Doctor Who
Summary
One of the latestDoctor Whoepisodes , “ 73 Yards , ” was superb and imaginative but allow for behind several big unrequited questions . The sequence focuses on Millie Gibson ’s Ruby Sunday more than anyone in theDoctor Whoseason 14 mold , with Ncuti Gatwa ’s Fifteenth Doctor disappearing for almost all of the adventure . However , “ 73 Yards ” also include the forebode return of Jemma Redgrave ’s Kate Stewart , the leader ofDoctor Who ’s UNIT .
Throughout theDoctor Whoseason 14 episode , Ruby faces a lifetime by herself because of an oracular cleaning woman following her everywhere she hold up . This is a outcome of one misstep on a cliff in Wales , and the one modest movement changes Ruby ’s lifetime altogether . Whilethe end ofDoctor Who ’s “ 73 Yards”sees Ruby economise the humanity from the most threatening Prime Minister in British historyand the timeline of the episode essentially change by reversal , there is still some confusion about the event of Ruby ’s bizarre lifetime .
Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies tantalise grownup plans for the Time Lord ’s allies at UNIT in future time of year ahead of their largest time of year 14 story .
8Why Did The Doctor Disappear?
The Time Lord Vanished With No Explanation
Within moments of abuse out of the TARDIS , the Doctor disappears and does n’t fall on - silver screen until the terminal moment of the episode . After Ruby tone on the faery circle , the two briefly talk , but the Doctor funnily vanishes with no explanation for his absence . No line of talks or natural process excuse why the Doctor belong missing , either at the beginning or the end of the episode . There is also no good ground as to why the Time Lord is n’t at Ruby ’s side .
Unless this item is revealed at a ulterior date , there is no known connection between the Doctor and the queer forget me drug . There ’s no doubt that Ruby ’s timeline changes at this moment , but it does n’t affect the Doctor ’s either . The Doctor is n’t taken , attacked , or even acknowledged by rights in his split - indorsement disappearance , and Ruby is leave talk to herself mid - condemnation . It ’s not even clear whether the Doctor is elsewhere throughout the instalment or if he just cease existing altogether . AlthoughDoctor Whoexplainswhy Ncuti Gatwa is n’t in “ 73 Yards , the show fails to delineate why the Doctor is n’t .
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7How Did Ruby Sunday Travel Back In Time As An Old Woman?
Ruby Is On Her Death Bed Then Mysteriously Appears In Her Own Past
In the climax of “ 73 Yards , ” Ruby Sunday meets her oddment and embraces her final moments on her dying bed . However , rather than slipping away naturally , she detect herself back on the drop-off at the startle of the episode , watching herself and the Doctor from a space . But this fit is n’t really the same events as the beginning of “ 73 Yards , ” asshe cark her young self from stepping on the pansy circle and , once again , changes account .
Although this is a creative way forDoctor Whoto annul the alternative timeline , it does create a plot maw . How old Ruby appears on the cliff does n’t make any sense . There is no supernatural or scientific account for her sudden appearing , like a teleport or fourth dimension grummet situation . Ruby simply bulge out from one place to another , which even confuses her . While the woman being an older Ruby is a strong mind , there are too many other head that engender from her macrocosm .
Ruby Sunday ’s loser to enter the TARDIS in " 73 Yards " is like to another MD Who ' reference ’s job in a 2007 David Tennant instalment .
6Why Was Ruby Seeing Her Future Self Throughout Doctor Who’s “73 Yards?”
Ruby Sunday being stalk by her older self is an strange construct , but the logistics behind how it ’s executed is rather complicated . old Ruby is always standing a certain space away and can not be seen any other way . However , the fact that old Ruby is following her past ego provoke several other dubiousness : If she has already stepped on the poove circle , what is future Ruby seek to achieve?Why follow herself and not “ disturbed Jack”?Older Ruby is supposedly at death ’s door , so how does she survive for decades ?
distinctly , older Ruby is trying to warn untested Ruby about her future . But as she initially fails to do this , there seems to be little determination as to why she ’s persist in her mission . Ruby continues to see the mystical woman after she sends Roger ap Gwilliam packing material . It seems improbable that older Ruby is directing her retiring self to stopDoctor Whoseason 14 ’s malefic Prime Minister , so her real plan looks like still under wraps .
5What Was Old Ruby Saying To Scare Everyone Away?
The Words “Don’t Step” Shouldn’t Make Everyone Scream
Another issue with older Ruby is how she scare off everyone who speaks to her , making them sprint by screaming and blackguard . At the end of the episode , older Rubydesperately utters the words “ Do n’t step ” again and again . However , this statement ca n’t be the same as what cause so many people to turn against Ruby . When she causes Carla to vacate Ruby , her daughter struggles to hear what the honest-to-god woman is say over the phone . doc Whodoesn’t do something like this without reason , which makes sometime Ruby ’s haunting words even more interesting .
Whatever she state is clearly dreadful . Her parole make Carla put out an injunction on her own daughterand say some horrific thing to Ruby . AlthoughRuby ’s secret inDoctor Whoare intriguing and probable to pay off later on , it ’s still baffling that she ruins her own past . There are also her weird handwriting movement . elder Ruby is always run in the same way , as if she ’s replicate the same affair and stuck in a loop . It ’s unsung as to what Ruby is saying throughout the episode , but there ’s no logical explanation as to why “ Do n’t dance step ” petrifies everyone .
Millie Gibson ’s Ruby Sunday is at the inwardness of one of Doctor Who ’s big whodunit , and " 73 curtilage " may have allow for hint about her potentiality .
4What Happens To Older Ruby At The End Of 73 Yards?
The Elderly Version Of The Character’s Fate Is Unknown
After Ruby avoids maltreat on the pansy circle at the end of “ 73 Yards , ” she and the Doctor walk off unscathed and ready for their next adventure . However , there is no conclusion about the lot of the adult female who expend the whole episode loaf around Ruby . old Ruby exchange story but then is nowhere to be run into . It makes sensation that she go away to a certain degree , as her timeline never happens . However , because the events of the episode offset out , there is n’t anyone to cease Ruby from stepping on the fag circle in the first spot .
Ruby and the medico avoiding ruining the mythological structure may be a simple coincidence , but there is n’t really such a thing inDoctor Who . The show does n’t set this up without a role , soit seems unlikely that the future Ruby is n’t still around in some form or another . Ruby ’s story in “ 73 Yards”relies on two versions of her for the events to toy out , and concord to the rule of sci - fi , removing her future self should be either impossible or cause the episode ’s storyline to repeat itself endlessly .
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3Was The Fairy Circle’s “Mad Jack” Connected To Roger Ap Gwilliam?
The Villain Of “73 Yards” Receives Very Little Backstory
AlthoughDoctor Whoimplies that Mad Jack is Roger ap Gwilliam , the show never actually confirms it . It ’s wildly simultaneous that the Doctor brings the pol up and cite his nuclear launch code controversy , only for Ruby to find the complete chance to change the grade of history . However , when erstwhile Ruby ’s close language cause Gwilliam to resign and fade from the public eye , nothing happens . Ruby ’s timeline remains the same , and she lives to an elderly historic period . But at the end of “ 73 Yards,”the Doctor once again mentions Gwilliam , suggesting that sure events of the episode still happen .
Considering the accent onthe Pantheon inDoctor Who , both Mad Jack and Gwilliam may be connected to the villainous group , regardless of whether they ’re somehow the same person . BecauseMad Jack ’s fairy circle last Ruby ’s bloomer , yet Gwilliam is still a part of account , something does n’t quite add up . The Pantheon operates outside of the laws of the universe , so there ’s a probability that Mad Jack is Gwilliam but escapes from a timeline that never pass in some way .
Russell T Davy ' two spells in mission have now precede four Doctor Who villains that all belong to in the same category , creating a compelling trend .
2Was “73 Yards” Undone & Does Ruby Remember It?
The Outcome Of Ruby’s Alternative Lifetime Is Unclear
Whether Ruby ’s life throughout the episode is still existent or not is ambiguous . Although she and the Doctor happily betray away from Mad Jack ’s fairy circle with no clue as to what happened , it ’s clear that remnants of Ruby ’s memories are still present . When they die the TARDIS , Ruby tell the Doctor she ’s visited Wales three times , whereas antecedently , it ’s only double . The Doctor question the third social function , and Ruby looks nonplused but states that “ it must ’ve been now , ” believing she misspoke . However , Ruby ’s facial expression shows that her alternate timeline is still linger in some parts of her head .
If the Doctor still knows about Roger ap Gwilliam , then that means the Welsh Prime Minister still survive . The Doctor bring him up in the exact same direction the 2nd clock time , notably that Gwilliam is known as “ terrifying . ” In theory , thetwo Gwilliams that the Doctor mentions at the beginning and end of “ 73 Yards ” are guilty of the same unjustness and so are the same person . Ruby also hear the echo of the Doctor ’s first financial statement about Gwilliam during the second , so she must remember in some fashion . While complicated , the two timeline are more similar than they seem .
1Why Does Susan Twist Have Such A Notable Appearance?
Doctor Who Season 14’s Enigmatic Figure Finally Interacts With Ruby In “73 Yards”
Doctor Who ’s Susan Twist seem in every installment so far , but always in a unlike setting . Including her entry as Mrs. Merridrew in “ Wild Blue Yonder,”Susan Twist also pops up several times inDoctor Whoseason 14 : in the audience of Ruby ’s concert , as part of a transcription in “ Space Babies , ” as a tea lady in the sixties , and also as the face of the Villengard ’s ambulance AI . However , Doctor Whoteases Susan Twist ’s existent characterin “ 73 Yards , ” although there are still very few details about who she is .
There is a connection between Twist and the Doctor and Ruby that is yet to be unveil . As she appears in different points of meter and space inDoctor Who , much likeClara Oswald ’s “ insufferable Girl ” storyline , it ’s odd that Twist is n’t immune to older Ruby . Twist ’s role and purpose in each sequence so far are harmless , but her dead having more screen time and duologue in “ 73 Yards ” involve there is a reason for this . Twist appears more than once in the present day for Ruby , so perhaps the lineament also originates from the same prison term period .
Dr. Who ’s Susan Twist keeps show up randomly . Top theories advise she could be a more important eccentric than it seems at first glance .
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