Doctor Who Flux: 10 Huge Questions After Survivors Of The Flux
5. What Will Happen To The TARDIS?
The irony of the TARDIS being seen as less important that
UNIT’s machine to detect alien lifeforms is a lovely touch. At this point UNIT
has never heard of the Doctor, so it makes sense that the blue box recovered
from the ghost village is being treated as an oddity. The Grand Serpent doesn’t
appear to recognise it either, but that could be part of his human act.
It has to be out of UNIT’s possession before the Third Doctor joins the organisation as its scientific advisor, and any records of its existence must have been deleted. So what happens to it? Kate Stewart in researching the history of the organisation says she is on to the Great Serpent. She knows he’s been doctoring UNIT archives to ensure he stays hidden. Is he also responsible for moving the TARDIS, and will she find out about it as she digs further?
The TARDIS we know is in an inactive state while it completes the reboot the Doctor started in Village of the Angels. But with it being corrupted by the Flux, will that go to plan? When the TARDIS comes back to life, will it have different powers to what we’ve been used to?
It will surely play a key role in the series finale and the
fact that it isn’t the only object in play that’s bigger on the inside is worth
remembering. Could it take a Passenger form? Could it somehow be behind one of
those doors in the tunnels?