Time Lords and Zombies

Alison Scott
Jul 21, 2017 · 1 min read

In the pub last night, I mentioned my theory that the generation of Time Lords has never been properly explained. Now that it’s clear that Time Lords can regenerate into bodies of either sex, it would make sense that most Time Lords come into being through an All You Zombies style circular paradox, where (spoilers for All You Zombies, but seriously, it’s 1958). It’s possible, for example, that this happened off-screen part way near the end of the episode ‘World Enough and Time’. Now I just need to put it on a shirt.

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