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Overview

First aired

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Directed by

Nida Manzoor

Runtime

50 minutes

Story Type

Multi-Doctor

Time Travel

Present

Tropes (Potential Spoilers!)

LGBTQA+, Companions meeting, Mind Control

Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!)

Chameleon Arch, The Lone Cyberman, The Timeless Child

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Earth, England, Gloucester

UK Viewers

5.57 million

Appreciation Index

83

Synopsis

The Judoon are on the hunt for a runaway and they have narrowed their search down to modern-day Gloucester. The Thirteenth Doctor and her friends decide to step in before anyone can get hurt, but things are far more complex than they seem. A complex web is about to unfold, featuring a surprising new face and a worrying prophecy from an old friend.

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So, everything that goes on in the A plot is peak Chibnall and if I don’t think about the direction this arc is headed, the Fugitive Doctor is an effective reveal and greater still are the scenes where the two Doctors just get to play off each other. The B plot has aged insanely poorly, both because of the allegations and because of hindsight. The entire thing is worthless, it adds nothing to the plot and is purely nostalgia bait and directly tell the audience what is gonna happen in the finale. Stupid. Relegates Graham, and in the second half, Ryan and Yaz, to the bench this adventure.


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Captain Jack has made his glorious return. I have been campaigning for that on Twitter for years, ever since he never showed up during Matt Smith's time as the Doctor. The #BringBackJack hashtag has paid off!

 

I couldn't watch live at the time because I was working, but Jack's return more than made up for it. And finally: a black Doctor, who by the way is bloody phenomenal casting. I loved everything about that episode. It was everything I wanted from Series 12 in one episode!


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AVG. Rating546 members
3.64 / 5

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AVG. Rating1,103 votes
3.95 / 5

The Time Scales

AVG. Rating135 votes
3.80 / 5

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Quotes

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FUGITIVE DOCTOR: (To The Thirteenth Doctor) I'd quite like it if you got off my ship now.

— Fugitive Doctor, Fugitive of the Judoon

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[Kitchen]

(A woman watches the hand on her analogue watch tick round, biting her lip. The toast pops up and she butters a slice to have with her boiled egg.)

RUTH: Proper.
LEE: Oh. I said I'd make you your birthday breakfast.
RUTH: Yeah, well, I was hungry and you were dead to the world.
LEE: Sorry.
RUTH: Truckload of presents should make up for that.
LEE: Yeah, about that.
RUTH: I'm joking. No presents. Just a cake.
LEE: Yeah.
RUTH: You have got me a cake?
LEE: Yeah, I'm all over the cake.
RUTH: Mmm. Now there's an image. All right, Monday, Do your worst.

(They kiss.)

LEE: Have a great day.
RUTH: I will.


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