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everyone is having the worst time of their entire lives and kaladin is just like. laying in the grass. playing the flute. eating good stew. inventing therapy. i love this for him so much.

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"Son, I'm about to be murdered by an evil god, but I wanted to tell you that I know you're gay and I love you."

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I've got a dog

He's called fred

My dog is the god of death

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I suppose I have to fit rewatching Pyramids of Mars somewhere into the next week!

I'm so Eighth Doctor pilled that I thought it was Zagreus for a hot second there.

Absolutely blown away, I can't quite articulate my thoughts... Holy shit. So glad I wasn't spoiled on the Twist beforehand, it seems my big theory is probably shot though. That's alright sometimes you take big swings and miss, wouldn't have had it any other way.

Next Friday can't come soon enough!

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Welcome to Twist-Watch

This week's Susan Twist cameo is as the mother of Lindy Pepper-bean.

This is the first time the Ruby and the Doctor have recognized her, even calling back to her cameo in Boom.

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Dot and Bubble does more with the Doctor's identity than all of the Chibnall era.

Seriously the end of Dot and Bubble hit me harder than anything before that. Looking back at the episode after finishing it you really start to realize the tiny little details that define Lindy's shitty behavior. Plus just the sheer rage and frustration Ncuti displays at the end burns so bright, because the people of Finetime would rather die out in the wilderness than ever be saved by a black person. You can see the emotions shift across his face, all he wants to do is save them, but they can't look past his appearance. How Lindy was so willing to at least hear Ruby out, but immediately blocked the Doctor. How she was so confused when she found out that Ruby and the Doctor were in the same room. If you think the ending came out of nowhere I implore you to watch the episode again with the knowledge of the twist going in. Every single interaction has a completely different tone to it. Dot and Bubble is a great example of utilizing the story potential of casting a person of color in the role of the Doctor.

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15 Really needs to stop initiating entire episode plots by stepping things. Once is a mistake, but twice is a pattern.

0 peripheral vision king.

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I've missed Moffat

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The Susan Foreman/Susan Twist Theory

So ever few years the Doctor Who fandom seeks to ask the question What about Susan, and Because of this new season the Theories have started back up again so lets look at the evidence.

Pre-Devil's Cord: It was speculated that Susan might return this season, the main evidence point is a woman we all have been calling "Susan Twist" based on the name of her actress.

Many people are speculating that based on this actress' name that there is a 'Twist' involving a 'Susan'. Now I wouldn't put it past RTD to create a season plotline purely based on an actress' name, but to state that this 'evidence' is a stretch is a massive understatement. So pre-Devil's Cord a crackpot theory that insists on speculating about the return of a Classic series Time-Lord, similar to the constant theories about The Rani, Omega, or even Morbius.

Post Devil's Cord: Now we finally have a solid piece of evidence, an explicit callout to Susan. In fact I believe the first time Susan is mentioned by name since the revival, when the Doctor is telling Ruby about his life on Totter's lane.

So we have two through-lines this theory hopes to connect. The Susan Twist mystery box, and an explicit call out to Susan Foreman. Now this callout to Susan seems incredibly deliberate, almost like it's attempting to introduce new audiences to the character. Plus the Doctor also speculates on her current status, whether she is alive or dead.

Also I'll bring up the 'Always a Twist at the End' song from the end of The Devil's Cord. Not only being a meta commentary on the nature of seasons of Doctor Who, but also a play on words referencing 'The Twist' a type of dance. There's always a twist, thus there is always a Susan Twist.

Post-Boom: We have a new Susan Twist cameo

and it's creepy ambulance lady. Currently the Susan Twist cameo hasn't added anything to the theory post Boom, but lets looks at something else for a second.

Varada Sethu

This is Varada Sethu who has been confirmed to be joining the TARDIS along with Ruby and the Doctor.

She shows up in Boom as the character Mundy Flynn. Now this could easily be another instance of an actor having a bit part in Doctor Who before Colin Baker, Freeman Agyeman, Peter Capaldi, Karen Gillan. However Russel has stated that the situation is more complicated than that. Specifically bringing up when Jenna Coleman showed up in Asylum of the Daleks before making her debut later in season 7.

Some speculation theorized that Varada Sethu's character was a regenerated Susan Foreman, but after Boom I believe something else is going on.

So this is all linking back to my 'The Doctor is trapped in a television show' Theory

( https://www.tumblr.com/fallofcyber/750149486367621120/okay-absolutely-off-the-wall-doctor-who-theory?source=share )

I think I might have an idea that could solve both the Susan Twist and Verada Sethu mystery. What if they aren't just reused actors on the show Doctor Who, but are reused actors in the show within the show. As in the reason we are seeing this actor show up in multiple places is because they are literally being recast in universe.

So in conclusion I do believe Susan Foreman to have some sort of relevance to the story, but I don't think she is at all connected to Varada Sethu or Susan Twist. Maybe she has a connection to Susan Twist, but I don't think they are one in the same.

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Okay absolutely off the wall Doctor Who theory time.

They are trapped inside a television show. An outrageous claim I know buuuut I do have a fair bit of evidence. First something kinda unsubstantial, the sonic screwdriver literally looks like a TV remote, and in the episode the Doctor hit the Mute button.

Second: the key art for the penultimate episode "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" features a TV set

Third: The sheer amount of fourth wall breaks in the past four episodes trumps what we've seen in the whole of the revival.

Fourth: At the end of "The Devil's Cord" a music number saying there's "Always a twist", and an actress that has been popping up all over this new era is 'Susan Twist'. She keeps popping up, because 'There's Always a Twist'.

Fifth: The Doctor mentions that he thought the music was "Non-diegetic", meaning he could hear the music in the scene and assumed it was just part of the show, until Ruby mentioned she could hear it. Implying that whenever we hear the Non-diegetic music in the show so can the Doctor.

Thank you for listening to my absolute crackpot theory.

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Ncuti and Mille fucking cooked with this one, damn

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Name? The Doctor. Occupation: not a doctor. Current status: just passing by. Employer: myself. Address: that blue box over there.

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Christmas is wanting to watch Doctor Who at the Christmas party, and everyone else puts in football.

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just found out that tom baker is 191 cm tall. what

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I kind of love 15's sonic screwdriver.

Like it's really different, and I do hope we at some point go back to the standard style of sonic, I do like it. I think the part that really sealed the deal for me with liking it was the Rwandan proverb inscribed in Gallifreyan text. Like what an awesome way to incorporate an actor's culture into their doctor. Plus we're getting Ncuti in a kilt which is great. Anyway the sonic really feels like a modern update of what it should be, the sonic has never really been a screwdriver, it's been a multi-tool. A solve all your problems plot device, well what is the solve all your problem's multi-tool of the modern day, Smart phones. and in a weird way it reminds me a lot of an old flip phone. It very much feels like a phone that would have came out in like 2005 when the market was really the wild west. So I see this sonic as like an anachronistic interpretation of how the Doctor would see a smart phone. It's kinda brilliant.