Doctor Who Series 12 - 8 Major Rumours You Need To Know

In a show as lore-heavy as Doctor Who, intriguing ideas often slip through the cracks, never to be heard from again. Throughout its history, the show has been littered with off-the-cuff references to planets, aliens, and battles, that, while intended to add a measure of verisimilitude to the Whoniverse, instead served to fire up the imaginations of fans, sending them combing through countless forums desperate for more information.

Enter The Timeless Child.

Mentioned briefly by The Remnants in The Ghost Monument, who, speaking to The Doctor, cryptically refer to the entity as “something hidden, even from yourself. The outcast, abandoned and unknown.”, The Timeless Child immediately set forums alight as fans attempted to decode the reference. The inclusion of the word ‘time’ hints immediately toward another Time Lord; The Master, perhaps, or possibly even another rogue Time Lord with an axe to grind such as The Rani. And while a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it glimpse of another TARDIS control room in the release date trailer supports these theories, more enticing is fan speculation positing that The Timeless child is The Doctor herself, suggesting that the show intends to explicitly reference The Doctor’s previously hinted at set of regenerations before her current cycle.

Time Lord or otherwise, prevalent fan theories link The Timeless Child to the mysterious entity that is pursuing The Doctor in series 12, meaning that anyone itching to discover the truth behind The Remnants’ vague allusions may not have to wait much longer.