{"id":7297,"date":"2021-11-16T18:36:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T17:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1512942"},"modified":"2021-11-16T19:17:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:17:12","slug":"did-doctor-who-flux-already-drop-another-subtle-clue-about-the-doctors-lost-history","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/did-doctor-who-flux-already-drop-another-subtle-clue-about-the-doctors-lost-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Doctor Who: Flux already drop another subtle clue about the Doctor\u2019s lost history?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Huw Fullerton\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 16 November 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>Doctor Who: Flux has so many different strands and mysteries that it\u2019s hard to discount any fan theory. Is Swarm <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-swarm-regeneration\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">a secret Time Lord<\/a>? Almost certainly not\u2026 <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-swarm-regeneration-mystery\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">but maybe<\/a>? Is that the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-flux-lungbarrow\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Lungbarrow<\/a> house? Surely not\u2026 but we can\u2019t rule it out! Will the Morbius Doctors turn up in the <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 finale? Almost impossible\u2026 and yet\u2026<\/p>\n<p>So whenever a new fan theory crosses our desks, we don\u2019t dismiss it out of hand \u2013 especially when a new idea suggested by one viewer could answer all sorts of questions about the Doctor\u2019s (Jodie Whittaker) mysterious past.<\/p> <p>But first, a recap. In case you\u2019d forgotten, in series 12 finale The Timeless Children it was revealed that everything the Doctor thought she know about her past was a lie. Rather than being just another Time Lord, the Doctor was born in a different place and time entirely, with an unknown background, species and homeworld before she was adopted by a Gallifreyan.<\/p>\n<p>The ability to regenerate and Time Lord society in general sprung from discoveries made from the Doctor\u2019s own physiology, leaving her own origins before that time a mystery. But what if Doctor Who: Flux is already providing some of these answers?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Bel pondered whether or not Vinder might \u2018look different\u2019 towards the end of the episode. Throwaway line\u2026 or is she hinting that the pair of them can regenerate? That would add to the rumour that the unborn baby is the Doctor.<\/p>\u2014 Ben ???? (@ReelEnthusiast) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReelEnthusiast\/status\/1459980201807564808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">November 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>This one\u2019s a long shot, but one viewer has suggested \u2013 what if Doctor Who has introduced the Doctor\u2019s parents in new characters Vinder (Jacob Anderson) and Bel (Thaddea Graham)? You see, Bel makes a strange reference to Vinder potentially \u201clooking different\u201d when she sees him next, which some have taken as a potential nod to the process of regeneration and the change of appearance that goes with it (and in other words, that they\u2019re the same pre-Time Lord species the Doctor is).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a little thin as evidence, sure \u2013 but it\u2019s an odd observation for Bel to make, and this sort of twist would help explain Vinder\u2019s presence in the Flux storyline, which is set to continue alongside the main TARDIS team\u2019s appearances over the next three episodes. And there\u2019s certainly nothing in the glimpses we\u2019ve seen of Vinder and Bel\u2019s home planet and society to rule them out as the Doctor\u2019s true background. Bel\u2019s also, notably, pregnant, a fact revealed at the end of episode three.<\/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\/11\/Bel-Vinder-Flux-6ceee50.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\/11\/Bel-Vinder-Flux-6ceee50.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\/11\/Bel-Vinder-Flux-6ceee50.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C237,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source 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media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/Bel-Vinder-Flux-6ceee50.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\/11\/Bel-Vinder-Flux-6ceee50.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C371,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/Bel-Vinder-Flux-6ceee50.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C371,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1512957\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/Bel-Vinder-Flux-6ceee50.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;1460&quot;\" height=\"&quot;973&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Doctor\" who=\"\" title=\"&quot;Bel\" vinder=\"\" doctor=\"\" flux=\"\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Bel (Thaddea Graham) and Vinder (Jacob Anderson) in Doctor Who: Flux (BBC)<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>This theory could also lay out why the Temple of Atropos plucked Vinder up alongside Yaz to try and repair it \u2013 at the moment it seems random, but if they both had a connection to the Doctor, who\u2019d saved it once before\u2026 well, it fills in one gap.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s probably a bit unlikely that showrunner Chris Chibnall would reintroduce mystery to the Doctor\u2019s background only to tritely solve it just a few episodes later by introducing her mum and dad when they were younger. But we can\u2019t help but wonder if Vinder and Bel\u2019s story is more important to Flux than first appeared. Watch this space (and time)\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doctor Who continues on BBC One on Sundays. 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: Tuesday, 16 November 2021 at 12:00 am Doctor Who: Flux has so many different strands and mysteries that it\u2019s hard to discount any fan theory. Is Swarm a secret Time Lord? Almost certainly not\u2026 but maybe? Is that the Lungbarrow house? Surely not\u2026 but we can\u2019t rule it out! 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