So, what are we to make of the Doctor’ sudden transformation into a renowned warrior, one who has enemies who consider that they’re fighting an “eternal war” with him (which is why I don’t quite believe Mr. Moffat telling us that the Daleks are on holiday exterminating each other over the sun loungers) and who is expected to raise an army to get his companion back?
Whilst it’s possible to imagine any previous Doctor pulling the “surprise” trick with the monk outfit, blowing up an entire cyber fleet (who so far actually didn’t seem to be doing anything particularly wrong here) just to get the answer to a question, there’s something strange.
Meanwhile, there’s more than a suggestion that Rory’s legend as the Lone Centurion has spread far wider than Amy’s memories. The Doctor’s allies called him “Centurion” even though they obviously knew his name.
Is this entire series dealing with the consequences of what the Doctor so casually referred to his “rebooting of the Universe”? (Which must have given his allies pause for thought, that’s not exactly an everyday deed).
So what was used to reboot the Universe? The contents of the Pandorica, which was all that was left intact from the previous reality. The light from the Pandorica could have strange effects on its own (bringing a petrified dalek to life, for instance) and this rather begs the question as to the effects on Amy, Rory and River who also were bathed in that light (in Amy’s case for rather a long time, depending on whether it’s the fridge-light on or fridge-light off when the doors were closed). Plus of course the Doctor.
In fact, it seems that a large part of what went into creating Big Bang 2 were the atoms of the Doctor himself. After all, he could be heard but not seen whilst rewinding, which rather suggests his physical existence was in serious doubt at this time.
Reality was now created from the Big Bang onwards in a large part by the Doctor himself! No wonder his reputation has become uncomfortably god-like and violent and widespread. Between Amy’s remembering him (and remembering Rory’s sacrifice), we’re now in a Universe where the Doctor is considered by many to be an almost insanely powerful character with ultimate power of life and death, whilst the legend of Rory’s sacrifice as the last Centurion is a legend known throughout the ages.
I find myself wondering if the Doctor’s supposed death by the lake was done entirely to try to put the balance back. Unfortunately, we all have to wait until September to find out.