Was writing this in the thread for The Well before realizing it might serve better as its own thread, in that we could discuss the theory I have and others can post their own theories as well. Anyway, Mrs. Flood, the mysterious enigmatic old woman who has been showing up these past two seasons who seems to know something about what's going on and has a habit of frequently breaking the fourth wall and making comments directly to the audience. Throughout the first season we see her as one of Ruby's neighbors. This season, she's been popping up in other places and times. We've seen her in modern London as one of Belinda's neighbors, amidst a crowd outside the theatre in 1950s Florida in Lux, and as the superior officer the soldiers in The Well report to.
My theory isn't necessarily about who she is, as RTD claims that has already leaked, though my Google searches have turned up a few contradictory results besides the usual "she's Susan/Romana/the Rani" that it appears every enigmatic woman on this show is automatically assumed to be these days. Though, by all means, if you thoughts on who she could be, feel free to share them.
Rather my theory regards what she might be. Specifically, I think she's something like a Leaper from Quantum Leap, her consciousness can jump around time and space temporarily inhabiting a pre-existing person. Only, unlike Sam Beckett or Ben Song, she can control the process, decide how long she wants to inhabit a particular person and choose when, where and who she goes to next. Which would explain how she conveniently lives in the same neighborhoods as Ruby and Belinda and is now showing up in the other places and time periods the Doctor is going. It would also explain the fact that in The Well she was someone rather important to those characters despite previously being someone who can blend in with the crowd. And so far, we haven't had anyone recognize her in the different locales she shows up in, meaning the characters may not necessarily see her as Anita Dobson. And even if they do, it's possible when she inhabits a person, that person's appearance changes to hers, and no one notices because of a perception filter.
So, thoughts? Theories of your own?
My theory isn't necessarily about who she is, as RTD claims that has already leaked, though my Google searches have turned up a few contradictory results besides the usual "she's Susan/Romana/the Rani" that it appears every enigmatic woman on this show is automatically assumed to be these days. Though, by all means, if you thoughts on who she could be, feel free to share them.
Rather my theory regards what she might be. Specifically, I think she's something like a Leaper from Quantum Leap, her consciousness can jump around time and space temporarily inhabiting a pre-existing person. Only, unlike Sam Beckett or Ben Song, she can control the process, decide how long she wants to inhabit a particular person and choose when, where and who she goes to next. Which would explain how she conveniently lives in the same neighborhoods as Ruby and Belinda and is now showing up in the other places and time periods the Doctor is going. It would also explain the fact that in The Well she was someone rather important to those characters despite previously being someone who can blend in with the crowd. And so far, we haven't had anyone recognize her in the different locales she shows up in, meaning the characters may not necessarily see her as Anita Dobson. And even if they do, it's possible when she inhabits a person, that person's appearance changes to hers, and no one notices because of a perception filter.
So, thoughts? Theories of your own?
