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The Meddling Monk is a member of Faction Paradox.
Wouldn't he just fit in perfectly?

The Could've Been King and his army of Meanwhiles and Never-wheres are Faction Paradox
Something mentioned off-hand and vaguely in the new series... possibly refering to Faction Paradox?
  • Meanwhiles and Neverweres. Easily possible, though, if they wanted to go that way, given how often the Faction intentionally set the other factions against each other throughout the War.
    • One issue this troper sees is that the Doctor mentions the Coul've Been King and his armies while listing off "what was born" towards the end of the Time War, whereas the foundation of Faction Paradox far predated the beginning of the War in Heaven. Whether or not you conflate the Time War and the War in Heaven, there's a problem there.

The Army of Meanwhiles & Neverweres are actually The Three Different Types of Cwejen.
It makes a surprising amount of sense, The Neverweres are The Cwej-Magnus Types, echoes of a future that never was. Meanwhile (ha) The Meanwhiles are The First & Second Generations of Cwejen, because they’re looped reiteration of people who actually exist(ed)

Faction Paradox comes from a Whoniverse Mirror Universe.
Grandfather Paradox's renegade behavior toward the Great Houses being a dark mirror of the Doctor's rejection of Gallifreyan society has been well analyzed, to the point of the Grandfather and other given characters being called expies of the 'originals'. If more than just expies, Faction Paradox could easily be expanded into the most chilling villains in the whole history of the series, considering just who the heroes would be facing: themselves (or at least the Doctor and Companions), as they "neverwere".

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