Subject: NEW THEORY:
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Posted on: 2015-12-02 15:32:00 UTC

Tree Fu Tom is the Doctor's counter to the Vashta Nerada.

Having witnessed the trees of Earth having their growth boosted by microscopic creatures to shield the planet from a solar flare*, the Tenth** Doctor has an epiphany: the high-speed glowing dust-fairy things will eventually become the Vashta Nerada - y'know, the other tiny communal lifeform with a connection to trees.

And why will creatures that acted to save the planet one day turn against humans and start eating them? Simple, the episode answers that: because humans spend all their time trying to murder their trees.

So Ten seeks out one of his old companions - Ace, who is now apparently running a charity anyway*** - and together they pitch a new TV series to the BBC - one which will make the children of Earth respect trees (and nature in general), and thus ward off the turning-evil of the Vashta Nerada: Tree Fu Tom.

*Or whatever In the Forest... was all about.
**Yes, Tenth. He was actually instrumental in getting the trees to do that, while Eleven just mucked about with schoolkids.
***I suggest that this takes place at the very end of Ten's lifespan, while he was on his Grand Tour Of Companions (ie, during the last minutes of The End of Time). The fact that it's cracking-up!Ten explains why he's willing to break history this way, too.

There are no flaws in this idea. None.

hS

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