With the reveal that Sutekh has been clinging to the outside of the TARDIS for the last 49 years of Doctor Who television history, many fans have been wondering if this retcon doesn't hold up with the TARDIS's universe ending destruction in the Matt Smith era season finale episode "The Big Bang". Today, we look back at this episode and ask not only "how did Sutekh survive the explosion", but also "did he cause it?"

This video contains spoilers for the Matt Smith Eleventh Doctor and Ncuti Gatwa Fifteenth Doctor eras, as we review and recap the plans of Sutekh and the Silence. Evidence specifically comes from the following episodes: "The Pyramids of Mars", "The Pandorica Opens", "The Big Bang", "A Good Man Goes to War", "Time of the Doctor", "The Legend of Ruby Sunday", and "Empire of Death".

From Wikipedia:
Following the end of the previous episode, alien time traveller the Doctor (Matt Smith) is trapped in a prison from which escape is impossible, the space-time vessel the TARDIS has blown up with the time-travelling archaeologist River Song (Alex Kingston) inside, and the Doctor's companion Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) has been shot and killed by an Auton replica of her fiancé Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill). As the universe is collapsing, the Doctor uses time travel to solve these problems and ultimately reboot the universe. The episode sees the climax of Amy's character arc and the story arc of the series regarding the cracks in the universe, though Moffat chose to leave a few things unexplained.

"The Big Bang" S5 Ep13
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Toby Haynes

Starring:
Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor
Karen Gillan as Amy Pond
Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams
Alex Kingston as River Song
Caitlin Blackwood as Amelia
Susan Vidler as Aunt Sharon
Frances Ashman as Christine
Barnaby Edwards as Stone Dalek
William Pretsell as Dave
Halcro Johnston as Mr Pond
Karen Westwood as Tabetha
Nicholas Briggs as Dalek voice

"Empire of Death" S14/1 Ep8
Written by Russell T Davies
Directed by Jamie Donoughue

Starring
Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor
Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday
Gabriel Woolf as Sutekh
Susan Twist as Susan Triad
Bonnie Langford as Mel Bush
Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart
Yasmin Finney as Rose Noble
Genesis Lynea as Harriet Arbringer
Lenny Rush as Morris Gibbons

Thank you so much for watching! Do you think that Sutekh caused the total event collapse as the universe by using Susan Triad to infiltrate the Church of the Silence and trick them into destroying the TARDIS? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!

Have a Great Week!
-Josh

P.S. Silence will fall!

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