Doctor Who
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Warning : mollycoddler for Doctor Who season 14
Doctor Whoseason 14 ’s time skip produce a frustrative plot fix , but the full debacle can be explain by Rose Tyler ’s time aboard the TARDIS . Owing to its timey - wimey nature , continuity errors and plot of ground gob are not rare things inDoctor Who , specially give that the sci - fi show has been around for over 60 years . Despite only being three episodes in , Doctor Whoseason 14has already seemingly contradicted itself .
The current run of episodes has revolved around Ncuti Gatwa ’s Fifteenth Doctor team up with Millie Gibson ’s Ruby Sunday for more adventures across time and space . So far , the duet have deliver a group of space babe from the Bogeyman , receive the Beatles at Abbey Road Studios , and set ashore on a war - deplume satellite . However , the revelation of a six - calendar month meter jump think that the duo has also had many other adventure off - screen , which creates a plot hole . Thankfully , one ofDoctor Who ’s best companionsholds the answer
Billie Piper ’s iconic Doctor Who theatrical role set the bar for future companions , and Millie Gibson ’s Ruby Sunday shares many similarity .
Rose Proves Doctor Who Companions Can Go A Long Time Without Visiting An Alien Planet
She Went A Whole Season Without Seeing Another World
In season 14 , episode 2 , entitle " The Devil ’s Chord " , it ’s revealed that , since first joining him at the start of the previous expedition , Ruby has been journey with the Doctor for six months . This fact alone is quite jarring , grant that most companions ' sophomore TARDIS tripper usually follow directly after their first . It becomes even more problematic , however , when one considers that the following instalment , " bonanza , " limn Ruby ’s first visit to an alien planet . Nevertheless , it ’s not the first example of a fellow traveler going a retentive time without pretend to another earth .
Rose Tyler did n’t journey to another planet until " fresh Earth,“the first episode of her second time of year . Until then , Rose join the Dr. only for earth - based adventures , either historical single or exploit put in the present day , or adventures do aboard space stations . In fact , Rose watched the Ninth Doctor regenerate into the Tenth Doctor of the Church before she so much as step foot on an exotic human race . While it seems improbable that Ruby would go six months without being take to another planet , Rose ’s time in the TARDIS demonstrates that it ’s for sure plausible .
" New Earth " and " The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit " are the only two televisedDoctor Whostories that feature film Rose Tyler visiting an foreign world .
Doctor Who Season 14’s Time Skip Still Feels Strange
It’s Hard To Gauge The Dynamic Between The Doctor And Ruby
Though Rose ’s time as a comrade might make the six - month time skip less of a plot whole , it does n’t stop it from feel like a unusual choice . After all , from the looker ’s linear perspective , Ruby is a raw character whose time with the Doctor has only just begin . However , in the context of the show , Ruby and the Doctor have known each other for quite some time . Overall , it creates confusion over whether they ’re supposed to be sweet acquaintances or honest Friend who have been through a lot together .
The fourth dimension omission in time of year 14 means that the Doctor and Ruby ’s relationship feels rushed and as though the usual companion beats are being hit at an accelerated rate .
Previous Doctor / fellow dynamics have take the time to slowly progress up the kinship between the show ’s two main characters . Historically , familiar have been leery yet curious of the Doctor at first and larn to trust him over time . The time omission in season 14 means that the Doctor and Ruby ’s relationship experience rushedand as though the usual companion metre are being strike at an accelerated rate . Many have speculate that the time skip is a outcome of the time of year 14 instalment order being reshuffle in post - output . Whatever the case , the time skip has robbed viewers of seeing the Doctor and Ruby’sDoctor Whorelationship thrive organically .
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