RTD is such a weird writer, he talks a bunch about how dr who is such a whimsical show and writes these fun campy episodes, but then occasionally just writes some of the most existentially horrifying episodes of television, and in the bts for it he’s just like “oh I love wales, i’m so glad to film an episode set in wales!”

Anyone able to logic this one up a bit?

I’m thinking at the moment Ruby does this a lot but never realises because she resets her time line each time.

She is able to live out a timeline change the outcome then slingshot back to the moment it started.

Which would make her the person that dropped herself off at the church

The doctor not being there and the tardis rejecting her would be because she is a walking paradox generator

I saw a comment about how it was a character piece, not a plot piece and i think that nailed why i find it so dissatisfying- Ruby really doesn’t inveigle me as a character.

Well that and Turn Left did it so much better

I honestly did not peg the reveal on this one, only because it felt too obvious at the top of the episode, and made less sense as the story went on. Why was the old woman causing people to abandon Ruby? There was no hint I could figure as to why that might be happening. The ending felt almost like an “it was all a dream” twist, and didn’t feel satisfying.

I will think about this episode a lot, it had a lot of interesting ideas, and I always love a doctor-lite episode, but it did not stick the landing.

Liked this ep a lot, my favourite of this run so far including the specials.

Apparently it ties into Ruby’s past and the season finale which will be interesting to see but honestly just enjoyed it as a standalone creepy mystery story.