Doctor Who Season 14's The One Who Waits Details Clarified By RTD

Summary Russell T Davies hints at ongoing Doctor Who mysteries, including the ominous One Who Waits and mysterious entities like The Boss.

The showrunner recently clarified that Meep's boss and the One Who Waits are not the same entity.

Davies knows who the boss is but states that the revelation has yet to transpire.

Showrunner Russell T Davies explains Doctor Who season 14's ominous The One Who Waits tease in Ncuti Gatwa's era. The Fifteenth Doctor's first full season sees the Time Lord travel with new companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) in eight episodes. The first few episodes have established numerous mysteries, from an unusual recurring face to warnings of terrifying powers that threaten to disrupt the universe's natural order. This includes the Doctor Who reference to the One Who Waits.

In a recent interview with TV Insider, Davies addressed the show's long-running mysteries set up in the 60th-anniversary celebration and currently released episodes. When asked who the Meep's (Miriam Margolyes) mysterious boss is, he explained that it is a separate entity from the One Who Waits that the Toymaker (Neil Patrick Harris) and Maestro (Jinkxx Monsoon) fear. Furthermore, this development has yet to be fully explored in his currently planned stories. Check out Davies' explanation below:

“There’s another mention of the boss coming up. I might get to [that] one day. I know exactly who the boss is, but there’s no sign of that happening yet.”

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While The Boss's identity may not be revealed anytime soon, Davies' clarification does highlight a potential drawback the new season may hold.

While only in the early days of his current Doctor Who tenure, Davies has always established several ongoing mysteries that will unfold throughout his era. This includes Susan Twist's currently recurring character, the often teased One Who Waits that's left gods fearful, Ruby's parentage, and even small TARDIS behaviors that are out of the norm. While The Boss's identity may not be revealed anytime soon, Davies' clarification does highlight a potential drawback the new season may hold.

Related All 10 Doctor Who Mysteries RTD Has Set Up For Season 14 Since returning as showrunner, Russell T Davies has set up numerous mysteries and questions that could be answered in Doctor Who season 14.

While longtime Doctor Who viewers may be accustomed to long-running arcs, season 14 is also being treated as a fresh new start and entry point for newcomers. As such, too many ongoing mysteries may create overcomplication when the show has just launched a new era while trying to connect those details to past references. Though Davies explains that the answers to every mystery won't come at once and be packed in a single arc, many threads may prove too much for viewers to remember.

Regardless of when they may appear, the references to "The Boss" and "The One Who Awaits" indicate Davies' ambitions for the scale he hopes to achieve with his new take. The Whoniverse, in the wake of the Flux and the 60th Anniversary, is a realm constantly rewriting itself, with unfathomable powers vying for supremacy through any means necessary, even stepping over existing villains like The Master. As upcoming Doctor Who episodes continue to explore these mysteries across seasons 14 and 15, more answers will hopefully come to light to explain such phenomena in the universe.

Doctor Who season 14 releases every Friday simultaneously across Disney+ for international audiences and BBC iPlayer for UK viewers.

Source: TV Insider