{"id":6917,"date":"2021-11-09T01:01:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1494568"},"modified":"2021-11-09T01:25:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T00:25:11","slug":"doctor-who-flux-teases-twisted-flashbacks-in-first-look-once-upon-time-pictures","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-flux-teases-twisted-flashbacks-in-first-look-once-upon-time-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who: Flux teases twisted flashbacks in first-look Once, Upon Time pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Huw Fullerton\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 09 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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We might have thought that the first two episodes of Doctor Who<\/a>: Flux were pretty jam-packed \u2013 but clearly, we hadn\u2019t seen anything yet.<\/p>\n

In fact, based on the new set of preview pictures released for series 13\u2019s third episode \u2013 aka Once, Upon Time<\/a> \u2013 this could be the most high-content Doctor Who episode ever. We\u2019ve got Cybermen! More action! What looks like a Vinder flashback \u2013 but with Yaz at his side?<\/p>\n

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A weird hallucination of the Doctor and Yaz in Sheffield (maybe they\u2019re playing The Edge of Reality<\/a> on PS5)! New characters (played by Thaddea Graham and Craig Parkinson)! Azure doing her evil cackling thing (see further below)! Weird triangles and temples!<\/p>\n

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And, most excitingly of all\u2026a rare costume change for Jodie Whittaker, exchanging her trademark light-blue coat for something darker, almost like a university scholar\u2019s gown. That\u2019s how you know things are really serious\u2026<\/p>\n

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More seriously, based on where the last episode ended \u2013 Swarm ready to burn all of time through Mandip Gill\u2019s Yaz with a snap of his fingers \u2013 it could be that this episode won\u2019t be all it seems, with both Yaz and Vinder (Jacob Anderson) flashing through different parts of their lives with key details altered.<\/p>\n

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Maybe that\u2019s why Dan is also hanging around in Liverpool again\u2026c an\u2019t keep that man away for long. Plus, something messing around with memories or timelines would certainly tie in with the episode\u2019s unusual title.<\/p>\n

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And who knows? Maybe this strange punishment will drag the Doctor in too. Or maybe her new coat comes as she tries to break her friends free of the Temple of Atropos separately \u2013 certainly, she seems to be hanging out there at a different time wearing her new outfit.<\/p>\n

Anyway, altogether it looks like the pace and high rate of content in Flux isn\u2019t getting any less wild as the series continues. Expect a super-high rate of monsters, madness and mysteries every week from now on. Safer that way.<\/p>\n

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