giphit

9 is a soap opera

10 is an epic

11 is a fairy tale

12 is a tragedy

13 is a sci-fi romp (i know they're all sci-fi but 13 is SCI-FI sci-fi you know?)

14 is a backdoor pilot to a spinoff show that was never even in the works

instead the doctor being aware he's in the show we're watching, the doctor entered a "tv" universe at some point. he is unaware that everything since has been television for some unknown party besides mrs flood who clearly knows something's up.

or maybe instead of it being another universe, he has garnered the attention of some higher beings beyond our dimension that use our reality as entertainment. These beings rarely alter the course of events but maybe they are absurdly powerful.

Mrs Flood's speech when sutekh fucked everything up would imply to me that she's not part of the ilk of these higher beings but maybe she is or she's their prisoner and they place her in the events of whatever the fuck they're watching as, or what seems to us as, a fourth wall breaking semi continuity announcer. but she has plans to escape or overthrow the higher beings in some way.

this new season's finale is gonna be called THE REALITY WAR and while i'm sure it'll be good i'm just tired of this shit mattering so much. we really need a season that's just adventures and then one really impactful adventure at the end with some thematic through line but no actual season long story arc.