One thing is certain, I wasn’t the first one to think about it, but I have researched it (and by researched, I mean googled it) but what if, Doctor Who is nothing but the story of an actual mad man, trapped in a hospice for life, and forced to imagine (alone or at times with companions) travels to imaginary places, meeting extraordinary people and aliens).
I mean, think a about it! Even the fact that the Tardis fits perfectly with the metaphor of a mind being bigger on the inside, or by being the only thing (at least close) that allows humans to “travel through time”.
It is quite unsettling actually, but pretty much everything fits on an idea like this. Looking at his companions, they would vary from the people who share the hospice, to maybe nurses. Picture Rory as the nurse appointed to look after a clinically insane man and girl who had grown abandoned from her family, scared of monsters on her wall. Rory, as shown, by the goodness of his heart went along with the crazy stories of his friends, eventually to fall in love with a patient.
You might ask me about River song (*spoiler alert for beginners*). She would be Rory and Amy’s kid, brought along to visit and especially lovable mad man, with all of his crazy stories. If you think about it, would it make special sense that by having the most fertile of the imaginations, a young girl would be the company for the Doctor.
The name, and also the question (Who?) makes just as much sense as the rest of it, for after being institutionalized, one of the closest relationships and “something to live up to”, would be only logic for a man trying to rebuild Who he is.
Hope I am forever wrong, for that would break my heart… But I wanted to share it any way… Thanks guys
