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[[File:The Hybrid Confession - Heaven Sent - Doctor Who - BBC|thumb|The [[Twelfth Doctor]] confesses about his knowledge of the Hybrid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'')]] | {{The Hybrid |title1 = The Hybrid|image1 = Download (2).jpeg|caption1 = Davros on the Hybrid|possible_candidates = The Doctor (Human, Timelord) | ||
The Master (Cyberman, Timelord) | |||
Ashildr (Human, Mire) | |||
The Doctor + Clara Oswald (Human, Timelord) | |||
Petronella Osgood (Human, Zygon) | |||
Bad Wolf (Rose Tyler) (Human, Wolf) | |||
The Doctor-Donna (Human, Timelord) | |||
River Song (Human, Timelord) | |||
Dalek Sec (Human, Dalek)|species = A hybrid of two warrior races|appearences = See list}}[[File:The Hybrid Confession - Heaven Sent - Doctor Who - BBC|thumb|The [[Twelfth Doctor]] confesses about his knowledge of the Hybrid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'')]] | |||
'''The Hybrid''' was a [[Gallifreyan]] legend that said all [[the Matrix|Matrix]] [[prophecy|prophecies]] [[War prediction|predicted]] that a [[hybrid]] creature, thought to be crossbred from two warrior races, would stand over the ruins of [[Gallifrey]] and unravel the [[Web of Time]], breaking a billion billion [[heart]]s to heal its own. [[Rassilon]] searched for information about the Hybrid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | '''The Hybrid''' was a [[Gallifreyan]] legend that said all [[the Matrix|Matrix]] [[prophecy|prophecies]] [[War prediction|predicted]] that a [[hybrid]] creature, thought to be crossbred from two warrior races, would stand over the ruins of [[Gallifrey]] and unravel the [[Web of Time]], breaking a billion billion [[heart]]s to heal its own. [[Rassilon]] searched for information about the Hybrid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[File:The Daleks Regenerate.jpg|thumb|left|The Daleks receive the Doctor's regeneration energy from [[Colony Sarff]] on [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')]] | [[File:The Daleks Regenerate.jpg|thumb|left|The Daleks receive the Doctor's regeneration energy from [[Colony Sarff]] on [[Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')]] | ||
It was popularly supposed that the two warrior races would be the [[Time Lord]]s and the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') [[Davros]] attempted to fulfil the prophecy by giving some of his Daleks [[regeneration energy]] taken from the [[Twelfth Doctor]], transforming them into Time Lord hybrids. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') However, the Doctor later revealed the Daleks would never allow anything to be half-Dalek. ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'') | It was popularly supposed that the two warrior races would be the [[Time Lord]]s and the [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') [[Davros]] attempted to fulfil the [[prophecy]] by giving some of his Daleks [[regeneration energy]] taken from the [[Twelfth Doctor]], transforming them into Time Lord hybrids. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') However, the Doctor later revealed the Daleks would never allow anything to be half-Dalek. ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'') | ||
The Twelfth Doctor claimed at various points to possess special knowledge about the Hybrid, going so far as to one point stating that the Hybrid was "me". ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'', ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') It was suggested that knowledge of the Hybrid prophecies from the [[Cloisters]] originally drove the Doctor from Gallifrey, and [[Ashildr]] proposed that the Doctor himself was a half-human half-Time-Lord hybrid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') However, [[Boy (Heaven Sent)|the author]] of the [[Time Lord Academy]] [[A Brief History of Time Lords|textbook]] on [[Gallifreyan history]] believed that the Doctor was bluffing when he said that he was the Hybrid and went onto further theorise that the Doctor had no idea what the Hybrid was, merely using the Time Lords' fear of it against them as revenge for killing Clara Oswald. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') | The Twelfth Doctor claimed at various points to possess special knowledge about the Hybrid, going so far as to one point stating that the Hybrid was "me". ([[TV]]: ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'', ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') It was suggested that knowledge of the Hybrid prophecies from the [[Cloisters]] originally drove the Doctor from Gallifrey, and [[Ashildr]] proposed that the Doctor himself was a half-human half-Time-Lord hybrid. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') However, [[Boy (Heaven Sent)|the author]] of the [[Time Lord Academy]] [[A Brief History of Time Lords|textbook]] on [[Gallifreyan history]] believed that the Doctor was bluffing when he said that he was the Hybrid and went onto further theorise that the Doctor had no idea what the Hybrid was, merely using the Time Lords' fear of it against them as revenge for killing Clara Oswald. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]'') | ||
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* Although ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'', among other [[series 9 (Doctor Who)|series 9]] episodes, offered multiple possibilities as to the identity/nature of the Hybrid, showrunner [[Steven Moffat]], in an interview for [[DWM 504|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #504]], confirmed that he intended that the Hybrid was the pairing of the Doctor and Clara. He retroactively linked this fact to the reason why [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] exhibited some hostility towards Clara in [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|series 7]]. | * Although ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'', among other [[series 9 (Doctor Who)|series 9]] episodes, offered multiple possibilities as to the identity/nature of the Hybrid, showrunner [[Steven Moffat]], in an interview for [[DWM 504|''Doctor Who Magazine'' #504]], confirmed that he intended that the Hybrid was the pairing of the Doctor and Clara. He retroactively linked this fact to the reason why [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] exhibited some hostility towards Clara in [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|series 7]]. | ||
{{TitleSort}} | == Other possible candidates in the fanbase == | ||
As well as the many characters suggested in the show to be the Hybrid, fans have also come up with many original theories to who else the Hybrid could be. These include: | |||
* [[Dalek Sec]], a Human-Dalek hybrid and former leader of the [[Cult of Skaro]]. | |||
* [[Tenth Doctor (Journey's End)|The Tenth Doctor who appears in Journey's End]], a Timelord with part-human elements coming from Donna Noble. | |||
* Many possible combinations of [[the Doctor]] and one of [[Companion|his companions]] have been suggested, including the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]], and the [[War Doctor]] and [[:Category:War Doctor companions|one of his companions]]. {{TitleSort}} | |||
[[Category:Myths and legends]] | [[Category:Myths and legends]] | ||
[[Category:Secrets]] | [[Category:Secrets]] | ||
[[Category:Prophecy]] | [[Category:Prophecy]] | ||
Revision as of 11:36, 15 June 2020
The Hybrid was a Gallifreyan legend that said all Matrix prophecies predicted that a hybrid creature, thought to be crossbred from two warrior races, would stand over the ruins of Gallifrey and unravel the Web of Time, breaking a billion billion hearts to heal its own. Rassilon searched for information about the Hybrid. (TV: Hell Bent)
References
It was popularly supposed that the two warrior races would be the Time Lords and the Daleks. (TV: Hell Bent) Davros attempted to fulfil the prophecy by giving some of his Daleks regeneration energy taken from the Twelfth Doctor, transforming them into Time Lord hybrids. (TV: The Witch's Familiar) However, the Doctor later revealed the Daleks would never allow anything to be half-Dalek. (TV: Heaven Sent)
The Twelfth Doctor claimed at various points to possess special knowledge about the Hybrid, going so far as to one point stating that the Hybrid was "me". (TV: Heaven Sent, Hell Bent) It was suggested that knowledge of the Hybrid prophecies from the Cloisters originally drove the Doctor from Gallifrey, and Ashildr proposed that the Doctor himself was a half-human half-Time-Lord hybrid. (TV: Hell Bent) However, the author of the Time Lord Academy textbook on Gallifreyan history believed that the Doctor was bluffing when he said that he was the Hybrid and went onto further theorise that the Doctor had no idea what the Hybrid was, merely using the Time Lords' fear of it against them as revenge for killing Clara Oswald. (PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords)
Other possible candidates for the hybrid included the part-human part-Mire Ashildr, (TV: The Girl Who Died) the simultaneously-human-and-Zygon Osgood, (TV: The Zygon Invasion) the "part-human part-wolf" Rose Tyler, the post-metacrisis Doctor Donna, and the half-Time-Lord River Song. However, none of these quite fit the prophecy. (PROSE: A Brief History of Time Lords)
In the Cloisters at the end of the universe, Ashildr posited to the Twelfth Doctor that the Hybrid could be interpreted as referring to more than one being: specifically, the pair of the Doctor and his companion Clara Oswald. Just prior to losing his memories of Clara, the Doctor indicated that his reckless actions in trying to prevent her death made him the Hybrid. (TV: Hell Bent)
In 2002, Sam Jones told Griffin about a Gallifreyan prophecy concerning a hybrid. She said the Doctor was a hybrid, his father a Time Lord and his mother a human, and that he was destined to unite the two races and "bring good old human niceness into their alien society". Though she thought she was bluffing to stall Griffin, the Eighth Doctor later asked her who had told her about the prophecy. (PROSE: Unnatural History)
When the Spy Master killed everyone on Gallifrey, several elements of the prophecy were fulfilled: The Master merged with the Cyberium and thereby became a hybrid creature; stood over the ruins of Gallifrey; hacked into the Matrix and thereby unravelled the Web of Time; and slaughtered the Time Lords after he became distraught at learning the truth of their origins, thereby breaking a billion hearts to heal his own. (TV: The Timeless Children)
Behind the scenes
- Although Hell Bent, among other series 9 episodes, offered multiple possibilities as to the identity/nature of the Hybrid, showrunner Steven Moffat, in an interview for Doctor Who Magazine #504, confirmed that he intended that the Hybrid was the pairing of the Doctor and Clara. He retroactively linked this fact to the reason why the Doctor's TARDIS exhibited some hostility towards Clara in series 7.
Other possible candidates in the fanbase
As well as the many characters suggested in the show to be the Hybrid, fans have also come up with many original theories to who else the Hybrid could be. These include:
- Dalek Sec, a Human-Dalek hybrid and former leader of the Cult of Skaro.
- The Tenth Doctor who appears in Journey's End, a Timelord with part-human elements coming from Donna Noble.
- Many possible combinations of the Doctor and one of his companions have been suggested, including the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond, and the War Doctor and one of his companions.
