Shaken by the revelations and the missing memories of those years (wiped from her mind by the Time Lords), the Doctor vowed to investigate her origins and find out the truth about her life \u2013 but new series 13 episode War of the Sontarans<\/a> may have already offered one clue about the Doctor\u2019s true backstory without her even noticing.<\/p> But first, let\u2019s dial back a bit. During the new episode, Yaz (Mandip Gill) and Vinder (Jacob Anderson) find themselves transported to the Temple of Atropos on the planet Time, where the floating Priest Triangle begs their help in repairing the damage done to the Inner Temple by the Flux.<\/p>\n In the temple, they\u2019re introduced to the Mouri \u2013 silent, Quantum-Locked women who stand on pedestals around the room, and apparently maintain the flow of time by letting it flow through them. The only problem? Two of them are broken, which could be Very Bad for time in undisclosed ways (presumably, this could be what caused the Flux?).<\/p>\n Anyway, it\u2019s made clear that these Mouri are essentially what keeps time flowing \u2013 which is made all the more interesting when the Doctor finally arrives, and doesn\u2019t appear to know anything about them at all. Surely the Time Lords, who supposedly invented time travel and watched its turn from their citadel would be aware of \u201ccreatures who hold time in this universe together\u201d?<\/p>\n Unless, of course, this is something that was kept under wraps \u2013 which has us wondering whether this new twist on the rules of time in Doctor Who is part of the bigger secrets kept from the Doctor. Clearly, Swarm (Sam Spruell) knows all about the Mouri, and suggests that during his last attack the Temple of Atropos was where it all began. This would suggest the Doctor used<\/em> to know what it was as well \u2013 but for some reason, it was among the other memories wiped from her mind, and not something she was re-appraised of later on.<\/p>\n Now, this is a bit of a stretch \u2013 but what if this is because the Doctor has some connection to the Mouri herself? The stylings of the temple and their costumes don\u2019t look too far away from the look of the \u201cTimeless Child\u201d who would eventually become the Doctor (as seen in series 12), and the fact that this information was clearly kept from her suggests it could all be part of the larger secret. Perhaps the Doctor\u2019s true species are the Mouri \u2013 or the mysterious outsiders who \u201cassigned\u201d them and the Priest Triangles the job of looking after time and stopping it \u201crunning wild.\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, it\u2019s possible that this is just some other new lore showrunner Chris Chibnall is introducing, and we\u2019re really overreaching with our theories this week. But given the Temple of Atropos\u2019 importance to Swarm\u2019s plan, Swarm\u2019s long connection to the Doctor and all the secrecy, it doesn\u2019t seem too out of the question to suggest that there might be some importance attached to this new storyline.<\/p>\n Also, to put it bluntly, Doctor Who\u2019s behind-the-scenes team have something in common with the Mouri \u2013 time is against them. Chris Chibnall only has four more episodes and three specials to wind up Jodie Whittaker\u2019s Doctor Who storyline, and assuming the specials are a little less arc-focused (which seems likely) we do kind of need to start getting some answers about the Doctor\u2019s origins in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n Sure, the Mouri might seem a random choice for now \u2013 but as we learn more in the coming weeks, we could look back at this as the moment the truth was finally \u2013 finally<\/em> \u2013 being revealed.<\/p>\n Or, you know, not. Frankly, we\u2019re still trying to work out how the Morbius Doctors<\/a> fit into all of this.<\/p>\n Doctor Who continues on BBC One on Sundays. 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