Doctor Who Series 11: 10 Huge Questions We Are Asking After The Witchfinders
2. Will The Morax Return?
The Morax continued this series’ trend of the villains being quickly dispensed with at the end, whether through disappearing or being killed. There were a few hints in the episode that the Doctor might have had some previous involvement in their arrival. The name of the Doctor is a cause for some concern for Willa, and whilst the Doctor as the outsider is scapegoated (after all she does carry a magic wand of sorts) there is a possibility there may be a hidden reason to fear her.
The events that led to the Morax being imprisoned in Lancashire may not yet have happened in the Doctor’s time line. Perhaps she was inadvertently messing with the fundamental fabric of her own history. We know from the beginning of the story that this is not where the Doctor intended to go, so the TARDIS could be playing a game here.
The above speculation seems more like the kind of development we would have expected during Steven Moffat’s tenure. Chibnall has gone on record to say there is no series arc this year, and each individual episode of series 11 has been plotted in a fairly straightforward, linear manner to date. That said, it’s too early to predict how this series will end – even with only two episodes to go. Could the Morax be one of a number of returning foes?