{"id":5626,"date":"2021-10-11T21:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T19:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1385379"},"modified":"2021-10-12T09:26:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T07:26:24","slug":"doctor-who-might-be-entering-its-own-multiverse-of-madness","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-might-be-entering-its-own-multiverse-of-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who might be entering its own multiverse of madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Huw Fullerton\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 11 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Fans are finally getting some details about what they can expect from <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-season-13-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Who<\/a> series 13, with the newly subtitled Doctor Who: Flux releasing teasers and background information for Jodie Whittaker\u2019s next collection of adventures.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, we\u2019re all still a bit in the dark about what\u2019ll actually happen in the series. But fans have begun to wonder whether one particular piece of promo \u2013 a new generic image of Whittaker in front of an unusual background \u2013 could be hinting at the scale a nature of the story we\u2019re getting in <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-flux-title\/&quot;\">Flux<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C270,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C270,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1384828\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Jodie-Whittaker-series-13-f355bac.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Doctor\" who=\"\" title=\"&quot;Picture\" shows:=\"\" the=\"\" doctor=\"\" whittaker=\"\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>Stop us if you\u2019ve heard this one before (especially if you\u2019re a <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/disneyplus\/&quot;\">Disney Plus<\/a> subscriber), but what if\u2026 Doctor Who is presenting its own multiverse? The series has strayed into the realm of parallel worlds before (most notably in 2006\u2019s alternative-Cyberman story <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-guide\/rise-of-the-cybermen-the-age-of-steel\/&quot;\">Rise of the Cybermen\/The Age of Steel<\/a>), and some people now think the series could be returning to that furrow in Flux.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Like in the MCU, the Multiverse is coming ????<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DoctorWho?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#DoctorWho<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Series13?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#Series13<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DoctorWhoFlux?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#DoctorWhoFlux<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JodieWhittaker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#JodieWhittaker<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/TpyJ8IZvXY&quot;\">https:\/\/t.co\/TpyJ8IZvXY<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Spooky 13th (@13th_Doctor_off) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/13th_Doctor_off\/status\/1446946635209183233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">October 9, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Their reasoning? If you look at the coloured lines behind Jodie Whittaker in this new image, you can see them start to warp and become more erratic towards the right. To many, this looks a lot like peacefully parallel timelines suddenly in\u2026<em>flux<\/em>\u2026in danger of smashing into each other and putting all of existence in danger.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">I\u2019m behind on all this DW news. I like the idea of \u2018Flux\u2019 and think\/hope it ties into why time has been swirling around the Doctor. Secretly hoping it\u2019s an alternate universe thing (which would explain Gallifrey\/Timeless Children etc.<\/p>\u2014 alex (@alex_who_o) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex_who_o\/status\/1446980630248624130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">October 9, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Look, it\u2019s not exactly watertight reasoning \u2013 but there are other suggestions that Doctor Who could be going multiversal. Lest we forget, 2020\u2019s finale <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-guide\/doctor-who-ascension-of-the-cybermen-the-timeless-children\/&quot;\">The Timeless Children<\/a> revealed that the Doctor herself was from \u201canother unknown dimension or universe,\u201d having apparently come through a \u201cboundary\u201d and with an unknown origin.<\/p>\n<p>Considering 2021 New Year\u2019s special <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-revolution-of-the-daleks-review\/&quot;\">Revolution of the Daleks<\/a> had the Doctor decide to investigate her now-mysterious past, who\u2019s to say that this hasn\u2019t led her to try and discover her universe of origin? And given how dangerous we\u2019ve seen interdimensional travel was in episodes past (namely the 2006 series), maybe it\u2019s this investigation that ends up sparking off the Thirteenth Doctor\u2019s own multiverse of madness?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Feel like we could have multiverse doctors this season on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DoctorWho?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#DoctorWho<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Francis Reyes (@TheFrancisReyes) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFrancisReyes\/status\/1446907116942503938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">October 9, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Exactly what this could mean for the storylines is intriguing \u2013 could we see parallel versions of familiar characters? \u2013 assuming, of course, that we haven\u2019t all lost our minds over a bit of colourful artwork. Either way, we\u2019ll be watching closely for any more clues that could support this theory.<\/p>\n<p>And hey \u2013 in another parallel universe to our own, it definitely is true. So we\u2019re right somewhere\u2026<\/p> <p><strong>Doctor Who returns to BBC One on Sunday 31st October. For more, check out our dedicated <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\">Sci-Fi<\/a> page or our full <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huw Fullerton Published: Monday, 11 October 2021 at 12:00 am Fans are finally getting some details about what they can expect from Doctor Who series 13, with the newly subtitled Doctor Who: Flux releasing teasers and background information for Jodie Whittaker\u2019s next collection of adventures. 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