Doctor Who
word of advice : Spoilers before forDoctor Whoseason 15 , episode 1 , " The Robot Revolution . “Christopher Eccleston ’s lone season as the Ninth Doctor mainly precede newDoctor Whovillains rather than revisiting too many from the classical era , and one of those bad guys Nine faced should definitely have express up in the season 15 premiere . As the first jumper cable actor ofDoctor Who ’s modern era , Eccleston ’s 13 episodes in 2005 brought the show back after decades of inactivity . Although Paul McGann ’s failedDoctor Whomovie arrived in 1996 , the show itself was canceled in 1989 .
With Gatwa becoming the first new Doctor ofDoctor Who ’s Disney geological era , he has a like task of bringing the show to new hearing . However , the canyon remains entire across all era ofDoctor Who , which raise an interesting doubtfulness about one moment in " The Robot Revolution . " Although Fifteen has encountered very few ofDoctor Who ’s recur villain , the season 15 premiere opened the door to an exciting reunion that never happened - but it is n’t the first time the long - running British sci - fi has ignored this clear opportunity .
The Ninth Doctor’s Encounter With The Reapers Explained (& Why They Should’ve Returned By Now)
The Reapers' absence is one of the biggest Doctor Who mysteries since 2005
Althoughthe Doctor has crossed path with the Reapers more than once acrossDoctor Whomedia , only the show is take part of the established canyon . So , Doctor Whoseason 1 , episode 8 , " Father ’s Day , " persist the only confirmed appearance of the worldly creatures . Nine explain in the instalment that Reapers seem to " desexualise the wounding by consuming everything inside " whenever someone alters a repair period in time and induce a paradox , which Rose Tyler ( Billie Piper ) does by stopping her Father-God from die when he was supposed to .
Nine states in " Father ’s Day " that the Time Lords would have once prevented the Reapers from attacking , but their absence means there is little else to stop them .
Since the end of " Father ’s daytime , " the Reapers have n’t shown up again , but they really should have done . Rose ’s intervention was n’t the last timeDoctor Whohas shown the timeline being change in ways it should n’t have been , but theReapers have remained conspicuously absent since the end of " Father ’s Day . “In a show likeDoctor Whothat will needs be fulfill with paradoxes , it was perhaps a sheer move to infix such a scoundrel without also explaining why they would never return .
The Physical Contact Of The Two Star Certificates In “The Robot Revolution” Should Have Summoned The Reapers
Belinda and Alan’s union set up a Reaper comeback
Althoughthe initial visual aspect of the Reapers is due to Rose ’s dad surviving the event that was supposed to drink down him , what gives them even more business leader is when Rose holds herself as a baby . The cross of her own timeline in such a quantifiable way creates a novel paradox and allow the Reapers to break through the only defendable stead she and the other character can find - the walls of an older church , the age of which slows down the Reapers ' attempts to assail and vote out everyone .
Christopher Eccleston ’s Ninth Doctor shares a dynamic with Billie Piper ’s Rose Tyler that ’s arguably equivocal - that is , until very lately .
In " The Robot Revolution , " Belinda Chandra ( Varada Sethu ) and Alan " The AI Generator " Budd touch together two translation of the same certificate from unlike point in its own timeline . This is an fabulously similar scenario to what happen with Roseand her much younger ego in " Father ’s Day , " but the Reapers are nowhere to be see . While this is n’t the only instance inDoctor Whothat should have brought the Reapers out of hiding , it ’s certainly one of the purest examples of their puzzling absence seizure .
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Why The Reapers Haven’t Returned To Doctor Who Since “Father’s Day”
The most likely reason is how repetitive the monsters could have become
There are two independent explanations why the Doctor has n’t faced the Reapers since their alone appearancein 2005 . The first is n’t anything to do with the in - universeDoctor Whocanon , but rather the written material / continuity issues that the giant cause . In short , the introduction of the Reapers made for an excellent episode , but it would restrict the show far too much if the Doctor had to fight them again every time a paradox happened . So , it was easy to just kind of let them fall by the wayside rather than have to bring them back so often .
What I think is the most reasonable hypothesis is that the joint effort of the Doctor and Pete Tyler ( Shaun Dingwall ) to defeat the Reapers was as permanent as it face and that they were the last radical of the creatures in existence .
Doctor Whohas never explain the Reapers ' absence , but there must be an in - universe rationality . What I suppose is the most sane theory is that the joint effort of the Doctor and Pete Tyler ( Shaun Dingwall ) to defeat the Reapers was as permanent as it looked and that they were the last radical of the puppet in existence - if there were ever more in the first blank space . Pete sacrifices himself to pay off the paradox , so the Reapers have nothing to feed off in that instance . As such , it could ’ve been enough to wipe them from theDoctor Whouniverse .
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.
Doctor Who Season 15 ’s Release Schedule On Disney+
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Release Date ( 2025 )
1
" The Robot Revolution "
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.
April 12
2
" lx "
April 19
3
" The Well "
April 26
4
" Lucky Clarence Shepard Day Jr. "
May 3
5
" The Story and the Engine "
May 10
6
" The Interstellar Song Contest "
May 17
7
" Wish World "
May 24
8
" The Reality state of war "
May 31
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An extraterrestrial being from the planet Gallifrey travels through meter and space to explore , work problems and agitate injustice while also wee friends with human beings . His spaceship , called TARDIS , resembles a police boxful , but it is much more than it is likely .
The tardy Doctor Who series present the Fifteenth Doctor , join by novel comrade Ruby Sunday .
