Doctor Who
This article contains spoilers for the Doctor Who Anniversary Special , " The Giggle "
Summary
The finalDoctor Whoanniversary special , " The Giggle , " sets up the instauration of a deep new scoundrel - " The One Who Waits . " ReturningDoctor Whoshowrunner Russell T. Davies has always loved to act the long secret plan ; during his first geological era , he tended to drop obscure intimation and reference throughout seasons , set up major scoundrel reveals . Davies is back , andDoctor Whois bighearted than ever thanks to the shot of Disney John Cash and the panorama of streaming internationally on Disney+ .
TheDoctor Who60th anniversary special have served two purpose . On the one hand , they look back , celebratingDoctor Whoas it has been ; it even feature the return of classicDoctor Whovillain the Toymaker , now play by Neil Patrick Harris . But these special also feel like something of a cut-rate sale pitch , welcoming new viewers and giving them a gustation of the kind of adventures they will soon be able to experience . Unsurprisingly , then , the anniversary special include setup- and , in fact , sets up the most unsafe scoundrel in the show ’s 60 - year history .
The last Doctor Who anniversary special , " The Giggle , " is a regeneration story like no other - and its end sets up some enormous adventures .
The Toymaker Teases Doctor Who Season 14’s Main Villain Is “The One Who Waits”
The Toymaker is one of the most powerful villains ever seen inDoctor Who , an elemental force bound only by the rules of the secret plan . He in the beginning existed outside the cosmos , but the Doctor by chance allow him in , and he ’s enjoy play havoc across the universe of discourse . Crucially , though , grant to the Toymaker there was one being he did n’t dare brass -The One Who wait . This comment clearly follows Humphrey Davy ' typical format , establishing The One Who Waits as the villain ofDoctor Whoseason 14 . The Toymaker refused to reveal the identity of The One Who wait , suggesting this being is hiding , and that this is " somebody else ’s game . "
The One Who Waits Is Set To Be The Doctor’s Most Powerful Foe Yet
The Doctor splendidly hates mysterious , and he tried to carry the Toymaker to order him more about The One Who Waits . He was unsuccessful , however , because the Toymaker clearly dread this entity . That in itself intimate this is the most powerful foeman the Doctor is ever work to face , becausethe Toymaker ’s power exceeded the the like of the Guardians of Time and Space . As image in " The Giggle , " the Toymaker claim he could plow gods as toy , reducing major planet to baubles at a whimsey . Whatever The One Who Waits may be , it ’s clear something with mogul on a scale the Doctor has never catch before .
Who Doctor Who’s “The One Who Waits” Could Be
Naturally , viewers are going to be left speculating who The One Who Waits could be . The Toymaker ’s story rein out some of the most herculean beings seen inDoctor Whohistory , such as the Black Guardian , a Guardian of Time so unsafe the Doctor begin to randomise his journeying for fear of being tracked down by this enemy . medico Who ’s broader continuityhas constitute the Toymaker as one of the Great Old Ones , entities that predate the universe , also include the likes of the Great Intelligence , Fenric , and the Nestene Consciousness . To intimidate the Toymaker , The One Who Waits must be beyond any of these .
To intimidate the Toymaker , The One Who Waits must be beyond any of these .
The equivalence to Fenric is particularly instructive . Fenric ’s ability was so great that his influence pervaded quad and time , and he was capable to orchestrate complex events using time storms to pull in masses from one stage of spacetime to another . There were even tinge Fenric was able to interfere with the Doctor ’s regenerations , because one story claim he had seek to ensure the Seventh Doctor would not be a scourge ( although , of course , he bomb ) . If The One Who Waits is beyond even this , the story possibilities are grand .
It ’s potential Davy has indeed planted confidential information of The One Who wait in his earlier run , perhaps with accounts of theTime warfare . There were hints of temporal creatures beyond even the Daleks and the Time Lords , beings get up in the battle who played a key role in the war . The most interesting of these was the Nightmare Child , which apparently came close to destroying Davros . A brusk story by Dave Rudden , " The Third Wise Man , " reveal this was a newfangled type of Dalek - but it remains to be seen whether Davies will stick with this .
That said , the most likely scenario is that The One Who Waits is someone new- a fibre never ensure before in the story ofDoctor Who . Davies appear to be double up down on the controversialTimeless Childtwist , which entail it could conceivably be a being from the Doctor ’s own universe of origin . The interesting question , though , is what The One Who Waits is waiting for - and what , the Toymaker inculpate , it is hide from . This in itself may be a clue , a soupcon at a massive power escalation set to materialise inDoctor Whoseason 14 and beyond . The Doctor could easily rule himself go against The One Who Waits , and later against whatever it was obliterate from .
The One Who Waits Could Be Connected To The Meep
TheDoctor Whoanniversary specials have set up a telephone number of different plot threads for the hereafter , and it ’s potential they tie together ; even the Toymaker has hinted his taradiddle is not yet over , because he admonish the Doctor his " legions " would be add up . The Meep , meanwhile , hint he was working for someone he called " party boss , " someone who would be interested in the Doctor because his two hearts make him unusual . The Meep ’s " Boss " could easily be The One Who wait .
At the same time , though , The One Who Waits feels like a separate entity . There ’s no grounds the Meep has any connective to time travel , or to cosmic business leader on the shell hinted at by the Toymaker . If that is the case , then the day of remembrance specials have n’t set up one potential enemy ahead ofDoctor Whoseason 14 - they ’ve set up multiple .
