Having had a day or so to digest I now wonder just what was going on at the end of Day of the Doctor? What was Tom Baker’s part all about and who exactly might the curator be?
All that follows is purely speculative and I would welcome other inputs.
What was the curator scene about?
At its most basic this scene served (at least) two purposes:
- Tom Baker got to appear making up for his non-appearance in The Five Doctors
- The name of the picture got revealed as Gallifrey Falls No More and the series got its reboot as now we can get the quest for Gallifrey.
All well and good but who was Tom meant to be? There are theories:
- In the far future a version of the Doctor retired and took on an old face
- It was a projection from the Matrix setting out the possibility of the Doctor going home (though why that face?) This theory came form Aidan Brack of Chair With a Panda
- It was the moment setting the way forward for the Doctor’s greater redemption (though why not another face?)
I’m sure there are many other theories - what’s yours? Let me know!
