Bent Sent

On resolving the schism within the Capaldi era’s most famous duology.

Everything You Think You Know Is Lore (And Everything Will Change, Forever More (AGAIN))

Emergency post. [Originally uploaded February 29, 2020 – one day before the airing of Series 12’s finale]

The incumbent Doctor is reaching the climax of their second season in the role. Events set in motion by the Master have brought us to the cusp of discovering an enormous, world-shattering secret – one that promises not only to expose a shocking untold history capable of destroying the Time Lords themselves, but to retroactively recontextualise the entire journey of the show’s central character, answering the question of why this whole adventure truly started. Brand new information, divulged by the antagonist in the second half of a series-opening two-parter, has us asking fevered questions about a mysterious figure from the past and what their cryptic title could mean. A sudden return to Gallifrey at the end of the penultimate episode heralds a reveal that will surely rewrite the lore wholesale, and force us to forever view the Doctor and the Doctor Who apocrypha in a new light.