likely to see the Temple of Atropos, on the
mysterious planet Time, revisited. The Doctor struggles to accept it’s a real
place so it’s hard to believe it will be just one of many worlds accessible
through the tunnels. It would make sense if it was instead some kind of control
centre and the apex of the time portals.