Doctor Whohas finally answered a 14-year-old question that left fans scratching their heads.Doctor Whoseason 14, which premiered in May 2024, brought in the brilliant Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor. Gatwa has been received with praise for bringing a vibrant new Doctor to the table. Since Disney boughtDoctor Whoand relaunched it in 2023 with Gatwa fronting proceedings, it has introduced new mysteries without answering all too many. However,Doctor Whomade sure that one old franchise mystery was resolved.
As a franchise,Doctor Whois reasonably active on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Occasionally, the series continues on X as a multi-format phenomenon.@bccdoctorwhoposts behind-the-scenes snippets of information and in-universe teases that continue the myths of thecharacters ofDoctor Whoseason 14and beyond, with any season fair game. Recently,Doctor Whoused X to post a sneaky and surprising insight into a long-gone season. This post helped toresolve Amy Pond’s confusing and long-standing pond mystery fromDoctor Whoseason 5.
Doctor Who Explains Amy Pond’s Pond Mystery From Season 5
Doctor Who Finally Answered An Old Question
Amy Pond and the Doctor wondered why there were no ducks in the Leadworth duck pond inDoctor Whoseason 5, episode 1, “The Eleventh Hour.“Doctor Whoposted a tease of Ncuti Gatwa’s Christmas Specialfor 2024 in the form of a picture ofThe Timey Wimeynewspaper, an invention of the show’s.The Timey Wimeyfront page article discussed howa scientist infected the Leadworth duck pond with a chemicalthat turned it into a portal to Carnaby Street in 1973, explaining why there were no ducks on it in season 5’s first episode.
Shouldn’t The Cracks In Time Be Closed In Doctor Who Now?
The Doctor, Theoretically, Closed The Cracks In Time
The Timey Wimeynewspaper confirmed that the Leadworth duck pond was a portal to another time, butDoctor Whowas meant to have closed the cracks in time already. This creates a confusing scenario which could be resolved in a number of ways.Doctor Whoseason 5 explored the cracks of time in one of the series' most confusing but rewarding storylines, showing off newDoctor Matt Smith in all his heroic glory.The Doctor could have left some cracks still open, allowing for a lead-in to a Christmas Special or season 15 plot.
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However,the duck pond doesn’t necessarily constitute a crack in time, although the Doctor implied this in “Flesh & Stone.” Although the cracks manifested in various ways in different places, time travel is also possible through other routes, such as the TARDIS. The portal to Carnaby Street via the Leadworth duck pond could easily be considered a road to another time that has nothing to do with the cracks created by the Silence inDoctor Whoseason 5. This would explain why it would still exist after the Doctor closed the cracks.
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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.
