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** Mostly confirmed. The villain is a Stenza.

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** Mostly Partly confirmed. The villain is a Stenza.
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** Mostly confirmed. The villain is a Stenza.
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* Jossed, although linking to the above Tzim-Sha ''absolutely'' has the power to take beings out of space. However, it's unlikely that anyone came from Earth as the planet wasn't captured and Tzim-Sha hasn't hunted in thousands of years.

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* Jossed, although linking to the above Tzim-Sha Tim Shaw ''absolutely'' has the power to take beings out of space. However, it's unlikely that anyone came from Earth as the planet wasn't captured and Tzim-Sha Tim Shaw hasn't hunted in thousands of years.
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* Jossed, although linking to the above Tzim-Sha ‘’absolutely’’ has the power to take beings out of space. However, it’s unlikely anyone came from Earth as the planet wasn’t captured and Tzim-Sha hasn’t hunted in thousands of years.

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* Jossed, although linking to the above Tzim-Sha ‘’absolutely’’ ''absolutely'' has the power to take beings out of space. However, it’s it's unlikely that anyone came from Earth as the planet wasn’t wasn't captured and Tzim-Sha hasn’t hasn't hunted in thousands of years.



* The Stenza
* A returning character adversary, either from earlier in the season or earlier in the show
* Human nature, as per the running theme of this season being that HumansAreTheRealMonsters

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* The Stenza
Stenza.
* A returning character adversary, either from earlier in the season or earlier in the show
show.
* Human nature, as per the running theme of this season being that HumansAreTheRealMonstersHumansAreTheRealMonsters.



* The Terrible Zodin
* A villain who appeared in the Classic Series (1963-89), but not in the New Series.
* A new evil Time Lord
* Whoever the Timeless Child is
* The Master

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* The Terrible Zodin
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* A villain who appeared in the Classic Series (1963-89), but not in the New Series.
Series.
* A new evil Time Lord
Lord.
* Whoever the Timeless Child is
is.
* The Master
Master.
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* Jossed, although linking to the above Tzim-Sha ‘’absolutely’’ has the power to take beings out of space. However, it’s unlikely anyone came from Earth as the planet wasn’t captured and Tzim-Sha hasn’t hunted in thousands of years.
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The theories about the Stenza are correct. Everything else is {{Jossed}}.
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* A new evil time lord

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* The Master

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* Whoever the Timeless Child is
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Given how three of the antagonist alien races brought up this season (Stenza, Remnants, Molox) were/are evil warriors, the Ptang was engineered as a weapon, and Krasko was a mass murderer, it's possible that all of them and more are at the titular battle. That's six episodes represented right there (the others being "Arachnids...", "Kerblam!" and "It Takes You Away"). Due to timey-wimey stuff, the Doctor and friends already encountered them ''after'' the battle took place, so now they have to -- intentionally or not -- figure out how to have set up those events with how this battle plays out. Somehow it will also set up the situation with the spiders, the Solitract, and Kerblam! as well.

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Given how three of the antagonist alien races brought up this season (Stenza, Remnants, Molox) Morax) were/are evil warriors, the Ptang Pting was engineered as a weapon, and Krasko was a mass murderer, it's possible that all of them and more are at the titular battle. That's six episodes represented right there (the others being "Arachnids...", "Kerblam!" and "It Takes You Away"). Due to timey-wimey stuff, the Doctor and friends already encountered them ''after'' the battle took place, so now they have to -- intentionally or not -- figure out how to have set up those events with how this battle plays out. Somehow it will also set up the situation with the spiders, the Solitract, and Kerblam! as well.well.
* The Pting ''could'' have been engineered as a weapon, certainly, but there's no confirmation of that in "The Tsuranga Conundrum". On the other hand, General Cicero could have fought in the battle.
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[[WMG: This episode sets up the events of the previous nine, and the Doctor and company must create a StableTimeLoop]]
Given how three of the antagonist alien races brought up this season (Stenza, Remnants, Molox) were/are evil warriors, the Ptang was engineered as a weapon, and Krasko was a mass murderer, it's possible that all of them and more are at the titular battle. That's six episodes represented right there (the others being "Arachnids...", "Kerblam!" and "It Takes You Away"). Due to timey-wimey stuff, the Doctor and friends already encountered them ''after'' the battle took place, so now they have to -- intentionally or not -- figure out how to have set up those events with how this battle plays out. Somehow it will also set up the situation with the spiders, the Solitract, and Kerblam! as well.

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[[WMG: The Nine distress signals will be related to...]]
The previous nine episodes of the season, with each signal being related to something from each. Which may be that...

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[[WMG:The Stenza participated in the titular battle.
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The previous nine episodes Pictures reveal that Ranskoor Av Kolos is in a completely torn up, battle-ravaged state. Since the Stenza are the most likely candidates we have for an ArcVillain of the season, with they may very well have comprised one side in the battle.

[[WMG: Each of the nine distress calls came from a character in
each signal previous episode.]]
No way is it a coincidence that there are nine episodes and nine distress calls. This is especially convincing because the Stenza are
being related pushed as the BigBad, Krasko, Robertson, and Manish are still seemingly at large, and the Remnants were wasted in their debut episode.
* This one is looking substantially less likely after the events of "It Takes You Away", as the Solitract is isolated again, Ribbons is dead, and Erik and Hanne are unlikely
to something from each. Which may be that...
on another planet. Also, the Stenza haven't been brought up since "The Ghost Monument", though given that Heather wasn't mentioned once between "The Pilot" and "The Doctor Falls" (save for the blink-and-miss-it shot in "World Enough and Time") but wound up being the DeusExMachina of the latter, it wouldn't be wholly implausible that they could be brought up again.
* Perhaps the antagonist has the ability to kidnap beings out of time and space, which would explain how the characters who survived "Arachnids in the UK", "The Witchfinders", and "It Takes You Away" could turn up on another planet.



* The Daleks, if only so that the BBC can continue to use them.

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* The Daleks, if only so that the BBC can continue to use them.them.

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* Human nature, as per the running theme of this season being that HumansAreTheRealMonsters

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* Human nature, as per the running theme of this season being that HumansAreTheRealMonstersHumansAreTheRealMonsters
* The Daleks, if only so that the BBC can continue to use them.
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[[WMG: The Nine distress signals will be related to...]]
The previous nine episodes of the season, with each signal being related to something from each. Which may be that...

[[WMG: The signals will be from/related to characters the Doctor has failed to save/spare in previous episodes]]
There's an unusual number of these this season, to the point it almost doesn't feel like a coincidence, including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E1TheWomanWhoFellToEarth Grace]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E4ArachnidsInTheUK the Mother Spider, Frankie, Kevin]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E5TheTsurangaConundrum Astos, Eve Cicero]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E6DemonsOfThePunjab Prem]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E7Kerblam Charlie, Kira, Dan]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E8TheWitchfinders Mother Twiston, Alfonso, Becka Savage]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E9ItTakesYouAway Ribbons, and the Solitract]]. The only episodes lacking this would be the second and third episodes, though one might argue [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E2TheGhostMonument the scientists of Devastation]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E3Rosa Krasko]] might count, with the former being a retroactive example and the latter due to the Doctor preferring to return him to prison unharmed as opposed to sending him to his likely death in the distant past, given her disapproval of Ryan's use of the vortex manipulator. Though Doctor Who often has side characters fall by the wayside, what stands out is that this occurred in pretty much every episode this season and each example is usually fairly emphasized, with significant regret on the part of the Doctor. Thematically, it would work in with Thirteen's stated desire to help people.

[[WMG: Ranskoor Av Kolos is an anagram for something]]
Look at that name. It's weird even by Doctor Who standards. Alternatively it means something significant when translated to a human language.

[[WMG: The Remnants referring to the Doctor as the 'Timeless Child' will be brought back up]]
It was given a lot of prominence in its own episode, despite it never being addressed later or coming up again.

[[WMG: The episode's antagonist will be...]]
* The Stenza
* A returning character adversary, either from earlier in the season or earlier in the show
* Human nature, as per the running theme of this season being that HumansAreTheRealMonsters

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