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Epic fan theory

Tom Charman

Jun 26, 2012

As for me, my favorite epic theory about Doctor Who remains that Graeme Harper and Robert Holmes are both, as ‘The Brain of Morbius’ suggests, pre-Hartnell Doctors, and that the making of 'The Caves of Androzani’ is itself a multi-Doctor story that explains how the Doctor got around the twelve regeneration limit, namely by sneaking out of the narrative and cheating the rules.

Philip Sandifer, explaining the most nuts and yet weirdly awesome theory about Who I’ve ever heard. His re-watch blog, [the TARDIS Eruditorum](http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/author/phil/tardis-eruditorum/), is very much worth a read, if like me you’re a total nerd.

Monk (not the detective) standing in a street

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Jack Nicholson's Jack Torrance overlooks the Overlook's hedge maze while looking less unpleasant than average.

The Shining

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A still from Poor Things, where Bella looks out over Lisbon.

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