Doctor Who fans convinced surviving Time Lords will emerge from nuked Gallifrey after Bradley Walsh ‘hypercube’ clue
DOCTOR Who shared a heart-breaking look at the Time Lords’ home planet of Gallifrey last week.
The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) was left in tears after travelling to the once cutting-edge world, only to discover it had been completely destroyed, just as The Master (Sacha Dhawan) had bragged.
However, during a preview clip for episode 3, played immediately after the second half of Spyfall, fans think they spotted evidence that at the very least, Time Lord technology is alive and well.
The first look at Orphan 55, which is set on a luxury spa resort hiding a dangerous secret, sees Graham O’Brien (Bradley Walsh) clutching what appears to be a hypercube.
The cubes, also known as tesseracts, represent some of the universe’s most advanced communication technology.
Historically they’ve been used on the show by Time Lords to send messages to each other.
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The glowing white devices store thoughts and speech that are supposedly impossible to intercept – with exception of one Paul McGann episode during the era of the Eighth Doctor.
It didn’t take long for fans to recognise them and take to social media with their thoughts.
“Same energy?” one fan tweeted, placing a shot from the trailer next to a picture of the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) with a cube.
“Dear God please be a hypercube that Graham is holding, although it probably won’t be.”
A second asked: “Is that a Hypercube, excuse me?”
Meanwhile a third chimed in: “Oh *please* let that be a hypercube Graham’s holding.”
The furore comes after Sacha Dhawan stunned fans by claiming the Arctic Monkeys inspired The Master’s comeback.
Elsewhere, Laura Fraser admitted her nerves at working with Jodie Whittaker on Orphan 55.
Doctor Who continues Sunday on BBC One at 7pm and will be available to stream on iPlayer.