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Is that explanation something from the books and audio plays? The original televised description leaves writers' options open:
"There is some evil in all of us, Doctor, even you. The Valeyard is an amalgamation of the darker sides of your nature, somewhere between your twelfth and final incarnation. And I may say, you do not improve with age." ![]() I only know of one audio play concerning the Valyard which was pretty recent and simply reinforced the enigma of what exactly the Valyard is. But, if the show says he's an almalgamation of an aspect of the Doctor's personality spread across multiple incarnations then how can he be an actual incarnation? By definition, he would never have existed in reality otherwise he would be an incarnation not something taken from between incarnations. |
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I have always felt the Valeyard was a future Doctor. Whether or not he would count as an incarnation is another matter entirely. But certainly everything indicates that he existed prior to the trial, and interacted with the Master and other time lords.
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Given that the Rani is such a high-profile character round these parts and is often mentioned ... I find it a bit odd that a thread about the long-awaited return of the character has turned into a discussion about linear timelines of Time Lords. Hey-ho, that's the magic of t'interweb, I spose.
At least no-one has said "wi**ly wo**ly ti**y wi**y" yet. (I miss the "rolleyes" smiley at moments like this). |
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Given that the Rani is such a high-profile character round these parts and is often mentioned ... I find it a bit odd that a thread about the long-awaited return of the character has turned into a discussion about linear timelines of Time Lords. Hey-ho, that's the magic of t'interweb, I spose.
At least no-one has said "wi**ly wo**ly ti**y wi**y" yet. (I miss the "rolleyes" smiley at moments like this). Siobhan Redmond is a fantastic actress, though. Plus there's something about her I've always found incredibly sexy. She has very much the Dominatrix vibe that Kate had. |
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Well, I guess I'll reserve judgement until my rewatch gets round to Trial (I'm halfway through the Key to Time at the moment) but, from what you've quoted, I really don't see how he could be a future Doctor. He sounds like some kind of metaphysical creation constructed from aspects of future Doctors not something I would ever have expected to develop naturally over the course of time.
However he came into being, the idea that there is an 'evil' Doctor flying around time and space is really exciting and it's a shame it hasn't been examined more closely, especially as we're now at that point in the Doctor's life where (apparently) the Valeyard came into existence. |
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The bit I disagreed with was the idea that the Time Lords created him specifically for the trial because I don't think that's right. But I agree entirely that he probably isn't a normal 'incarnation' and your suggestion is quite possibly along the right lines.
However he came into being, the idea that there is an 'evil' Doctor flying around time and space is really exciting and it's a shame it hasn't been examined more closely, especially as we're now at that point in the Doctor's life where (apparently) the Valeyard came into existence. Of course the line "No, sir. All 13!" in The Day of the Doctor may suggest that the Time Lords weren't aware they would give the Doctor a new cycle in the future. In which case, the Valeyard may have been created near the end of The Time of the Doctor. |
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If the Master meant the Doctor's original regeneration cycle, then the Valeyard would be somewhere between Tennant and Smith. If, however, we take him literally at "somewhere between your twelfth and final incarnation", then the Valeyard could appear any time during the Doctor's twelve incarnations following Capaldi. Of course the line "No, sir. All 13!" in The Day of the Doctor may suggest that the Time Lords weren't aware they would give the Doctor a new cycle in the future. In which case, the Valeyard may have been created near the end of The Time of the Doctor.
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If the Master meant the Doctor's original regeneration cycle, then the Valeyard would be somewhere between Tennant and Smith. If, however, we take him literally at "somewhere between your twelfth and final incarnation", then the Valeyard could appear any time during the Doctor's twelve incarnations following Capaldi.
Of course the line "No, sir. All 13!" in The Day of the Doctor may suggest that the Time Lords weren't aware they would give the Doctor a new cycle in the future. In which case, the Valeyard may have been created near the end of The Time of the Doctor. |
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It wouldn't cause a paradox future events would just rewrite themselves to fit in with the new set of events. Time can be rewritten
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