Doctor Who
Summary
Jonathan Groff ’s long - await coming into court onDoctor Whointroduced a new , cryptic graphic symbol who could appear on a recurring basis . Every actor who has played the Doctorhas fit some multitude who would make skillful companions if the timing were different but who are ineffective to fall in the Doctor in their dangerous undertaking for one ground or another . Rogue was one such fiber , as he spend most of the episode interacting with the Doctor one - on - one .
Groff ’s fictitious character had been rumour to be a replacement for Captain Jack Harkness ( John Barrowman ) . Jack Harkness was a popular theatrical role who was omnisexual and often chat up with the Doctor when they meet . Afterreports alleging improper behavior by Barrowman on the set , it was unbelievable he would be invited to return as aDoctor Whocompanion . Some similarities indicate Rogue might be intended to be a standstill - in for Jack . However , Doctor Whoset up Rogue as a dynamic characterwho may fall back throughout Ncuti Gatwa ’s run .
Doctor Who season 14 ’s eight sequence are brimming with important detail , fun cameo , and major traditional knowledge callback . Find everything you ask here .
Rogue Is A Bounty Hunter In Doctor Who
He Came to London In 1813 In Search of Shapeshifting Aliens
When the Doctor first met Rogue , Rogue was surveying the ball from a balcony , look for signal of unusual activity . Rogue soon revealed himself as a bounty hunter ; he did n’t explain who he was work for , but he did tell the Doctor that he would be ante up handsomely for overtake and killing the Chuldur , the bod - shifting alien specie that had infiltrate the nut . This posed a problem for the Doctor , asRogue initially believed the Doctor was the shapeshifter he was huntingand prepared to transport him to an incinerator to get rid of him .
As a amplitude hunter in time and space , Rogue has similar power to time travel as the Doctor ; neither one of them was from 1813 . It is undecipherable how old Rogue is or whether he is human or a human - like specie . However , he likely come from a technologically ripe society , as he had a ship that he used a cloaking gimmick to hide and the ability to scan the Doctor for evidence that he was a shapeshifter , as well as a twist that could immobilise the physical object of his lookup and transport them to an area of his choosing .
How Rogue Compares to Captain Jack
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Rogue
Captain Jack
American emphasis
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Bounty hunter working for an unnamed political boss
Head of an organization give to catching and interrogating unfriendly foreign species
Can time travel using a ship
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Can time travel using a Time Vortex Manipulator that is exchangeable to a wristwatch
draw to men
Attracted to all genders
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Is serious and conflict - averse
Is swashbuckling and make out drama
likely lifespan unknown
Is immortal
Why Jonathan Groff’s Character Is Called “Rogue”
His Name Is A Reference To Dungeons And Dragons
While trapped in Rogue ’s ship , The Doctor uses the transonic screwdriver to explore his surroundings and learn thatRogue enjoysDungeons and Dragonsafter seeing dice associated with the game in Rogue ’s console . Dungeons and Dragonsis a roleplaying game in which players take on the roles of pixy , goblins , and other fantastical creature . Rogue ’s name is likely a protection to the game he enjoys ; inDungeons and Dragons , a Rogue is a class of grotesque characters that trust on stealth , skill , and their power to exploit their enemies ' weaknesses to realise the upper handwriting over them .
These quality describe who Rogue is as a bountifulness huntsman , as he has to blend in with his environment and use his intelligence , technological skills , and ability to think strategically to outsmart his prey . He also must exploit weaknesses — for example , he overwork the Doctor ’s obvious attraction to him to tempt him outside toward the housekeeper ’s body so that he can bewitch him . However , the fact that he has prefer his name from a roleplaying plot is ironic , moot that the Chuldur were killing people in edict to cosplay as them at the clod .
Doctor Who Implies Rogue’s Tragic Backstory Mirrors The Doctor’s Own Past
Rogue Admitted He Had Lost Someone Important To Him Too
While blab out to Rogue in the TARDIS , the Doctor mentions he ’s mindful that Rogue lost someone important to him . Rogue eventually admitted this was the case , though he did n’t elaborate beyond stating that he had been traveling with someone who had died . The 2005reboot established that the Doctor fall back his total people during the Time War , and he has also lost many fellow traveler over the geezerhood , so this shared horse sense of grief was part of what made it potential forDoctor Who ’s Rogue to be a amatory partner for the Doctor .
Rogue ’s backstory also sets up a new mystery . He did n’t explain precisely who he lost or what the context were . Thus , if the Doctor encounters Rogue again , it may be in the context of a story affect that loss . to boot , it ’s potential that Rogue ’s backstory will play into the whodunit of who Ruby Sunday ’s nascence parent are , as the Doctor met Rogue while visiting 1813 with Ruby . Ruby seems drawn to places where there are abandoned people in want of love .
Rogue Appears To Belong To The Same Doctor Who Organization As The Meep
His Future Appearances Could Tie In With “Star Beast” As Well As With Ruby’s Origin Story
While scan the Doctor as part of his attempt to capture him and get his reward , Rogue remarked offhandedly that there has been a lot of paperwork since draw " the novel boss . " This could have been a thrown-away line or an effort to sound like Captain Jack , who also spoke like that . However , the line was likely teasing thatDoctor Who’sRogue is connected to the Meep . If so , this could be a major suggestion as to the reveals contrive for the ending of season 14 .
The Meep was a warlord , while Rogue is a bounty hunter , so it ’s potential they are both work for the same entity in different capacities , although their connection is unclear . It ’s also possible that the " genus Bos " and " The One Who Waits , " who the Maestro argue were present when Ruby was abandoned , are the same entity . However , another theory suggests Rogue is " The One Who Waits " and has been waiting for the Doctor to find him since his fade into another property .
The Toymaker also warn the Doctor about The One Who Waits , so this entity will undoubtedly be significant to the wrapper - up of Ruby ’s story .
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Doctor Who Has Established Rogue As The Doctor’s Next Major Love Interest
The Two Shared A Special Connection That Was Tragically Severed By Story Events
Although Rogue ab initio used coquette to capture the Doctor , who he suspected of being a Chuldur , the two had an immediate connection that could n’t be denied . The Doctor continue to toy with Rogue while Rogue make to execute him , resulting in a uproarious succession in which the Doctor kept using the Sonic Screwdriver to turn the music on to trip the light fantastic while Rogue keep on turn the music off to resume his interrogative sentence . Later , the duet have a skinny - kiss in the TARDIS and osculate immediately before Rogue sacrifice himself to economise Ruby .
This tragic ending is equality for the class in the Doctor ’s relationship . As a quasi - immortal being who has experience for thousands of years , the Doctor has little chance of finding quixotic felicity , and most of his romantic relationships end with him separate permanently from his partner . Rogue ’s sacrifice place him into an alternate dimension where he ca n’t easily be found , which was reminiscent of how the 10th Doctor ( David Tennant ) lose Rose ( Billie Piper ) when she was seal in a parallel creation that he could n’t access .
Rogue was the first amorous partner the Doctor has had since healing , only for the Doctor to suffer another heartbreaking deprivation when Rogue was sent into an alternative property .
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This human relationship is also substantial because the Doctor has been healing from the tragic loss of his mass . The bi - generation at the end of " The Giggle " allowed the Fourteenth Doctor to retire and enjoy life with the Nobles . The Fifteenth Doctor continued jaunt around the universe , and the import was that the Doctor was at last heal from the depression of the retiring several regeneration . Thus , Rogue was the first romantic partner the Doctor has had since healing , only for the Doctor to have another heartbreaking personnel casualty when Rogue was sent into an substitute property in Ruby ’s place .
How Doctor Who Season 14 Sets Up Rogue’s Return
Rogue Is Unlikely To Be Gone Permanently
Rogue ’s disappearing result from the Doctor ’s potentially fatal error while planning to entrap the Chuldurs . The Doctor had reconfigured Rogue ’s gob to harbour six Chuldurs , who he planned to send into an alternative proportion where they could n’t do any harm . However , the Doctor erroneously thought Ruby had been killed and replaced by a Chuldur and did n’t realize his error until after she was trammel . Thus , Rogue sacrifices himself , pushing Ruby out of the path and take her position before sending himself to an unknown destination along with the shapeshifting aliens .
Although Rogue tells the Doctor to recover him , the Doctor later on informs Ruby that such a task would be unacceptable because there are infinite alternating dimensions .
Despite the Doctor ’s pessimism , there is still a chanceRogue could return toDoctor Who . If Rogue and the Chuldurs were scattered throughout dimensions rather than all land in the same billet , Rogue could make it , and the Doctor might cross path with him subsequently . The TARDIS support that it need the Doctor where he is most needed during 2011 ’s " The Doctor ’s Wife . " Therefore , Doctor Whocould revisit Rogue ’s storyline when the clip is right .
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The belated Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor , joined by new companion Ruby Sunday .
