Random thoughts about who or what Ruby is, as we make our way to the two-parter in a couple of weeks.
What do we know? It is clear that when the Doctor arrives at the pub where Ruby is playing in the band that he is there to find her. There is nothing random about their first meeting–he is there to find her. Why? We can (I think) assume she is human. True, I base this assumption of the prosaic notion that anyone growing up in Manchester and London would at various times have been pocked, prodded, x-rayed, and all the regular stuff that a 19 year old would be subject to over the years. (So, no two hearts, for example.)
But it it is also clear that she is “special”. Where this comes from and why it is so, I do not know. But I assume it precedes her adventures with the Doctor. Which leads me back to the question of why the Doctor seeks her out in the first place.
Then there is the question of the universe she inhabits. It might be London, but is it London held in place by gravity, or mavity? It is clearly a universe where magic can happen, and a Wales where fairy circles can change everything if disturbed. But how central, if at all, is she to that?
And then there is the question of who left her at the church in 2005; just when RTD was re-introducing the show to the world after a long break–sorry, not only am I starting to ramble, but my rambles are getting a bit meta now.
I will conclude where I began–why does the Doctor enter the pub looking for her?
I confess, I’m stumped. Oh well, it looks like I will have to wait until “The Legend of Ruby Sunday”.
