There were soooo many overt and subtle signs of racism and prejudice scattered throughout the episode: 1. Lindy was revolted and blocked the Doctor when he first appeared on her feed. 2. Lindy didnt block Ruby. She was more receptive to Ruby when she appeared on her feed. Lindy spoke to Ruby and believed her over the Doctor. 3. When the Doctor appeared for the second time on her feed, Lindy asked him if the monsters "have something to do with you" (she didnt ask Ruby this, just the Doctor) 4. Lindy told her groupcall to listen to the Doctor and that "i know this is wrong and after this is all over he will be so disciplined, i cant wait, and he doesn't look as stupid as he looks" (of course due to the color of his skin) 5. No person of color lived in Finetime 6. Lindy was shocked to learn that Ruby and the Doctor were in the same room together in such close proximity 7. Lindy told the Doctor "Didnt I block you? I knew it. I just thought you looked the same, but you're the same person I blocked. I was so right to hate you." (Implying all black people look the same) 8. When they met, Lindy told Ruby and the Doctor "Gosh, you two, this is strange." (meaning a white and black person working together) 9. And a few more microagressions towards the Doctor before they met in the final scene AND in the final scene where the racism got blatant.

Ncuti was incredible in this episode

There's always a twist at the end.

Well, I can't say I was sorry to see them going off to their deaths at the end.

The Machine Stops. That’s the novel RTD is channelling here but adding gastropods. 🐌

I just kind of thought of this today, but, does it seem to anyone else as though, something is trying to get the Doctor to just give up on humanity? It seems to me like specifically they are being drawn to places that show the worst of humanity in front of the Doctors face. First we have the people who would just abandon babies, then we had people who basically let a company take advantage on them based on blind faith, and now a society of racist entitled teens and young adults.

@margretrosenberg420

Ай бұрын

But that's always happened. The Doctor has been to Nazi Germany. He visited a ship with humans who had enslaved a Star Beast and were torturing it to force it to carry them where they wanted to go. He has taken down a prime minister because she gave the order to shoot aliens who had basically surrendered. The Doctor has always encountered the worst parts of humanity. But not JUST humanity. Remember the two big mysteries he's investigating? Ruby's origins and his own origins? The Doctor has recently discovered that his own mother is actually his adoptive mother. That she repeatedly killed him when he was a child, to find out how regeneration worked. That she then forced him to work for her secret society that was trying to control the universe, and has deleted huge swathes of his memory, and embarked on a project to destroy the universe when The Doctor finally got enough information to rebel. The Doctor had a chance to wipe out the Daleks before they ever arose, simply by allowing the death of one child who was destined to become a monstrous mad scientist, and he didn't take it. Because that isn't Who The Doctor is. Companions come and go. Eventually they all die. But at the end of the day, The Doctor has to be able to keep liking him (or her) self, because his selves are all he can rely on. The Doctor is more concerned with his own ethics than with the ethics of those he saves, or tries to save.

@LeveyReoSaintil

Ай бұрын

Righhht! Hence the tears he sheds in nearly every episode. Keen observation

2:14 because they probably had a light shining right in them for the shot? Maybe?

35:03 space Nazis 🤢

Title card says 73 Yarrrrrds

@inspectorwhoreacts

Ай бұрын

Yeah I forgot to edit that and it was very late.

@psychosoma5049

Ай бұрын

@@inspectorwhoreactsleave it ❤