Flood (The Church on Ruby Road)

I was incredibly confused by Mrs Flood in this episode, rambling on and on and on about gates of gold, etc.

But who is she?

Here is what we know:

RTD admitted before the airing of Series 14 that Mrs Flood would be a slow burn, so it is highly likely she is mystery of Series 15 or maybe even 16, as Ncuti’s massive arc (like Silence for Matt Smith).

She regularly breaks the 4th wall, starting with that crucial ‘Never seen a Tardis before’ remark. She has also talked to the audience during the finale, and stated in the Empire of Death that Cherry should

‘Tell your maker that I will storm down his gates of gold and seize his kingdom in my true name’. She stated she had such plans.

However, she is NOT in cahoots with Sutekh or Susan Triad, as she was too disintegrated by his dust of death with Cherry, but celebrated with her, calling the doctor a clever boy.

Later we see her sporting a fabulous white outfit (attached) saying the doctor’s story would end in absolute terror, speaking to the audience.

Can you all judge the theories of:

A. The Trickster

B. The White Guardian

C. Member of the Pantheon

D. River Song

E. God of Stories

F. Susan Foreman

G. Some other Time Lord

H. The woman with red nails in the giggle (I know she doesn’t have red nails, but it could be a trap)

I. The meep’s boss

J. The oldest one

K. One of the Toymaker’s legions

Maestro (who has become one of my favourites) said that ‘The One Who Waits is nearly here’. This made me ponder over a couple of things over who this mysterious unknown character is. I am 80% sure it’s the supposed ‘Boss’ that the Meep

1) It’s Mrs Flood (whoever she may be (I think the Rani))

2) It’s the Master (although this is highly unlikely because of what the Toymaker said

3) It’s the lady with red fingernails we saw in the Giggle (which may be Mrs Flood)

4) It’s someone’s. The Trickster Brigade (I mean, why not?)

5) It’s one of the Toymaker’s legions (again, unlikely because of what the toymaker said

6) Its some unknown person who we haven’t met yet but is clearly feared throughout the universe

7) It’s Rassilon (idk if he survived the Master’s rampage since he was banished)

8) It’s the Valeyard (I highly hope not!)

9) It’s the Rani (but not Mrs Flood) who hasn’t been seen since that corny Eastenders Crossover

10) Other

What do you all think- I am in the firm belief we will know all this by the end of Season 14/1. It will be interesting to see what they have planned!

Loved the two episodes Yesterday (preferring Devils Chord to the goofy but amusing space babies)

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Please feel free to discuss below, as a Trailer though this will indeed contain some potential Spoilers towards the series in order to generate hype for it, so if you don’t wish to read them please don’t click on the post in order to see the responses. Now you cannot complain as you’ve been warned about the contents of this discussion thread!

Post your theories to who Mrs Flood is below

I don't fully believe she is going to be a returning character from the classic series. I feel like she will be a new recurring character throughout S14 and possibly gets travel in the Tardis for an adventure, likely The Doctor comes and takes her away between the scene where she first sees the Tardis dematerialise and when he comes back to see if he's fixed Ruby's timeline (Possibly explaining how she is suddenly so friendly to The Doctor when he rushes back into Ruby's house, and why how she knows what a Tardis is at the end).

I would love to hear everyone else's ideas and theories on her, we have 5 months to speculate anyways.