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The Timeless Child accomplished its goal of opening up a world of storytelling possibilities, should anyone choose to play in that sandbox - and RTD has done so sparingly, but consistently since his return to the franchise.
It's definitely bizarre that Chibnall himself didn't do anything with the idea besides put it out there. But all in all, I'm way madder about him re-destroying Gallifrey than I am about anything to do with the Timeless Child.
Agreed. Chibnall's method of lore building seems to be like the guy at brainstorm meetings who just goes, "So here's an idea..." and then checks out for lunch.
The Gallifrey massacre especially needed a lot of workshopping before it reached the screen. First creative question, why did this need to happen? Surface reason, to traumatise the Doctor. Deeper reason, so there would be no Time Lords who the Doctor might ask questions that Chibnall couldn't answer?
I've always assumed (based on nothing, really) that Chibnall preferred the "Last of the Time Lords" gimmick, and took the opportunity to restore it.
And I get it, to an extent. But Moffat had spent a lot of time resolving that and bringing Gallifrey back, and I was looking forward to occasional Time Lord nonsense.
Yeah, the Time Lords were safely tucked away in their pocket universe at the end of time or whatever, they weren't going to pop up all the time anyway. The Doctor would still call themselves "the last Time Lord", even if the Master, the Rani and the Monk were standing next to them...