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Warning : coddler ahead forDoctor Whoseason 15 , episode 5 , " The Story and the Engine . “Doctor Whoseason 15 , episode 5,“The Story and the Engine , " get back a confusing twist from Chris Chibnall ’s eraas the showrunner , but seemingly undoes one of the only parts of the dissentious plot line that made common sense . Of course , I ’m verbalise aboutDoctor Who ’s Timeless Child arc . I ’m sure I was n’t alone in being hugely confused by the monumental alteration Chibnall made to the Doctor ’s backstory during his time in charge . While the rudiments of the reveal were easy to stick to , several plot holes arose and threaten to swallow the franchise whole .
Doctor Who ’s Disney eraquickly undid some of the damage that Chibnall did by bringing back Russell T. Davies and explaining it wasthe Toymaker ( Neil Patrick Harris)who meddled with the Doctor ’s timeline and made a mixed bag of chaotic change . If he ’d want to , I think Davies could have exit the Timeless Child behind after this tokenish justification . However , Jo Martin ’s return as the Fugitive Doctor in " The Story and the Engine"is just one sign that Chibnall ’s bequest experience on . On that guinea pig , I feel likeDoctor Whois backtracking in a very gammon - handed way .
The Fifteenth Doctor Shouldn’t Remember Meeting Abena Because Of The Timeless Child
The Doctor’s mind was wiped before the William Hartnell era
The Doctor almost never forgets a facial expression . His sharp Time Lord idea often allows him to adjure a name out of the deep recesses of his memory . Therefore , it quickly becomes interesting when Fifteen ( Ncuti Gatwa ) sputter in " The Story and the Engine " to recall where he has meet Abena ( Michelle Asante ) before . Although he finally works it out , it does n’t make any sentiency that he remembers her . Appearing , presumably only to the interview , as the Fugitive Doctor , the show ’s chief fictitious character reveals the last time the Time Lord and Abena track paths .
The issue here is thatFifteen seems to be take out on experiences he should n’t think back . His memory board was pass over by Division onwards of his re-formation into William Hartnell ’s First Doctor . Jo Martin ’s version of the Time Lord was pre - Hartnell , soDoctor Whoseemingly forgets that Fifteen should n’t be able to get at those memories in " The Story and the Engine . " The hard divide between the pre- and post - Hartnell Doctors was one of the only legitimate parts of the Timeless Child reveal , and now even that seems to have been bewilderingly soften .
Explaining Doctor Who Season 15’s Timeless Child Plot Hole
Fifteen remembering Abena could imply something massive happening offscreen
" The Story and the locomotive engine " never explicate how Fifteen is able to agnise Abena , only that he somehow does . However , I have theory that could justify the plait . The first is that Thirteen ’s confluence with the Fugitive Doctor during Chibnall ’s era started to didder loose some of the memory board that were once believed to have been lost . Specifically , maybe just some of the memory from the life of Martin ’s Doctor are now useable to Fifteen . It ’s also possible that the combination of that and his reunion with Abena strengthened this phenomenon .
Eccleston ’s only season as the Ninth Doctor brought with it a immense event for Earth within the show ’s canon , and it ’s now stopped being ignore .
Another possibility is that the Fifteenth Doctor has recently integrated the lose storage given to Thirteen by Tecteun , but offscreen . Last time this part of the tale was addressed , it was reveal that theThirteen had opted not to add the wiped retentivity back into her own consciousness . Since then , David Tennant ’s Fourteenth Doctor and Gatwa ’s Fifteenth have had the chance to do what Thirteen chose not to explore .
I hopeDoctor Whoprovides an account for how and why the Doctor is able to remember Abena in " The Story and the Engine . "
If both of these theories are incorrect , then I hopeDoctor Whoprovides an account for how and why the Doctor is able to remember Abena in " The Story and the Engine , " whenthe Timeless Child enjoin the entire audience that such a affair should n’t be potential . As far asDoctor Whohas claimed to this point , the soul the Doctor was before , and is after , the memory rub changes entirely , even more radically than between regeneration cycles .
Doctor Who Season 15 ’s Release Schedule On Disney+
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An alien from the planet Gallifrey travels through time and space to explore, solve problems and fight injustice while also making friends with human beings. His spaceship, called TARDIS, resembles a police box, but it is much more than it appears to be.
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" The Robot Revolution "
April 12
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" Lux "
April 19
An alien from the planet Gallifrey travels through time and space to explore, solve problems and fight injustice while also making friends with human beings. His spaceship, called TARDIS, resembles a police box, but it is much more than it appears to be.
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" The Well "
April 26
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" golden Day "
May 3
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" The Story and the Engine "
May 10
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" The Interstellar Song Contest "
May 17
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" Wish World "
May 24
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" The Reality warfare "
May 31
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An alien from the major planet Gallifrey travels through time and space to explore , solve problem and fight injustice while also making friends with human beings . His spaceship , hollo TARDIS , resembles a police loge , but it is much more than it come along to be .
The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor , join by novel companion Ruby Sunday .
