Doctor Who: The INSANE Mrs Flood Theory You Need To Know 

There is an Egyptian god named "Heh", the god of eternity or infinity. There is also a female version, "Hauhet". They existed before the creation of the world, when all was chaos. The ancient Egyptians consider the time before creation as chaos. oh, also, "heh" is the ancient Egyptian word for that chaos, normally translated as "flood"...

I think that Mrs Flood is Ellie in disguise.

Just because Sutekh "waited" doesn't necessarily mean he was THE one who waits. Remember, "he will knock 4 times!"? How many people knocked 4 times before Wilf did?

I feel like the mystery surrounding Ruby's mother was a misdirect created by Mrs Flood. We have all the things happening, yet Louise turns out to be an ordinary person. The Doctor's eyes have been looking at the wrong person. Mrs Flood plots, never even being suspected. A genius move.

There is a page about Mars in my Doctor Who guide book that lists all previous inhabitants and major villains. In the same paragraph it mentions Sutekh reigning supreme until he is stopped, at which point "The Flood" steps in. Shocking coincidence.

I think the static squiggles on a digital clock mean it's CGI and they know exactly what time is displayed. It is pretty amazing how many companion outfits Mrs. Flood has.

My only issue with any of this the fact that Mrs. Flood was dusted like everyone else. I don't think one of the Pantheon would be as vulnerable as any normal person. But I can also fix my issue: She's somehow been locked in Human form, and that's a big part of the ongoing mystery. Rampant wild speculation has long been my favorite. Thanks, guys.

There's also, of course, the flicker/distortion visible on the display for those two closeups of the clock.

To quote the doctor “there’s no such thing as a coincidence”

I'd say she's River Song. The "Flood" -> "River" name connection, the fact that she's married, her calling the Doctor "Clever Boy", the Darillium sticker on her suitcase, the way she says she's "hiding herself away" like the Doctor says Time Lords do, the lingering question of what happened to her post-Forest of the Dead now that we know genetically pure Time Lords don't have a regeneration limit... too much evidence to ignore!!!

Flood = water River = water Rain = water R A I N can be rescrambled into RANI. So, obviously, Mrs. Flood is Romana.

So perhaps the line from the end of the Christmas special was literal? "Have you never seen a Tardis before". Mrs Flood is the Tardis in human form hence the constant references to past companions in clothing.

Much as there are people I'd like her to be, Mrs Flood didn’t recognise the TARDIS as such until it dematerialised .. so she is not anyone who has seen THIS TARDIS before.

I seem to remember that the Doctor also winked at the camera, possibly in one of the first episodes this season.

All I can say is that I think Mrs Flood is amazing. The mystery of who she might be is the icing on the cake, because Anita Dobson is simply fabulous!

Flood = River = Pond - brings in companion references, and 'clever boy' is very River. Stories - libraries (a land of fiction, and where River is living digitally) - books - spoilers (if she knows how the stories ends). I expect this to connect back to the library & Dr Moon - closing that story loop. Just as 10 came back to close his emotional loop.

I have a feeling Season 1 is only a glimpse of this story. I think Russell is playing an insane slowburn concerning Ruby, Mavity and Mrs. Flood. I know it could just be wishful thinking, but Russell might have a huge plan in place.

Mrs. Flood being the god of stories makes sense. It also makes sense that in regard to Sutekh as she might not be able to interfere with Sutekh because she cannot oppose him. Mrs. Floods' statement made it sound more like she was going to storm the gates of heaven and overthrow the god of the universe. I do not think that she is the god of time. If she was then I think that she would have been able to defeat Sutekh or keep herself from being affected by Sutekh's death wave. When it comes to a matter of power then I do not think that even Death can stand against Time. Death needs time to function.

My theory is that Mrs Flood herself was an ordinary person before being taken over by one of the Pantheon. Before her final scene on Church on Ruby Road, she behaves like an ordinary person threw out her appearances in the Special. Then when the Doctor fixed the goblins time alteration and returned to the true time line, Mrs Flood seemed to have changed in personality. Perhaps a member of the Pantheon became aware of the time alliteration and escaped it's realm by possessing Mrs Flood.

I suppose if she is the god of storytelling it would make the inconsistences in the Ruby's mum mystery make more sense as it would probably be that she made the story more dramatic for effect. She must have some connection to Ruby as why would she live there for so long as it seems she is well known by the street.

I am still thinking Mrs. Flood is somehow connected to Amy Pond and River Song. Pond, River, Flood, seems pretty on the nose in my opinion. Davies did create River with Moffat writing her into stories. Both have worked on 15's stories too.

The "snow" that appeared throughout the series but which was never explained might be linked to Mrs Flood up on the roof, in white, in the snow, with a white umbrella.... and a Christmas Episode on the horizon? I doubt she's "writing" the story, as she did get killed by Sutekh! Personally, I reckon this entire series has been set in a snow globe, with someone watching.... and Mrs Flood knows who.

Seeing Mrs Flood on the roof top, at the end of the series gave the image of Mary Poppins.

"I made a jigsaw of your life" - the toymaker said. Mrs Flood referencing and piecing together the Doctor's life to tell his story? like a jigsaw. Is she using the jigsaw?

As to Mrs. Flood being Clara, that would explain why she's knows how it's gonna end for the Doctor. As I remember it Clara inserted herself in all of the doctors timelines... or something like that. So she would have seen a lot of things, maybe also how it ends.

The Mind Robber was a Tales of the Tardis episode too, and a lot of those have ended up being linked to modern who like Pyramids of Mars, Earthshock and Curse of Fenric

Random thought and probably totally wrong: if Mrs Flood is a Narrator, then what if she isn't a god, but is Rassilon - similar to Timothy Dalton's Rassilon in The End of Time. Rassilon has definitely seen a TARDIS before, and would know a lot about The Doctor's life enough to mimic previous companions.

God of stories. She's Loki 😱😱😱🤣🤣🤣

I love fan theories and pretty much every single one is more thought out than what the show normally gives us.

In the flux finale didn’t the doctor meet time itself? So why would they put a god in to control that rampant force?

What might interfere with this god of time thing is that during 13's era we were told that Time itself also is some form of entity(and locked in eternal battle with space or smth like that).

If she is the god of time then could we possibly be seeing Kronos from the Jon Pertwee story The Time Monster? Or could that even be her? Kronos was a woman in that story. Fun fact about The Time Monster. One of the characters was supposed to have a cat but every time Delgado was in a scene with the cat it would hiss at him. So they had to fire the cat for not being friendly. If you watch the story on DVD/Blu-ray with the Info Text turned on you can find all sorts of stuff about the show.

What if Mrs. flood is the human version of the memory tardis and that is why she is wearing different companion costumes and when she says 'never seen a tardis before' she is talking about herself.

Got to remember at the very first time we met Mrs Flood, she didn’t recognise the tardis. It was only later on in the episode where she recognised it, makes me think something major has happened during that story. Something like Mrs flood being replaced

"God of stories", nice theory. However, my favorite is that she's a Time Lord, but which Gallifreyan? The Master? The Doctor (No, I don't think so.), The Monk, Omega, The Dream Doctor, Castellan Spandrell, Morbius, Chancellor Goth, The Rani, The Inquisitor, Tecteun? The Doctors Mum? Someone else we haven't met yet? I appreciate that Davies and Moffett enjoy the fans guesses, and can still surprise us. As always, thank you all so very much for the video. Could Mrs. Flood be Carla Oswald? Might she be Ashildr? (Probably not, but it's fun to speculate.) (I've previously guessed Susan, and Melody Pond.)

There have been a few moments in this series where I think it is hinted that continuity is breaking down - like you touched on with the clock, and wow I did not notice that in my watching at the time. And I don't read it as being by accident. Like how in the second episode I think there was a fairly throw away line when Doctor says to Ruby something like "This has been what? Six months for you". That's not a line that makes the cut by mistake. And it can be edited out if there's a reshuffles of episodes after filming

Ok, but why didn't she know at first? Misses Flood had no clue what the Tardis was until The Doctor went back to save baby Ruby, then suddenly she was like this, knowing things, breaking the 4th wall, etc, ya know? So what changed? I'm super down for her being a Clara, she lept into his timestream, as he said, "even the days I (he) hasn't lived yet", so hypothetically there should be just as many Clara's as there were Susan Triad's, if not significantly more, since A, timeless child, and B, Sutekh was only from Baker to Ncuti, Clara's the whole timeline, right? But something definitely changed between the beginning of Church on Ruby Road and The Doctor going back to save baby Ruby, so how could it be a Clara, if it was a Clara, she wouldn't know The Doctor, would've met him, got caught up in some bs, and probably die saving 15, it just doesn't add up to Misses Flood, so my bet is, as cool and possible as it would be, she's not a Clara.

To me, the answer to the question of who Mrs. Flood is was obvious right from the start. There is one other person with such intimate knowledge about the Doctor and his Tardis, and Mrs. Flood's name pretty much is a dead ringer, although admittedly, it would be a case of "Mr. Davies, you've got some 'splainin' to do". Let's call her the Lady of Time. Let's not forget that Russel T. Davies is a master in writing plot devices that seem like misdirects at first but turn out to be red herrings all along afterwards.

I feel like I've said this a few times now but Maestro definitely refers to a being called Temporal as something of a renegade god

I was hoping you would show the first time we meet Mrs. Flood and she DOESNT know what the Tardis is. I'm wondering if she got replaced by something.

Flood - hydroelectric power - electrical watts - Angie Watts!

15’s final episode should be named “absolute terror”

If she is the god of stories - and specifically the Doctor's story - it would make a lot of sense for their appearance to take the form of the amalgamation of the Doctor's companions

In terms of sci-fi breaking the 4th wall and doing it well, I'd fully recommend the Red Dwarf 2009 story 'Back To Earth'. However, I'm not sure it works for Doctor Who

One more thing about the God of Stories bit: the person in charge of the Land of Fiction was not credited as the God of Stories (because of course not, it was the 60s); but it might be worth noting that they were credited as The Master. Not “of stories” mind, just The Master. And someone picked up that gold tooth….

Omg, I so missed the clocks thing! Thank you, again, Ellie for pointing out this detail. You have such a keen eye! I'm 100% sure this will have some meaning in the next season. Loving your videos! :)

I hope she doesn't turn out to be the God of Stories because Marvel just did that with Loki in Season 2 and I don't want people to see Doctor Who as "just copying Marvel" now......especially after everyone turned to dust and then "de-dusted" at the end of this season the same as Avengers.

Think you've hit the nail on the head with the god of time theory

Transuranic, heavy elements may not be used where there is life... Sapphire and Steele have been assigned

Her line in Empire of Death, in regard to how she will storm the gates of gold against Sutekh, was interesting

What if Mrs. Flood is the God of companionship it would explain the clothing and the fourth wall breaking as if she is talking to us the other companions on the adventure?

To quote Rava (from Seinfeld) “There is no such thing as small coincidences and big coincidences”.

An (admittedly very flimsy) idea I had was that maybe Mrs flood is like the memory TARDIS. But instead of being a memory of the TARDIS she's a memory of every companion that ever was

THANKS for this!!!! The in-a-TV-show theory has been going around. I like the God of Time idea. I didn't start this theory but I believe it: Mrs. Flood is the White Guardian!!!

You are running with my drama god theory! I must have typed that theory all over RU-vid and Twitter a hundred times. It explained the 4th wall breaks perfectly! I thought no one heard it.

It would be amazing if in the end they reveal that Mr. Flood is in fact, a Whovian.

Also, Rose complained that UNIT had her investigating shoplifting in Catford. If you steal something from Catford, a T maybe, you are left with C. A. Ford. COINCIDENCE?? Almost definitely.

We have seen Time Incarnated as Jodie.

Your theory about the ultimate 4th wall break and meeting her maker reminded me of a famous Supernatural episode, where the antagonists are transported to a universe where they’re actors filming a show called Supernatural. Meta.

Mrs flood can’t be Clara because Clara can’t age. She’s stuck between her last heartbeat and death

Might sound crazy but what if she is river? As pond went to river, river could easily transfer to flood. What if her first name is carol or something? It would just make sense as well as she can and has moved through the doctors past and future

I think the direct fourth-wall-breaking is a shared trait of the Pantheon gods, at least as depicted in this era. Maestro in particular addresses the camera and plays the theme song on the piano. Toymaker also hams it up for the camera, with several shots of actions performed for nobody's benefit but the audience. Sutekh much less so, but his obsession with the season's mystery does place him a little outside the story. Toymaker and Sutekh also share a quirky control over screens and displays. So I do take Mrs. Flood's narration as indication she's one of the Gods, and not necessarily one related to storytelling specifically.

Wonderful video once again Miss. Ellie !

😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 Shivers up and down the spine Mnemosyne, the Greek goddess of memory, is often referred to as the goddess of storytelling.

I can't shake the Mary Poppins vibe of her in that last scene. I know its reminiscent of Romana, but I half expected her to float off into the skyline with her feet pointed outward as she sang some cheery Disney like song.

Just remember also that Maestro also broke the fourth wall sometimes too. ALSO... the hand that grabbed the toy maker's golden tooth. Came from the screen "from behind the camera" so could Mrs flood have been the one to grab that tooth? maybe she's the one tying it all together? The toymaker says about "the one who waits" that's someone else's game. What if he wasn't talking about it being Sutekh's game but Mrs floods?

"Not sure how they'd do that without being a bit cheesy"? Doctor Who being cheesy? Never in a million years.

I still maintain that there's something up with her name. Ms Flood ---> River Song ----> Amy Pond. Also, for those who mentioned 'The One Who Waits'... Amy Pond was literally called 'The Girl Who Waited'. (I'm not saying that I ENJOY this theory but it checks the boxes far too well)

Mrs Flood's fourth wall breaking will link bank to the 1st Doctor breaking the fourth wall in the original christmas special

Plot twist - She regenerates next season, into Russell T Davies

She’s Grandpa Rick! Or Deadpool. They break the fourth wall all the time.

I think Mrs. Flood is Hecuba. She played games of time after all and if we're on it, it's on brand for bringing back classic villains.

I am a little bit afraid that all of this is happening within the "Mavity" Universe, and there is the biggest Big Red Button coming that takes the entire first season with it.

Talking about the supernatural, her being a story writer and maybe writing the story,all I can think of chuck/God from the tv series Supernatural lol

I think Mrs Flood is a purely inconsequential character, after the "big reveals" of the first season

With a name like Flood, I assume a connection to River SONG AND Melody POND. And River also had a joking 4th wall with her references to spoilers

Dude I saw this theory that she’s Romana and now im gonna be devastated when I find out she isn’t 😢

Be careful getting too attached Ellie. Remember what happened the last time The Doctor ended up facing Gods plural. Fenric, The Old Gods, (and the plan was to include Weyland and some other Gaelic/Celtic/Early Brit Gods). "Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold! Come on Ace, we've got work to do."

I'm just remembering when everyone thought that 11 wearing his jacket again after taking it off in The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone and how everyone thought it was a continuity error..... until The Big Bang airs and suddenly it all makes sense. I know I'm not the first one to think of this or even bring it up, but yeah. That clock being so strange and so obvious? It's definitely gonna matter _at_ _some_ _point_

I first thought it was Clara, now am thinking it's a combination of the companions, she has dressed in clothes that most of the companions have worn, Clara, Amy, Rory and even rose Tyler. I honestly think she is the essence of all the Dr companions. Given Clara went through the drs entire timeline she will know alot. The Drs timeline in infinite and she was within it all and the viewer only saw up to Matt smith Dr as to us that's how far we have gotten.

Why does mention of "The Land of Fiction" make me think Disney might stick some of their characters and stories in "Once Upon A Time" Style? If it were brought back that is...

I would LOVE to Ms. FLOOD being related somehow to Amy POND or RIVER Song...her name being Ms. Flood but not having anything with water and having something to do with knowing things, keeping everything a secret until the time comes and referencing many things about The Doctor (specially the "TARDIS-blue" door) is SO in-character for River...but Ms. Flood feels very very evil, so I really don´t know how River could be evil or anything like that...

The Mind Robber is my all time favorite Doctor Who episode, and it would be so great if Russel went back to it. I want to see what he would do with a concept like that!!

I think you got it right when you said Mrs. Flood was referring to Russell as Cherry's maker. Of course he would do the most cheesy thing you can imagine. 😂😂

All of you, did alot of work ❤❤❤❤

Spoilers sweetie Mrs Flood is married. She’s married to the doctor. It is River song, rivers flood. The gods are controlled by the master who has yet to return, he has master has also been referenced.

Mrs. Flood responds to us the ancient ones, like the cabin in the woods, and the line about how she had such plans, makes me think that this is something that one of the fates would say. Or its Russel's manifestation in the show, pleasing the ancient ones us. Good job darlings, hello from America...

Mrs Flood could also be a return of Kronos the "chronovore", a creature from outside time that feeds on it featured in the 3rd Doctor episodes Time Monster. That might explain time seeming to slow - it was actually being consumed/shortened around her.

I love this theory about the the god of stories. I mean she lived beside Ruby and now that her story is finished she's packed her case and is leaving. Bet she'll be living beside our next companion in the next series.

I agree about the concerns with fourth wall breaks, done well, (Deadpool), they can elevate a story, done badly (She-Hulk, MCU), they become a farce.

Great video, thanks Ellie and Who Culture! 😊😊

I have a super out there pitch. Mrs Flood is the in universe version of Verity Lambert. In "Rememberance of the Daleks" it was lore dropped there is a science fiction show called "Doctor ____". Mrs Flood is a timelord, and created the in universe show "Doctor When" and we're going to see this being filmed at some point. Bonus points if Rowan Atkinson is playing Doctor When.

I didn't even recall Romana's outfit. I saw Mrs. Flood in all bright white and immediately thought "White Guardian"...

I think the mind robber idea is a good shout because why would they use that specific story for the second doctor in tales of the TARDIS unless they thought it was good for modern audiences to get familiar with it. On a personal note, I would love for Flood to be some sort of god of story telling. One story idea I have always liked comes from the Spiderman cartoon from the 90s where Spiderman goes to an alternative reality(ours) and finds out he is created by Stan Lee. Imagine the doctor finding out someone else has purposely decided all the pain he has gone through is just for good story telling. Imagine 15 meeting Gatwa.

There's no way she's Clara. Clara is stuck in the moment before her death, did everyone forget that?

Wait what if she’s just Clara?! She has canonically seen every version of the doctor in every moment of his life. She has her own tardis and yeah she did have time basically stopped for her…but i don’t see it being outside the realm of some wibbly wobbly explanation. Man that would be so cool

I'm wrong on a lot of these, but Ms. Flood seems a lot like Ra, he is all knowing and he is the wisest and the oldest so this kind of goes into that direction for me.

Mrs. Flood is really Chameleon, resurrected by the Toymaker to follow the Doctor through all of time and space.

25 min is the running time for most of the classic series

How is it not obvious that it’s The Master. She’s wearing a ring in that last scene probably the same ring that was picked up during the Christmas specials.