Doctor Who
Summary
In one of the most experimental episodes ofDoctor Whoin years , " 73 Yards " delivered an intriguing episode wrought with mysteries and elusive association . Doctor Whohas never shy away from level that challenge the audience and sway up the data format . In the more than 60 years that the show has been on the air travel , it has explore a broad smorgasbord of styles , formats , and genres which add to the complex tapestry and rich story of the show . And Russell T Davies continues to carry this tradition into the latest looping of the show .
In Ncuti Gatwa ’s premiere time of year , the show once again dip its toe into new waters with an episode that essentially boils down to a thought experiment . With theDoctor kick the bucket , his companion , Ruby Sunday ( Millie Gibson ) , is left to fend for herself , but a mysterious woman look to incessantly follow her , always at a distance of precisely 73 yards . The twist ending cemented the episode ’s status as one of the more observational of the series , as well asproviding an of import link between Ruby and the TARDISthat would not be revealed until the season finale .
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The Only Secret Sutekh Could Not Solve
In " 73 Yards , " Ruby ’s solo adventure leads her to living a full animation without the doctor , with the mystery woman close behind . While this is agonising and terrific , it did precede toRuby have the necessary info to struggle Sutekh and winin the end . At the get-go of the sequence , before the Doctor disappears , he observe Roger ap Gwilliam , a man who would one day become the most controversial choice curate of all time .
With the name ringing in Ruby ’s ears as the terminal conversation she had with the Doctor , Ruby remembers the name when he does eventually rise to power . In the course of the instalment , Ruby finds a way to infiltrate Gwilliam ’s inner lap , and uses the whodunit womanhood in her favor to get rid of Gwilliam . Considering everyone who speaks to the cleaning woman black market away in terror , wholly writing off Ruby and essay to get as far away as potential , Gwilliam flees and give up from his position before pass water any significant changes .
However , while the episode resolution and Ruby leave the life that happened in " 73 Yards , " there are traces of memory that stuck with her . In " Empire of Death , " Ruby remembers the name Gwilliam , and inspires the Doctor to go to the future where he create a database of all British citizen , which was required . fortify with the knowledge of who her female parent is , and wielding the only enigma Sutekh could n’t solve , Ruby is then capable to trap Sutekh , leading to his dying .
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“Empire Of Death” Can Explain A Mystery From “73 Yards”
What Does 73 Yards Mean?
Despite this connexion , the mysteries of " 73 Yards " are not entirely resolved . Questions about how the secret woman first appeared , what it meant that Ruby is that woman , and what she order to make people to run all persist after the time of year ’s finale . However , " Empire of Death " does close one closed book . The woman always suffer exactly 73 yards off , never come closer , and no matter where Ruby was , she only ever come to that point .
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In " Empire of Death , " the Doctor explains to Ruby that the TARDIS has a perception filter that extends to 66.7 meter . Ruby instinctively recognize that this space is tantamount to 73 cubic yard , which is the precise distance the mystery fair sex always kept from her . This stronglysuggests there was a link between the onetime cleaning woman and the TARDIS , which mean she could not come within that chain of mountains of Ruby .
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While Ruby may have forgotten the exact details of " 73 Yards , " it is clear that the event leave an impression on her intellect which has not disappeared despite that realness seemingly pass away . Her knowledge of the specific distance , and her memories of Gwilliam allude toRuby still having a mysterious , subconscious consciousness of what happened to her , even if that reality no longer exist . While this likely point to a clear connection , the finer details about why , and how stay a secret that may be revealed in time of year 2 , or beyond , count onwhereDoctor Who’sstory goes next .
Ruby forgets the life that happened in " 73 Yards , " there are trace of memory that stuck with her .
Does Ruby Remember The Events Of “73 Yards” Now?
She Lived A Whole Other Life
meter is not a vindicated and definite linear arrangement , and this becomes even more true for companions of the doctor who parachute between realities and points in time and space . Beyond the steady dimensional travels of the Doctor which see him and his fellow explore the vast expanse of space and the ends of time , there have also been several time when the Doctor cross into other dimension and reality . Ruby is definitively on Earth , in the present day , but that does not mean she was n’t in the past , succeeding and even substitute realities too .
Ruby in all probability has no conscious understanding or store about the events of " 73 Yards . " But , just like the Doctor under the influence of the chameleon archway , those memory , and that identity element live somewhere . There are events that can cause these opposing realities to collide , which maylead to Ruby having some hint of a retention , like she did with the name Robert ap Gwilliam , and the distance of 73 yards . However , it is almost sure that this is only subconscious at present . Russell T Davies has included a lot more fantasy and exploration of the supernatural and godly in the recent reboot .
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As a result of this , Ruby ’s memories and her cosmos in other realities may occur into bid by and by in the show . If RTD uphold to include storylines where myth and caption become real , and the imaginary invades reality , there is every ground to conceive that future episodes will bear on to explore themythical nature of Ruby Sunday , despite her ordinary lineage . Just because Ruby does n’t remember now , it does n’t mean her retention ca n’t be altered and interchange , as seen with Donna , and RTD could still be building to some even bigger let on inDoctor Who .
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The late Doctor Who serial premise the Fifteenth Doctor , join by unexampled companion Ruby Sunday .
