#t; ruby

[dandelionjack]

that and COVID denialism, obviously, which i somehow managed to miss despite *this* plot point below

UNIT aren’t always cops. they’re a nebulous enough fictional organisation that they can be whatever the show wants them to represent. in Lucky Day, they’re the NHS, the WHO, and they’re climatologists.

[paintdoktahwho]

bingo

[immortalclarareborn]

[ngatwa]

[quantumshade]

doctor who: 73 yards (2024)

[mavity]

RTD is currently in his office tearing up the script for LoRS and throwing it on the ground and stomping on it like Yosemite Sam

[otterology]

I would like to award you the highest honour I can bestow

[truebluewhocanoe]

ngl the optics of this episode (youth-led social movement questioning a clandestine government military organization is the bad guy, actually) suck ass but it also gave us kate stewart being a problematic baddie, one of the best looks at the psychology of being an ex-companion we've ever had, and RTD transparently just turning a vent fic of his blorbos dunking on a right-wing grifter into an actual episode of television, so, go off I guess

EDIT: guys it was written by pete mctighe not rtd. sorry mr rtd i forgot that there are other white guys writing politically clumsy doctor who episodes

[toweringclam]

Everyone trying to make sense of 73 yards is kinda missing the point, IMO. It's a faerie story. It's dream logic. It's the Twilight Zone. It's running on pure vibes.

We're not in the realm of science fiction anymore. This is Occult.

[robiniswriting]

the fact that ncuti gatwa and millie gibson pulled up to their first ever readthrough for one of the most iconic and long-running shows of all time only to find out that they would be performing a musical number to a group of cardboard-cutout goblins about eating a baby. their faces are fucking priceless. best bts footage to come out of unleashed so far. classic

[dandelionjack]

so in case anyone’s wondering how Mr Miles is doing. the pattern continues. he must be exhausted

[humanstein]

Be careful where you step.

It has to mean something.

[ngo2013]

They're sticking with Mavity.

Screaming.

[paintdoktahwho]

people werent running from ruby, they were running from russell t davies

[cjab-0201]

If I had a nickel for every time the doctor had a companion in season 1 of a reboot who was a 19 year old blonde girl who lives in an apartment in London, grew up without a father figure, and is named after a pinkish-red color starting with the letter R, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[lestatslestits]

Thinking about how meetings between RTD and Disney went.

The Mouse: We’re willing to put Disney Money™️ into your show now. How do you want to use this budget? Epic battles? Marvel-level abuse of green screen technology?

RTD: I was thinking an elaborate goblin musical number

The Mouse: …

RTD: They sing about eating babies.