Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat may have just further hinted that the Doctor really is half-human.
1996’s ‘TV Movie’ saw Paul McGannn’s Eighth Doctor announce that he was “half-human, on my mother’s side.”
The idea was then largely ignored for nearly 20 years until last year’s season finale ‘Hell Bent’.
The Gallifreyan legend of ‘The Hybrid’ told of a creature thought to be crossbred from two warrior races, assumed to be the Time Lords and the Daleks. Possible explanations offered earlier in Season 9 were initially Osgood (a Zygon-influenced human) and Ashildr (a Mire-influenced human).
However, Ashildr/Me then offered the explanation in ‘Hell Bent’ that the Hybrid was in fact the Doctor himself, suggesting that he was half-human and half-Time Lord by questioning his recurring fondness for Earth.
While it is later (sort of) established that the legend refers to the pairing of the Doctor and Clara, it’s left deliberately vague and the Doctor never denies that he is half-human, despite having the opportunity to refute the theory.
Prior to this, Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor told Davros in a deleted scene from ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’: “…I am much more than just another time Lord…”
Adding to this, Steven Moffat was recently asked by a fan in Doctor Who Magazine to choose any alien/human/monster to exist in real life.
Moffat intriguingly replied: “The correct answer is, of course, the Doctor.”
Is the Doctor Who showrunner perhaps hinting that the Doctor is indeed an alien and a human (and perhaps a monster, but we knew that already)?
Of course, he probably just means he’s chosen his favourite alien, but Moffat is known for hiding clues in plain sight and we wouldn’t be surprised if this is a story thread that is revisted in Season 10.
The new season of Doctor Who is due to begin filming in May and is expected to launch with 2016’s Christmas special.
> Here’s everything we know so far about Season 10.
Peter Capaldi recently revealed that he hasn’t yet been invited to be in BBC Three’s upcoming Doctor Who spin-off, Class.
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