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Warning : Spoilers ahead forDoctor Whoseason 14 , episode 4 , " 73 Yards . "
Summary
Doctor Whoseason 14 , sequence 4 , " 73 Yards , " is among a rarefied mathematical group of stories within the show to apply the Doctor incredibly slenderly , but there ’s a unspoilt reason why Millie Gibson ’s Ruby Sunday direct the installment . " 73 Yards " places Gibson even more at the nitty-gritty of theDoctor Whoseason 14 castasRuby track an increasingly solo adventure . The first pattern to give up her is Ncuti Gatwa ’s Fifteenth Doctor , whose vanishing act is largely unexplained by the instalment . However , there is a understanding he is absent for almost the entirety of the runtime of " 73 Yards . "
Ncuti Gatwa has been present for every episode since theend of theDoctor Who60th - day of remembrance specials , but " 73 Yards " give him even less to do than in his debut alongside David Tennant ’s Fourteenth Doctor . return showrunner Russell T Davies has teased in interviews the canonical intellect for the Doctor ’s absence in the cerebral quasi - meter loop history , and it tot some setting to why Gatwa was n’t the focal level .
The Disney era of Doctor Who has lead in a confusing enumeration conventionalism that begins with Ncuti Gatwa ’s first season as the Fifteenth Doctor .
Breaking The Fairy Circle Made The Doctor Disappear In Doctor Who Season 14, Episode 4
The circle’s magic in Doctor Who is more than superstition
Russell T Davies ' 2nd stint asDoctor Whoshowrunner has brought with it several element of the fantasy genre , guide the franchise slightly aside from its sci - fi traditions . Ever since the Fourteenth Doctor invoke the salt superstition in " Wild Blue Yonder , " more and more things attributed to magical goings - on have been taking place . The fay circle in " 73 Yards " is yet another good example of this shift inDoctor Who ’s formula . Whenthe Doctor breaks the round during the episode ’s opening minutes , he go away in short after - specifically , directly after Ruby reads a scroll with the run-in : " I miss you . "
Usually , a full account of an event like this would be delivered in a technobabble - filled soliloquy from the Doctor as he broke down the events for his comrade to sympathise . Unfortunately , the Doctor has no computer storage of ever being scrubbed from the timeline . This is because , thanks to the eventual interference of Old Ruby , the Doctor never vanished . So , Gatwa ’s character has nothing out of the average to remember , and therefore nothing to explain .
Ruby seems to hold onto a wispy memory of the substitute timeline in some way .
Although most of the events of " 73 Yards " technically never encounter by the conclusion of the episode , Ruby seems to hold onto a wispy memory of the alternate timeline in some fashion . At theend ofDoctor Whoseason 14 , episode 4 , during her conversation with the Doctor , Ruby tells him that she ’s only been to Wales three times before . However , she ca n’t quite remember when the third time was . During the same succession at the starting time , Ruby pronounce it ’s only her 2d tripper to Wales .
The Fairy Circle May Have Been Enhanced By The TARDIS
The UNIT leader voiced this thought in “73 Yards”
Although the fairy circle may have hold some magnate of its own before the TARDIS land nearby , the blue box ’s perception filter could have made the circle ’s effects on reality even more marked . This is the theory give by Kate Lethbridge - Stewart during her get together with Ruby Sunday in " 73 Yards . " Speaking with Ruby , the UNIT drawing card intimate that"landing a perception filter on top of that circle has affected thing . "
speak withRadio Times , Russell T Davies confirmedDoctor Whois taking a " Sly step towards fantasy , " which implies the illusion of the fairy circle is , in fact , very genuine .
The queen band is a good example of the manner of take UNIT is being forced to handle , with the percept filter theory being reinforced by the fact thatOld Ruby also has a perceptual experience filter . While the episode never in full proves or disproves Kate ’s hypothesis , it does make sensation . The interaction between the exponent of the fairy circle and the technical edge of the perception filter may have led to the unprecedented side effect of the Doctor ’s disappearance .
The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor, joined by new companion Ruby Sunday.
Doctor Who’s Toymaker Is To Blame For “73 Yards”
The Fourteenth Doctor unknowingly allowed the Toymaker to cross the boundary between realities
Kate also acknowledges that UNIT is being more and more tasked with handling supernatural events , rather than the extraterrestrial threat they ’re more accustomed to . This all goes back to Fourteen ’s action in " Wild Blue Yonder,“with a common theory being that Tennant ’s Doctor using the superstitious Strategic Arms Limitation Talks gambit to bear back his and Donna ’s doppelgängers is the cause for the Toymaker ’s crossing into the population .
doc Who does n’t just limit itself to science - fiction figure of speech , and it often search the world of the supernatural but with a more rational approach .
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks gambit is carried out so near to the border of the love cosmos that the barrier between realities are much thinner , so a fantastical action like bring up a superstition signify Neil Patrick Harris ' character could break into the Doctor ’s world . The Toymaker is the first major manifestation of this fresh waving of threats , withJinkx Monsoon ’s Maestrobeing another . The sprite R-2 in " 73 Yards " could easily be another symptom of the rules of realism alter - a outgrowth that began when the Toymaker crossed into the mainDoctor Whouniverse .
Episode
Disney+ Release Date
" Space Babies " & " The Devil ’s Chord "
May 10
" Boom "
May 17
" 73 Yards "
May 24
" Dot & Bubble "
May 31
" Rogue "
June 7
" The Legend of Ruby Sunday "
June 14
" Empire of Death "
June 21
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The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor , joined by newfangled companion Ruby Sunday .
