Doctor Who 4x06 Teaser-Based Speculation

[jmatonak]

I don't like Doctor + whoever = Mary Sue. I'm disappointed the show went there.

Immediately after the teaser, I almost puked. Then I realized, the new girl doesn't have to be out of Doctor by Rose, and I felt okay. There is a Susan, Susan has to have parents, and one of those parents is spawn-of-Doctor. Doctorette (the new girl) is meant to make us think of Rose, and that makes me uncomfortable. I can't really complain until we see the new episode in all its horrificness, though.

I hope the Doctorette required some extreme medical intervention in order to get born. If the Doctor getting freaky almost never results in conception, it's easier to speculate that he gets freaky a lot.

Comments

[biichan.livejournal.com]

My maternity theories are this:

1) The Master. Either he hijacked Lucy's body or they used looms or something. It's the kind of weird crack RTD would pull.

2) Susan's granny. Doctorette might even be Susan's mum.

3) Donna. Who IS the Doctor's current companion.

4) Romana II. Non-peroxide blondes FTW.

[jmatonak.livejournal.com]

I've been watching a lot of House, so the compulsion to be derisive is almost irresistible. Let's see how I do.

1. While I can see why this theory is catnip to fangirls, there's just no way. It's cracky,and you're right about RTD, but the Master won't appear and he'd need to. 20-1.

2. This theory is actually separate from any maternity theories. Which is to say, while Doctorette may be Susan's mother, that tells us nothing about Doctorette's own mother. 5-2.

3. This has the advantage of being someone the narrative doesn't have to explain. On the other hand, eww. I'll go 10-1 on this one.

4. Who? I mean, you know who, and I know who, but a casual viewer has no idea of who Romana...

(mmm, happy place)

... is. 60-1, but I wish I could give this better odds. I like Romana. (She gets worse odds than the Master because she's from the Ancient Past whereas he is merely a season old.)


Whoever the mom turns out to be, she'll have to be introduced, re-introduced , or disposed of in a quick exposition within the episode itself. Therefore, the most likely candidates are Rose (3-1), Martha (15-1) and Donna, discussed above. Rose's odds would be lower had her return not been teased.

My most likely outcome: there is no mom. I'll give even money on this one. Some sort of test-tubery, not involving the Master, has given rise to this spawn-of-Doctor. I want to say gene-tweaked clone of Ten, but the Sontarans were clones and that's a lot of clones.

Also, looms for the loss. I can't lay odds on this one, but I hated the idea that Time Lords reproduce asexually.

(All references to oddsmaking are not to be taken literally and no wagers will be accepted.)

If I knew who was writing it, I might have more theories. We'll see next week.