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The real monster inDoctor Whoseason 14 , episode 5 is not a monster at all . star Ncuti Gatwa , Millie Gibson , and Callie Cooke , the episode focuses on Finetime , a futurist environment in which every resident is obsessed with societal medium . The characters are urgently trying to survive a rogue artificial news name Dot , who is hoping to kill everyone in the original Homeworld and Finetime . The episode terminate with a harsh twist , asLindy and the rest of Homeworld ’s survivorsdecide that they would rather die than spend fourth dimension with a Black man .

In a behind - the - scenes look on theDoctor WhoYouTube page , showrunner Russell T Davies explain just how Lindy evolve into the large monster of the instalment . As the Doctor and Ruby wean Lindy away from social media , they distinguish thatshe was " better in her bubble"because the truth about her character ’s need is worse than the harmless animate being she was behind a cover . He said :

It await like the episode is gain her full and better and unspoiled . The instalment is kind of weaning her off societal culture medium and she ’s learning to see the truth . So , you kind of think that ’s the lesson of the story , which is face around you . Except the moral of the story turns out to be someone like that is better in her bubble becauseshe ’s the demon .

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Lindy Was The Real Villain All Along

Lindy’s Racism Contributed To Numerous Deaths

While bug and a rapscallion AI are skip to kill countless citizenry , the straight scoundrel of the installment is Lindy , who is controlled by her own extreme prejudice . She begins the episode as a seemingly well-disposed and insignificant eccentric who is incapable of exiting her social media bubble . She hint at her preconception throughout the sequence , as she repeatedly insult the Doctor and blatantly favorsRuby Sunday . The fact that the instalment has an all - white plaster bandage also suggest at the prevalence of racial discrimination in the Finetime companionship .

medico Who season 14 , episode 5 , " Dot and Bubble , " ends with the Doctor in an unbelievably unfair position , but the scenario is foreshadowed throughout .

Every minute of the episode pop the question more insight into Lindy ’s personality , which only grows dark when she blatantly betrays the favorable and more candid - minded Ricky September . Though Ricky saves her life multiple times , Lindy leaves Ricky to die and then lie about what happened to him . The determination is frightening and reveals Lindy as a teras even before she shows the true depths of her racism . As Davies reason , she is a monster who would have been better if she remained in her minute house of cards .

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By rejecting the DoctorduringDoctor Whoepisode 5 ’s ending , Lindy control that every member of Finetime ’s society will eventually be shoot down , as they can not be protect from the harsh environment . The view of joining the Doctor does not even pass off to her , asshe is confident that spending time with a Black man would " contaminate " her . The Doctor is still desperate to save her , but Lindy wants nothing to do with him or Ruby . Lindy apace became one ofDoctor Who ’s gravid villains , even though she is a helpless brute who causes her own demise .

Doctor Whoseason 14 continue with new episodes Saturdays on Disney+/BBC iPlayer .

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The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor, joined by new companion Ruby Sunday.

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The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor , get together by Modern fellow traveller Ruby Sunday .

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