We get to see what happened in The Church On Ruby Corner and how it set up the premise for this series going forward. As well as Ruby (Millie Gibson) in the TARDIS, getting to see the ins and outs, before reminding the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) that her mum's waiting for her on her birthday. A forward to a prehistoric land where she wants to see dinosaurs. Asking what happens if she does anything to change history, like stepping on a butterfly. The Doctor dismissing this by saying, "no one steps on a butterfly." He explains they're in the US right now which will become certain States in the future. But she does it doesn't she, I mean, she had to, step on a butterfly. Luckily the Doctor manages to salvage that situation. Since she could've changed everything and might not even have been born. As he tells her at the end of the ep that the snow in the space station was a warning. She's never to go back to that day and he can't and won't take her back. She has to know that and he stresses that. As the snowfall continues in the TARDIS. Of course we know this may or may not be the case, I'm opting for the former, that somehow they will get to the point where this does, has to, happen. We also see Ruby change when she does step on the butterfly, signifying she could become this different, more hostile person.
Next minute we're on the space station where they are chased by a beast in the corridor. This show loves its corridors, passages on spaceships and space stations. The Doctor is surprised that he ran and he doesn't feel scared of anything, but he did now. In the lift they reach another floor where they come across a baby who thinks they're his parents. Cue more babies in strollers. There's also a baby Captain. Lots of banter and quite a bit of exposition as Ruby asks questions and the Doctor explaining certain terms to her, such as him having two hearts, the chameleon circuit and the translation circuit. There's even a nanny as she tells the children what to do, as well as getting their noses wiped.
A touching moment when they realize it's been six years and the babies didn't grow in body, but grew in mind. And they've never been hugged! Cue plenty of hugs and of course, the Doctor kept adding space babies after he called them babies. Not to mention that "maverty" was also shown on that map/board. Following on from Wild Blue Yonder. Also the theme of orphans and abandonment close to Ruby's heart and life. The space station was shut down due to financial reasons and the babies were left there with the crew leaving under protest. The babies were born and left here. The nanny (Golda Rosheuvel) was the accountant but stayed to look after them. Explaining she didn't want to show herself since eventually the air will run out, she she'll die, as will they.
They wonder why the beast is roaming the lower depths and as Ruby says earlier on, it's a story. Thus the beast is the big, bad wolf. Venturing back below they work out that the beast was created at the same time as the children were born, so she was right. The Doctor realizes that the beast is made of bogies, hence the literal bogeyman and we see a flashback to the babies getting their noses blown. Which isn't what Ruby wants to hear as she's just had a snotful dropping on her. The Doctor also wasted no time in hugging Ruby, any chance he gets. As well as smiling as a form of distraction when the snow falls. As we get a flashback to the church again and her mysterious mother. Who now appears to be different in character.
As nanny airlocks the bogeyman when he's chasing the pair. The Doctor tells Ruby to stop her from ejecting him out. He needs to be saved, as he's part of the babies' lives. He enters the airlock and saves the beastly bogeyman. At the end you also get a howl from him. As the smell was the nappies, the Doctor says they generated enough methane to boost them towards the planet where they can get help. Another topical reference to getting refugee status. Ruby makes it back for her birthday and brings the Doctor with him and his TARDIS.
Ruby reminds me of Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman). in so many ways. Not least of which is her curiosity but also how she runs around like her quite a bit and we don't know much, if anything about her at all, yet. Impossible Girl ramifications. As well as her tartan minis, again reminiscent of Clara. The Doctor also mentions how they used names on his planet like the Doctor, the Colonel and there's even a Rani. As a bit of exposition for new viewers.
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