The Ravagers are the Doctor and Division’s ancient enemy, from back in the very dark times of the universe. Swarm and Azure: what was the Ravagers’ plan?

To be honest, I cut a lot of jokes from that summary because I wanted to make clear that this is explicitly what Tecteun said the plan was. When the Doctor found out about the existence of Division in ‘ The Timeless Children’, Division were so scared of her (because of her ability to inspire people) that their response was to release the Flux to destroy the universe and everyone in it while the Division hopped into the next universe (although, for some reason they also offer the Doctor the chance to come with them). They have a lot in common with the Celestial Intervention Agency (or CIA, yes, really) but seem if anything older and more nefarious, and were once led by Tecteun, the Doctor’s adoptive mother. A secretive division, originating from the Time Lords but outsourcing operations to everyone from Lupari to Weeping Angels, they have grown to operate as a kind of dark mirror to the Doctor, interfering in alien worlds to bring about the best outcomes. The Division, or Division (the “the” seems optional), has been the main driving force behind the Flux storyline, if not the 13 th Doctor’s tenure as a whole. Through one of those doors he saw the end of the universe, and so worked to expand his tunnels into an underground city, where future generations would be able to hide in the face of the cataclysm. The Doctor Who version of Williamson found a selection of strange portals around Liverpool, connecting to different places and times throughout the universe, and began digging tunnels to connect them. Joseph Williamson was a real person, and much like his Doctor Who counterpart, he spent a large part of his life digging a massive and elaborate network of tunnels beneath Liverpool, for reasons that were not exactly clear to anyone.

So here’s our best stab at untangling the Flux (if a Flux is something that can be tangled?)įirst, let’s go back to the start and figure out what everyone was actually trying to do. It also has the plot of about 18 Doctor Who episodes crammed into six, so now that we’re looking back on it, you could be forgiven for having a few unanswered questions. It is fair to say this has been the most epic Doctor Who story since ‘ The Stolen Earth’ (yes, Moffat blew up the universe a couple of times, but even at his most bombastic it was usually a metaphor for a smaller stakes emotional story than to go for Big Universe Spanning Epic Action). The massive, deranged, ‘packed to the gills with plot and lore and side plots’ arc that has made up this season is finally at an end.

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