Doctor Who
Summary
This article contain spoilers forDoctor Whoseason 14 , episodes 1 and 2.Doctor Whohas returned with another mystery bow running through its late season ; who is Ruby Sunday , and who is her mysterious mother ? Russell T. Davies ' second relaunch ofDoctor Whohas kicked off on a note of fantasy rather than skill - fabrication ; in the premature specials , the Doctor unwittingly break the boundaries of the universe of discourse , and now anything is possible . Already theCelestial Toymakerhas been unleashed , and now his legions are broom across the galaxy . The Maestro , encountered inDoctor Whoseason 14 , sequence 2 , is just the first .
course , Ncuti Gatwa ’s Fifteenth Doctor is not alone . He ’s link by Millie Gibson ’s Ruby Sunday , a character who ’s as gumptious as Rose and as oracular as Clara . Like the Doctor himself , Ruby is a abandoned infant ; she was abandoned on a church measure back in 2004 , when she was just a baby . But who is the mystical woman who left Ruby there ? Ruby ’s account is remove the overarching mystery ofDoctor Whoseason 14 , and here are some of the best theories about who her mother could be .
8The Cloaked Woman Is The Toymaker’s Wife - & Ruby Is Their Daughter
The first possibility is that Ruby Sunday is one of the Toymaker ’s child . Jinkx Monsoon played the MaestroinDoctor Whoseason 14 , sequence 2 , a cosmic being revealed to be the Toymaker ’s daughter . consort to the Maestro , the fabric of the universe has been damage by the Doctor ’s late escapade , allowing cosmic beings - avatars best understood as gods - to make their way of life into this carpenter’s plane of existence . But if the Toymaker is the Maestro ’s father , then who is her mother ?
The Maestro is shake when she discovers something buried late inside Ruby ’s mettle , something she declares to be wrong - by which the Maestro surely means she has sensed something not in sync with the universe of discourse itself . It ’s possible the mysterious cleaning lady who abandon Ruby is in fact the Toymaker ’s married woman , which would mean Ruby is a changeling , a fry of the gods left behind on Earth . This would fit well with the nativity idea that ’s weaving through this account , everlasting with the nod to Bethlehem .
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7The Cloaked Woman Is The Doctor’s Granddaughter, Susan
The next possibility is that the mysterious woman isSusan - the Doctor ’s granddaughter . The Fifteenth Doctor is outstandingly open about his history and background , and he recite Ruby about Susan inDoctor Whoseason 14 , episode 2 . Given there ’s a clear narrative throughline running through this season , it ’s possible this is deliberate frame-up , and thatSusan Foreman will soon appear again .
Could Ruby be the Doctor ’s outstanding - granddaughter ? It ’s potential , especially given the fact the Time Lords have long since get the hang the engineering of so - name Chameleon Arches . introduce in the David Tennant era , and used significantly during Jodie Whittaker ’s tenure , Chameleon Arches provide Time Lords to blot out themselves away in other civilizations . They rewrite a someone ’s organic structure and intellect , make them the double-dyed tool for concealment . It ’s potential Susan has deliberately hidden her daughter on Earth , perhaps to protect her from the effect of theTime War .
6The Cloaked Woman Is A Member Of The Doctor’s Real Species
Jodie Whittaker ’s Thirteenth Doctor learned she did not originate from Gallifrey at all . No , she is in fact theTimeless Child , a being from another universe who became the base genetic codification for every Gallifreyan who inhabit within the bastion . Davies’Doctor Whoseason 14 is espouse the Timeless Child , research it on an emotional level , lay down it core to the Doctor ’s own personal identity and arc . It would be meet for Ruby Sunday ’s story to be link up to the Doctor ’s own .
It ’s potential the woman who give up Ruby Sunday is a member of the Doctor ’s own mintage . If this is the lawsuit , then the Doctor and Ruby have a lot more in common than they realize ; not only are they both foundlings , but they are foundling from the same mintage . Again , it ’s likely Ruby ’s true nature has been concealed , giventwo DNA tests have confirmed she is human .
5Mrs. Flood Is The Woman Who Left Ruby At The Church
TheDoctor WhoChristmas Special introduced viewers to Mrs. Flood , played by Anita Dobson . One of Ruby ’s neighbour , Mrs. Flood make out a surprising amount about the TARDIS , and it ’s certainly no concurrence she ’s stay so close to a girl destine to be a companion . One democratic possibility is that Mrs. Flood is in fact Ruby ’s mother , and that she ’s been watching over her girl in enigma all these age .
The problem with this theory , though , is that the Christmas Special briefly saw Ruby score out from existence . When the timeline modify , Mrs. Flood was still in the area . Curiously , that version of Mrs. Flood did n’t seem to know what the TARDIS was , either . It feels as though Mrs. Flood ’s identity will be revealed as a result of time travel - that she ’ll encounter the Doctor earlier in her personal timeline . Still , the theory persist potential , if unlikely .
4Ruby Herself Is Under The Cloak In Doctor Who Season 14
Doctor Whohas always been more than a little " timey - wimey " - a musical phrase that ’s already made its reappearance in season 14 . That means there are other exciting possibilities , unity that take full advantage of the voltage of paradoxes . So , for deterrent example , one theory suggests that Ruby Sunday left herself there . Perhaps Ruby is in fact a " blank space Baby,“meaning those children from instalment 1 are a raft more crucial than seemed to be the case .
Such an explanation would be fun , but it would n’t really be sufficient to explicate the Maestro ’s reaction to Ruby . It for sure would n’t explain why the woman who leave Ruby seems to have been able to get hold of out across time and space , issuing a monition to the Doctor not to tamper with the timeline too much . Again , this theory seems improbable .
Millie Gibson ’s Ruby Sunday became even more secret in Doctor Who season 14 , episode 1 , " Space Babies , " but more doubtfulness arose too .
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3The Cloaked Woman Is Actually An Eternal
Stepping back into deeperDoctor Wholore , the mysterious woman could in fact be an perpetual . Modern viewers will think back theEternals fromDoctor Whoseason 12 , when Jodie Whittaker ’s Thirteenth Doctor crossed paths with the monstrous existence Zellin and Rakaya . They were members of a powerful alien wash known as the Eternals , and they ’re actually a deeper cut inDoctor Wholore . penis of the unceasing race encountered Peter Davison ’s Fifth Doctor in the story " Enlightenment . "
The Eternals match with many of the themes ofDoctor Whoseason 14 . Ageless , immortal beings , they tended to treat human race as " lesser being " who existed purely for their entertainment . Where the Maestro feed on euphony , the Eternals feed on fear , and they are unsafe enough to have make being feared . It would be voguish forDoctor Whoto add them back , although so far the evidence for this hypothesis is thematic rather than explicitly part of the story .
2The Cloaked Woman Is Rose Tyler
Is it just a co-occurrence that Ruby Sunday was abandoned in 2004 ? This is tantalizingly close to the offset of Russell T. Davies ' first era asDoctor Whoshowrunner , with his stories do in 2005 . While that ab initio does n’t seem significant , Doctor Whoseason 14 , installment 2 made a strong character moment out of a interchangeable coincidence of timing - with the Doctor reminisce about his granddaughter , Susan .
It ’s potential the cryptical adult female is in fact Rose Tyler , the Doctor ’s first fellow traveler in the New Who era . Davies always loved the fictional character of Rose , so it would seem appropriate for him to fetch her back . What ’s more , Rose was briefly debunk to the full power of the time convolution , and this could easily have led to her developing unusual power years later - explicate the worldly shenanigans . It ’s a fun possibility , but there ’s not much evidence for this one as yet .
1Doctor Who’s Cloaked Woman Is The Thirteenth Doctor
The final pop theory is that the mystery story woman is in fact Jodie Whittaker ’s Thirteenth Doctor . Again , this is more than a fiddling timey - wimey , but it would potentially make sense - specially givenDoctor Who ’s new , " relaxed " rule of time travel . harmonize to this hypothesis , Doctor Whois set up its latest multi - Doctor discharge , and the fundamental interaction between multiple Doctors will contribute to a variety in the timeline . Whittaker ’s Thirteenth Doctor will eventually leave a kid there , and point ominously at her future ego - presumably just for the dramatic play .
As with many of these theories , the evidence is pretty sparse . There ’s been no indicant Whittaker is involved in this latestDoctor Whorelaunch ; absent such grounds , it ’s just an amusing mind . There ’d really need to be more buildup towards such a fib .
