[[[Warning! This post was written over several days and is super long and contains a lot of detail about a film/tv show, meant to be submitted elsewhere, but since it was rejected Iâm posting it here as itâd feel like wasted effort otherwise. So unless youâre a Doctor Who nerd who likes to nit-pick everything and has the patience to, donât bother reading this â not having a go, but it will genuinely be a waist of your time. Thank you.]]]
Given the recent re-release of the classic 1965 movie Dr Who and The Daleks, I felt it appropriate to revisit one of Doctor Whoâs oldest and, sadly, often overlooked mystery: how does the Cushing Doctor fit into canon? How does a human scientist who built a Time Machine in his back garden fit into the mainstream show about an alien time traveller with a stolen Time Machine?
Now, admittedly there is technically an official explanation for the Cushing movies as per the novelisation of The Day of the Doctor by Steven Moffat. In the book, it is explained that the films are actually movies within the Doctor Who universe (or Whoniverse) based on the Doctorâs experiences. Of course, thereâs two main issues with this: one is that Cushing himself already explained the movies as a trick of the Toymaker (this was long before the 60th bear in mind). But the second issue is, all that aside, I just donât like either of those explanations.
Fortunately, this is Doctor Who, and nothing is set in stone (no Angels Take Manhattan comments plz!!!) and even Moffat himself has said that the gaps in the story are as much a part of the franchiseâs DNA that viewers should celebrate and make up their own ideas about. And since in any case the show (the flagship media of the franchiseâs storytelling) has never (to my knowledge, at least) explicitly explained the Cushing Doctor, I say, letâs go for it.
Now, admittedly, the theory that I am going to present here has been made before, however itâs a theory that is itself full of holes and beyond a couple of sentences (and with no evidence) hasnât really been explored in detail before. So rather than simply say âI think itâs thisâŠâ I really tired to do my homework on this theory, and hopefully offer an alternative and much more interesting explanation as to how the Cushing Doctor fits into the mainstream canon (and I use canon in the loosest sense, given the controversial nature of the term between fans and writers)
With that settled, letâs jump into it.
So how do I believe that the Cushing Doctor is canon? Heâs obviously not an alien with the ability to regenerate, so letâs try another way.
Letâs go back to the fantastic 2008 series finale Journeyâs End.
As you all know (and if not, google it or watch the episode/full season) the Doctorâs severed hand, held within the TARDIS, âregeneratedâ into a fully-formed being who was a physical copy of the 10th Doctor, but due to the interference of the human Donna, this Doctor was a part human-part time lord, a carbon copy of 10 but as a human, and without the ability to regenerate, but aging like a human instead.
{The 10th Doctor and his half-human clone in Journeyâs End}
I propose that this half-human Doctor eventually aged into the Cushing Doctor, and that the Cushing Movies actually take place in the Peteâs World universe.
Now, I know what youâre thinking: yes itâs been said before, and yes, there are a lot of holes in this theory. In fact, just to show you Iâm aware of the scale of the issues with this theory, here are the biggest holes in this theory: Where is Rose? Why didnât the Doctor recognise the Daleks? How could the Cushing Doctor have built such a complex machine as a TARDIS? How does he have a niece with no siblings? And possibly the biggest one â how is it that he just happened to have an adventure almost identical to the actual first Doctor, in any case (as in the second Doctor who serial âthe Daleksâ)? [actually, 2 identical adventures if you count Daleks invasion of Earth]
Whilst these three questions may seem like huge holes in this theory, when you look at the evidence, not only does this theory make sense, but these âholesâ actually have pretty simple explanations that are actually supported by evidence. To be clear, when I say âevidenceâ, I will be drawing from two main sources: the show, and the movies (or things that the movie producers/showrunners/actors have said themselves).
As we address the âholesâ, letâs look at some basic points and associated clues that suggest and will lead to the conclusion that the Cushing Doctor is the Half-Doctor.
Point 1. Physiology.
{A comparison of the Half-Doctor and the Cushing Doctor}
Obviously the most basic thing, and therefore the first thing that should be looked at is each characterâs distinct physical characteristics. If they were to look completely different, then there would be no question that this could not be the case. However, when you compare the Half-Doctor to the Cushing Doctor (as shown above) you can easily see physical similarities between the two. Both are tall and thin (almost the same heights even), with similar face shapes, similar long, pointy noses; and well-kept hair (and similar hairlines). Obviously Cushing Docâs hairline is a little further back, but that would undoubtedly be expected with age. The Cushing Doctor does also appear to be a little thinner in the face than Half Doc, but again with age, thatâs neither impossible nor uncommon.
The eyes are the only main difference. Cushingâs were blue, but there are innumerable explanations for this difference. maybe half-time lord physiology allows peripheral changes such as hair and eye colour to regenerate if enough traces of regeneration energy are present, like the 10th doctorâs partial hand regeneration on himself, or like his partial healing of river song and even Davros? Or maybe they couldâve simply changed colour with (time lord) age?
Or, Occamâs razor: it could simply be that the Cushing doctorâs human eyes later required contact lenses that were blue in colour and therefore made his eyes blue a-la Orlando bloom? [on a side note: Peter Cushing had blue eyes. Did he wear contacts or something in this photo? Because his eyes clearly arenât blue, unless the quality just sucks that bad]. [Side note 2: Iâm aware the Cushing doctor wore reading glasses in the first movie, but maybe they were just to look smart, as many of Universe One Doctorâs incarnations did maybe?]
Presuming that the minor point about the eyes could have a simple explanation like the use of contact lenses (the most simple explanation presumably) looking at the two side-by-side from a purely appearance point of view, you can imagine Cushing Doc as easily looking like what Half Doc could or would age into in 30-40 years time (or maybe longer; weâll get to that later). And the fact that itâs clearly established in Journeyâs End that half-Doc cannot regenerate means that he may just have done that.
Point 2. The personality difference.
One of the most striking things that differs between the Cushing Doctor and the Universe One Doctor is their personalities. But when you look deeper, if the Half-Doctor is the Cushing Doctor, this personality difference actually makes sense.
The Wikipedia article of the Cushing Doctor aptly describes the difference as so:
While the original version of the character shown on the TV series was depicted as an abrasive, patronising, and cantankerous extraterrestrial, the movieâs incarnation played by Cushing is⊠a gentle, grandfatherly figure, naturally curious, sometimes absent-minded but not afraid to fight for justice.
It is therefore clear that the Cushing Doctor cannot be the same doctor as the main Doctor. But, in Journeyâs end, it is firmly established that the Half-Doctor has the âsame thoughts, same memoriesâ as the main doctor (up to the point at which he emerged from the hand, that is and thatâs important) so naturally the Half-doctor would have the same personality.
{The Cushing Doctor is not an angry man⊠but thereâs still an explanation}
Now, it is established fairly quickly that the half-Doctor inherited some of Donnaâs personality (his personality is therefore part human, part timelord, with the human personality seemingly more prominent at times). But even then, the Half-Doctor clearly inherited the Universe One doctorâs thoughts and memories, and as such suffers from the same abrasive nature. Naturally, it would take a significant personality change for him to undergo, to reach the Cushing Doctorâs personality. However, consider this line from the infamous Bad Wolf Bay scene of Journeyâs end:
DOCTOR: (To half-doc) You were born in battle, full of blood and anger and revenge. (Turns to Rose) Remind you of someone? Thatâs me, when we first met. And you made me better. Now you can do the same for him.
Here is the key point: Rose is specifically tasked with making the Half-Doctor a better person. Considering the significant personality difference, it would make sense that a combination of Roseâs âmaking him betterâ, his human brain slowly losing his memory, and the growth of his new family (family will be discussed later in more detail) that the Half-Doctor actually could have gone through a significant personality change, going from an immature, impulsive, genocidal maniac, to an eccentric, grandfatherly figure who both needed and wanted (and subsequently did) to forget his dark past and put his family and values first. Furthermore, the fact that the Half-Doctor also assumed half of Donnaâs personality means that he does not have a purely Time Lord personality (which appears to be fixed, given that every incarnation of the Universe One Doctor share fundamental personality traits) but a human one also, one that can most likely be more malleable and even more changeable than a pure Time Lordâs personality. In other words â itâs likely that, due to his human nature, the Half-Doctor was more susceptible to Roseâs âmaking betterâ and other appropriate factors, and that would explain how the Cushing Doctor became so much more mellow and grandfatherly, only subconsciously willing to destroy Daleks when his family or innocent people are under threat.
Point 3. The Cushing TARDIS is not of Universe One
This is a more subtle clue, but if you look at the evidence, it actually makes sense. In the first film, the Cushing Doctor claims the following:
My little fellow scientist. Weâve been working on TARDIS for many years.
The Cushing Doctor claims he and his granddaughter Susan have been âworking onâ TARDIS (not âtheâ TARDIS) for âmany yearsâ. Moments before that, he also claimed that a component that Ian almost sat on was part of âMy latest inventionâ. Note that the Cushing Doctor is claiming to have invented TARDIS, effectively. I believe this is (partly) a lie, or at the very least is a misleading statement at best: itâs either a ruse to cover up the nature of the device from the public/authorities who would like to get their hands on it, like Yvonne; or itâs misremembered on his part, the Cushing Doctor has forgotten the precise origin of his version of TARDIS (we will get into the memory thing later; just go with it for now, itâll all pay off I promise!!!)
In a deleted scene for Journeyâs End that RTD himself has stated is canon the 10th Doctor gives the Half Doctor a piece of TARDIS Coral, which he states can be used to âgrow your ownâ, with the DoctorDonna offering a suggestion on how to make it grow faster (the method of growth still takes hundreds of years, but donât worry; this ties into something later. Look, I know I keep saying that, but in the words of Pete Tyler: trust me on this). I believe that this piece of Coral you see in the deleted scene grew into the Cushing TARDIS (or that it was partly grown, and partly built by the half-doctor) and thereâs one key detail that may confirm it: itâs jumbled up interior.
{Cushing Doctorâs TARDIS}
I mean, look at that: thatâs nothing even remotely like any of the sleek tardis interiors you see on the show â heck, even the makeshift one from The Doctorâs Wife didnât look that poor quality. But if you think about it, a TARDIS grown in an alternative universe (coupled with the possibility of a man and his granddaughter âworkingâ on it for many years) might just look exactly like that. Consider this: when 10 first visits Peteâs World in Rise of the Cybermen, itâs established that the two universes have different energy signatures, hence why 10âs TARDIS cannot work as itâs the wrong form of energy, and also possibly slightly different laws of Physics, as itâs established within the Whoniverse that some alternative universes function differently. As the TARDIS coral is a living, growing thing, it stands to reason that as it grows, it may âadaptâ or âevolveâ due to the different type of energy it grown on and feeds on, and different laws of Physics it obeys (sort of like how you raise a baby with a specific language). But if the Cushing TARDIS grows on different âfoodâ as it were, then it would naturally look and function differently, which points to the Cushing TARDIS being possibly grown in an alternative world â Peteâs World. It may also explain why Cushingâs TARDIS is likewise a police box on the outside: it inherited peripheral traits such as the exterior and the broken chameleon circuit, but adapted to function in the alternative universe. And perhaps by the time of the second movie, the growth process had fully matured, or the Cushing doctor had mastered modifications of it.
Point 4. The Cushing doctorâs companions align perfectly with the half-Doctorâs family
This isnât so much a âclueâ per se, but it calls into mind what at first looks like a throwaway line from Journeyâs End, but which actually explains what at first appears to be a glaring hole in this whole thing, and actually makes this part of the theory fits perfectly.
In the first movie, the doctor travels with his granddaughters: Barbara and Susan. Itâs not inconceivable that at some point, half-doc and Rose got busy, had a kid or two, who then gave him Barbara and Susan. However, in the second movie, the doctor travels with Susan and his niece Louise.
An immediate question arises: how can half-doc have a niece? He doesnât have any siblings! And thatâs true⊠but Rose does.
You may not remember, but Rose ends up with a younger brother: Jackie is pregnant with him in Doomsday, and by the time of Journeyâs End, he is born and called Tony. I propose that Tony is the father of Louise, and given itâs not impossible for the Doctor and Rose to have married at some point, this would therefore make Tonyâs child his niece too, via marriage.
{Could Louise be the child of Roseâs brother? Absolutely}
Point 5. The Cushing Doctor doesnât recognise the Daleks (or the events unfolding in the movie)⊠and thatâs the way it should be (probably).
Admittedly, this one is a bit of a stretch, but I still believe it makes sense, just bear with me. Usually when people post about the Cushing-is-10.5 theory online, they just dismiss the fact that he doesnât have memory of neither the Daleks nor the events of the 1963 serial The Daleks, of which the events of the movie mirror â or they use the classic âhe forgotâ lazy excuse. I do believe that he forgot the Daleks, but I believe there is several juicy and horrifyingly nerdy explanations for this, which also explains one or two other things with this theory.
In the mainstream show, whenever two incarnations cross paths due to time travel (note: this is not bigeneration. However you feel about that concept, that has different rules and will not be discussed here) itâs explained that the younger incarnation cannot retain the memories of the paths crossing due to âtimelines being out of syncâ â in other words, the timelines crossing. Examples of this phenomenon in the show include âThe Day of The Doctorâ and Peter Capaldiâs last episode. Basically, whenever timelines cross, memories are lost.
In Journeyâs End, when the half-Doctor is born, he retains all the memories of the actual Doctorâs past. However, note the following dialogue that he makes shortly after his inception:
HALF DOCTOR: Oh, that was me. My single heart. Because Iâm a complicated event in time and space. Must have rippled back, converging on you.
Already, we can see something is off here: the half-doctor is described as ârippled backâ, so this alone indicates an anomaly in his timeline due to it apparently âripplingâ or crossing back on itself, one that could almost certainly put his own timeline out of sync during the event and eventually lead to memory loss later. But consider also what the doctor says to Donna:
DOCTOR: Youâre so unique the timelines were converging on you. Human being with a Time Lord brain
The timelines were simultaneously collectively converging. So this anomalous timeline of the Half-Doctor was converging with the timeline of the mainstream doctor, this is undoubtedly a case of their timelines converging, which wouldnât put it out of possibility that this is an instance of the timelines being out of sync, and therefore one of the doctors should lose their memory. And since Main Universe Doctors 11 (Victory of the Daleks) 12 (the magicianâs apprentice) and 13 (the battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos [side note: who tf named that episode???]) recalled the Medusa Cascade event, it therefore stands to reason that half-doctor is the one who lost his memory (eventually). However, it seems that the half-doctor had forgotten his entire past, as in the film, he did not remember the Daleks or the events unfolding. It seems that this is likely a combination of the timeline issue and his half-human aged brain being unable to recall that much information. Due to his half-human brain, he would likely not have the capacity to remember almost a thousand years of life for good, and therefore it makes sense that he would eventually forget his distant past.
Point 6: Cushingâs age is never established, and where is Rose?
This is where we begin to delve more into the speculation side of the theory and start to formulate an idea of the timeline which led from half-doc stood on that beach in 2008 to Cushing doc sat reading a comic in the 1960âs, based on the clues and logical speculation.
First of all, there are four main things up to now which, in terms of the timeline, are ambiguous at best â namely: the growth of TARDIS, the loss of the doctorâs memory, the fate of Rose, and the arrival of the Doctor and his family into the past. Admittedly, these four events are malleable in terms of the order of how they could have unfolded (for example, it isnât clear whether the Doctor had had a child before or after arriving in the past). As such, the timeline we are going to propose is not âsetâ rigidly and some of the events could have happened in slightly different orders to what I am going to suggest, but we will attempt to create a timeline that makes logical sense. That said, letâs look at some more clues and try to write this timeline!
Now, we know that in any case, Rose must have retained her own memory of the Medusa cascade event, but she clearly did not remind the half-doctor enough that he recalled it, pointing to her having potentially left relatively early. We also know that by the time the doctor is the elderly man living in the 1960âs, Rose is nowhere to be seen â so in the time between having children and him sat in that chair at the beginning of the first movie in this Doctorâs personal timeline, Rose must have either died or left (possibly this could have something to do with the Reality War, or possibly it could be something else entirely). Whatever the case, it doesnât matter: at some point after giving birth, Rose is out of the picture. The other issue is the amount of time that it took to grow the tardis. Now, in the Journeyâs end deleted scene, the half-doctor states that it takes thousands of years to grow. Donna says something, seemingly a way to speed up the process, though I admit I find it hard to tell what it is she is saying, so I canât tell exactly the minimum amount of time required for the Tardis to grow. However, even assuming it is a couple of hundred of years, itâs not out of the possibility that the half-doctor could potentially live that long: though it says he ages, it doesnât say whether he had human ageing, or time lord ageing, which can take hundreds of years. So it may be possible that the half-doctor lived long enough for the tardis to grow, then travelled back in time to collect his family from the past. Personally, I find that unlikely and I believe that the simpler explanation is that the half-doctor simply managed to rapidly speed up the growth process that it only took a few years, presumably before most of his memory had gone until he lost it completely and came to believe that he designed/built it, possibly âworkingâ on it as it finished growing. According to the script for Journeyâs End, the Half-Doctor says that growing the tardis takes âthousands of yearsâ and the factor by which the DoctorDonna suggests he use to speed the process up is â59â. So, letâs do some math: first of all, the term âthousands of yearsâ is ambiguous, so letâs test a few values, and letâs assume that he is referring to human years. The bare minimum number that meets the criteria of âthousands of yearsâ is 2,000 years. Therefore, if the time needed to grow TARDIS is reduced by a factor of 59, this would equate to approximately 34 earth years. For 3,000, it would be appropriately 51 earth years. Now, looking at the Cushing Doctor, he appears to have a body physically of approximately anywhere between 60-80 years old. Given that the Half-Doctor had a body that was physically of about 30-35 years old at his inception, a (full) growth span of 2000 to 3000 years would make sense. But does it seem reasonable to assume that 2000-3000 is the amount of time that the Half-Doctor is referring to when he says âthousands of yearsâ? Whilst it could be argued that it both is and isnât reasonable, in any case It doesnât actually matter. And why doesnât it matter? Because even an incomplete tardis, whether grown or built, can physically function as a Time Machine. We know this from the 2011 episode âThe Doctorâs Wifeâ in which the Doctor constructs a rudimentary makeshift Tardis from a Tardis scrapyard (they were presumably grown parts also used in the construction) that is nowhere near complete, yet functions well enough to work. From the same episode, we also know that incomplete tardises are shoddy and, though they can travel through time, it is clearly highly volatile and temperamental time travel.
{Even incomplete TARDISes can time travel⊠but they break down easily}
As such, I believe it is most likely that TARDIS as you see in the movies is an immature Tardis that has only recently gained the full ability to time travel, for reasons that will become clear in the final theory timeline.
Now, watching the 1965 movie, itâs clear that both of his granddaughters are born and raised in that era â they arenât 2010-2020 kids sent back in time and trying to fit in, they very clearly belong to that era, and were clearly born and raised then. So I believe that itâs most likely they travelled back in time before they had a child (and subsequently grandchildren) [note: itâs possible that he travelled back in time after he had a child, but itâs evident that, in any case, he had most likely travelled back in time before his granddaughters and Louise were born]. And in keeping with the assumptions made before, they likely took Tony into the past with them, hence how Louise was born, so I believe that they may have travelled back to a distant time â perhaps even as early as the 1900âs or the 1910âs. But what would compel them to do such a thing? They had Jackie and Pete there in the modern day, why would they abandon them for the past? Itâs hard to say: perhaps Pete and Jackie are dead, and rose (the only guardian of Tony left) needed to escape from the grief, so she convinced the doctor to live in the past. Or, perhaps in taking Tony to see something in the past, TARDIS broke down, and the Doctor, perhaps losing his memory at an accelerated rate, couldnât fix it/the technology needed to fix it wasnât invented yet, so they may have had no choice. In any case, it doesnât matter: I believe that, the Doctor, Rose, and Tony ended up living in the 1900âs/1910âs with a broken TARDIS.
Final Timeline theory
Taking everything we have discussed into account, I believe that the timeline from half-doc stood on Bad Wolf Bay to the Cushing Doctor sat reading comics goes something like this occurred:
After being dropped off in Peteâs world, the doctor managed to begin the growth of TARDIS at an accelerated rate. Once TARDIS had matured enough to be capable of time travel, He, Rose and Tony took a trip to the past, but because it was not fully matured, TARDIS broke down and they got stuck in the early 20th century â whatever the cause, they ended up stranded there. Having realised he had no way to repair it due to a lack of technology of the era they now found themselves in, the Doctor bought them the house (the one you see at the beginning of the movie) and hid TARDIS in his back garden. By now, he has lost his memory of his past fully, except possibly for scientific knowledge, and now believed himself to have been a genius but humble human scientist who built an incomplete Time Machine that he became determined to complete. He also had a child/children with Rose, who subsequently had the children Barbara and Susan (Tony simultaneously had Louise during this time). During the time following, something happened that Rose and his children were not around. Following this, the doctor and his granddaughter Susan, who inherited his intellect, worked tirelessly to repair/enhance the growth of TARDIS until it was perfectly functional again, just in time for Ian to arriveâŠ
There we have it: I believe that we have successfully created a viable theory as to how the half-doctor developed into the Cushing Doctor. Thereâs just one major question that now needs to be answered.
Why did the Cushing Doctor have the (almost) exact same adventures as the main universe actual First Doctor (William Hartnell) did?
[Well, the real answer is that the films were based on them serials, so of course they share the same plot, but how do we answer in-universe and in relation to this theory?]
Personally, I think any explanation for this is apt. However, I have two personal theories. Either:
- 1: Itâs some sort of game of the Toymaker who at some point may have visited the Peteâs World universe. I personally wasnât a big fan of this idea at first, but the more I thought about it, the more I liked it, especially given how nicely it fits in with Peter Cushingâs own theory on his Doctorâs existence. In a 70âs interview, Cushing himself stated the following: âWell Iâll tell you something I thought once. I just said I didnât watch TV, but one of the few episodes of the âDr. Whoâ series that I saw was one that involved a kind of mystical clown (âThe Celestial Toymakerâ? â ed.), and I realised that perhaps he kidnapped Dr Who and wiped his memory and made him relive some of his earlier adventures. When Bill Hartnell turned into Patrick Troughton, and changed his appearance, that idea seemed more likely.â What if, after The Giggle the Toymaker escaped from confinement by crossing the universe boundaries, found half-Doc stuck in the early 20th Century of Peteâs World and, presuming he was 14 and wanting revenge, bided his time waiting for the doctor to age/arrive at the right year (1965), before he proceeded to force him to relive his most painful memories, of Daleks and threats to his family? (Also Maybe he was weakened and had to wait until his strength returned?). This may even explain the presence of yet another strange parallel: Tom Campbell (played by Bernard Cribbins) Perhaps the Toymaker was somehow aware that Wilfred Mott was a man who caused the Doctor some tremendous pain at some point in his life, and therefore sought to emulate his face to add another layer of torture. Tom could therefore be the Toymakerâs echo of Wilfred Mott, meant to torture the doctor with the face of the man who caused his death, most likely unaware that the Cushing Doctor/Half-Doctor is not the same doctor who killed by Wilfred Mott, and therefore is unaffected by him. [side note: Of course, this part of the theory would have to mean that the Toymaker was aware of the pain Wilfred caused the 10th Doctor without being aware of the Metacrisis, but then again itâs never explicitly stated in The Giggle just how much of the Doctorâs life the Toymaker was aware of/meddled with, so it could still be possible â perhaps the Toymaker was only aware of the prophecy and thatâs how he knew of that specific aspect, if Tom was indeed a making of the Toymaker]
{Did the Toymaker try to torture the Half-Doctor with a face that never actually harmed him?}
- or 2: Itâs the work of Time itself (in Peteâs world, that is). In 13 (Jodie Whittaker)âs final series, it is established that Time itself is a sort of sentient entity that controls itself or is controlled. Presuming that the Peteâs World universe has some equivalent entity, perhaps thatâs the cause: time mirroring what it sees. And given that it seems the Time Lords donât exist within the Peteâs World universe, it seems logical that Time might use the Half-human Doctor as a kind of âcourse correctionâ to re-establish the order of events as best as it can.
{Is Time itself working some strange trick?}
Alternatively, it may be something much more simple: it may just be parallel events occurring in two different universes. After all, the first episode featuring Peteâs world revolved around a parallel event: the cybermen beginning on Peteâs world â as they had on Mondas/Telos/wherever the hell else in the main Universe â as a parallel event. Maybe the Half-Doc/Cushing Doc just happened to get caught up in the events, though I personally arenât a big fan of the âcoincidenceâ explanation.
In any case, it doesnât matter: itâs just how the story goes. I believe that I have expanded upon a (not that) common doctor who can theory. It is perhaps a little too expanded, but in a 60-year-old sci-fi time travel show, thereâs really no such thing as over-expanded (in fact, it could likely be expanded further. Knowing myself, I will likely think up some other aspect of this theory in one of my random moments of free time and revise this theory again. Nonetheless, thanks for reading (if you did to the end).
Let me know what you think of this theory, or your alternative theories/suggestions on this aspect of the show/movies!
Good take, good take.