On The Subject Of Alternative/Parralel Universes

On the subject of Alternative/Parralel Universes

I wonder if the Spyfall story or even the rest of the season will involve the topic of Alternative/Parallel universes.

When the Doctor decodes the alien message it shows the locations of the unknown spy aliens on earth, but not just this earth other earths. Alternative, parallel earths. 

The aliens want to take over the universe, but considering the alien map, could this mean they want to take over all the universe’s. All the different earths with different outcomes. 

The topic of Alternative universes has been brought up before in Doctor Who such as when The Tenth Doctor, Mickey and Rose materialised in a parallel world where Pete Tyler never died or how the Timelords said that Gallifrey would be stuck in another universe (Day of the Doctor).

Considering we have what appears to be a new Master, does he come from this universe or from another entirely different one. The Master has a  somewhat complicated timeline of regenerations and I wonder where this new Spymaster fits in. 

The last time we saw Missy she had “died” from her previous incarnation zapping her with his Laser Screwdriver and he was mortally wounded by her hidden blade, so it’s possible that Spymaster is an incarnation that appeared before Missy as we never saw a regeneration for the simm master.

But from the new Spyfall part 2 trailer it seems as if this new Spymaster has the never-ending DRUMS still (in the trailer the 4 beats can be heard one after another especially when he is bashing a button to it).

This completely confuses the Master timeline as the last time the drums were mentioned was in The End of Time Part 2 when it was revealed that Rassilon had embedded the drums in the Master’s head as a child in order to bring the end of days into motion. The Masters drums were connected to the White Point Star and once the Doctor destroyed it, it looked liked the drums were finally gone.

In the episode The Doctor Falls the Master seems to be drum free considering that he never mentions them again nor does he absent mindlessly tap out his rhythm of four. When he was taken back to Gallifrey it seems that they fixed him up and got rid of his “sickness”. Missy also doesn’t show signs of the drums so placing this new master is going to be damn difficult.

I wonder if this spymaster is from another universe where his drums were never removed. An alternative pathway, a different outcome.

I also have weird inkling that the unknown aliens could be the timelords from another universe, a universe where their genocidal mission of their species happened and they had become what they wanted to be, or rather what Rassilion wanted to become.

Rassilon: We will initiate the Final Sanction. The End of Time will come, at my hand. The rupture will continue until it rips the time vortex apart! The Master: That’s suicide! Rassilon: We will ascend, to become creatures of conciousness alone - free of these bodies, free of time, and cause and effect - while creation itself ceases to be.

Maybe in doing this the plan worked in their universe and so they are wanting to take over the other universes that exist. Maybe in travelling through different universes they met another version of the Master, who they could use to their advantage. Maybe they can’t be detected by the doctor because their species is not recognised in this universe. The Doctor can sense them, like how timelords can detect their own kind though smell but she doesn’t know what they are.

Graham: It’s coming through the wall! How can it do that?

Thirteen: “Well physical boundaries don’t stop it. It’s still not used to this planet, or maybe even this reality.”

_ _ _

Thirteen: Where are you from? 

Creature: Far beyond.

Thirteen: So you can communicate, then. Beyond where?

Creature: Your understanding!

Thirteen: Is this your native form, wherever it is you’re from? Is this what you look like at home?

Creature: We take this form to mock you. Your shape amuses us.

Thirteen: Very funny

Creature: We are stable now. We are ready.

Thirteen: What does that mean, stable? Ready for what?

Creature: To take this.

Thirteen: To take this what? Hut? Country? Planet?

Creature: Universe.

Who knows maybe the character Daniel Barton is another version of the Master who’s part human part Timelord? Or the creatures are The Eternals? Or maybe I’m just trying to scrape the barrel for more ideas.