@cathannabel Hi and nice to see you. I agree. Witchy ruby has a almost hypnotic effect on people. I don’t think there is anything she could say that would make Ruby’s mother run from her like that.

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Janette

@wolvesarerunning. Welcome. glad you decided to post and it is never too late to join the party. Nice theory. I like it.

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Janette

Have not seen the episode yet, (I’m not afraid of spoilers) but.. is it just me or does that woman pictured above look like Susan?  ( I know I sound like a record caught in a groove but it really struck me on opening this page.)

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Janette

@dentarthurdent. The Icelandic Tv series Katla explores similar territory. And of course there is Osgood who may or may not be her Zygon twin. (I have forgotten if we ever do find out.)

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Janette

I tend to think that @mudlark is right and Ruby cannot be her own Mum. However that does not discount the possibility that the woman who leaves baby Ruby on the church doorstep is not an older, alternative timeline Ruby who has gone back in time, rescued herself for some reason and left herself on the doorstop for the Doctor to find.

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@dentarthurdent. I too think that It Takes You Away is the best episode of the series, though it has more plot holes than a goth’s stockings. The setting and characters helped and I agree. The entire show would have been better if they had left Graham in the alternative reality with Grace.

if you ‘create’ a replica of a person, complete with all…

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@winston. Glad to hear that you are well on the way to full recovery. It can be frustrating and makes one really appreciate being in good health.I hope you can enjoy the garden again soon. We finally got rain today, after a worryingly dry autumn and so finally I can start planting. Due to our dry climate we plant in late autumn/early winter to…[Read more]

@mudlark is probably correct here. I had forgotten about the DNA scan but there might we ways around it, some kind of scriptwriting jiggery pokery. Ruby might be a granddaughter and possibly the Doctor already has some human DNA, given that he is not of Gallifreyan origin after all. Had the Doctor ever scanned their own DNA? (I really need to make…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u Agree the Bechdele test would not apply to Dr Who. There have been some great companions, all those you mentioned and yes since the reboot in 05 they have all had something remarkable about them that often is heavily foreshadowed before it happens.. (I won’t talk about the “fam” either.) What makes Ruby remarkable would seem to be the…[Read more]

@winston Hi. Have not seen any posts from you recently. Hope recovery is on track and you enjoying the enforced rest.

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Janette

@blenkinsopthebrave. That is very Red Dwarf. The Ouroboros episode where Lister becomes his own father.

Another random speculation, is Ruby the Doctor’s mother. Now that I would hate. In some way Ruby is the opposite of Clara who is a “perfectly normal girl”, with parents, anchored in reality, who does something to make her extraordinary. Ruby…[Read more]

@devilishrobby Best wishes for a speedy recovery and I hope that you get lots of time to watch Who.

@craig. Thank you for sharing that. Your wife was indeed inspiring.

@mudlark. I loved your description of the ring. An example of how “provenance” gives meaning to an object. The S/O and I didn’t bother with rings, not having bothered with the…[Read more]

Greetings all. Finally watched the ep and able join the party.

A few random thoughts. Lots of questions, lots and lots of questions. We have talked about it for at least as long as we were watching. Was the woman in white Ruby? What was it she said to people? My theory is she sort of mesmerised them with some kind of mind power. Very 70s. Very…[Read more]

@juniperfish. I think there was a hint during the Capdoc era that the master had once had a child, and it seemed then to imply that might have also been the Doctor’s so you might be “one the money” with that theory.

@mudlark. Weather conditions are one of the hardest things I find to research though old papers are full of references to the…[Read more]

First I must confess, I have read all the comments before watching the episode. I have been really looking forward to this, the return of Moffat to Dr Who and it did not disappoint. it was so good, tense, political, and with emotional depth. Ncuti really “aced” it. This is the first time we have seen the depth of his Doctor.  He has so much…[Read more]

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@mudlark

I guess RTD just thought ‘talking babies running a space station would be a cute idea for an episode’, and wasn’t bothered about the rationale

I am afraid that is probably correct. It is something that always annoys me. A throwaway line is not enough. One has to at least work out how a plot device is possible even if that doesn’t fully…[Read more]

@thane16 Hi. Nice to see you here..

@scaryB I wonder if RTD had that song in mind when he wrote the script. He might have looked into getting rights to it and as that wasn’t viable went with the twist song instead. Possibly the reference at the end, which is the basis of so much of our theorising, is simply a reference to this song.

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Janette

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@jimthefish

oh, and never mind the methane, the sheer incandescent rage of the NMD broflakes on Twitter/YouTube could probably propel a space station on a five-year voyage….

Yes it makes one suspect that one of the trickster’s brigade has been unleashed on earth and is wrecking havoc and we don’t have the Doctor to save us.

Cheers

Janette