73 Yards notes
The scenery is amazing.
SO beautiful
Back in Wales
The Doctor: The war between
the land and the sea. It never ends.
They introduce uncertainty about what year it is right from
the start
I was so sure that they were in the 90s
Really nice way they pan the Doctor out of frame when Ruby
reads the scrolls’But why does the Doctor disappear? Is he just blocked from this timeline/reality?
Ruby can’t get into the TARDIS
Does she really think he’s pissing around the back side?
The old woman appears now only after the Doctor disappears
This is completely the Millie Gibson showcase
The old woman is clearly repeating a plea
She’s cold
The woman is always that distance away
We kind of always know it’s going to turn out to be her
Snow. Is it
real? Is it magic Ruby snow?
Susan Twist! She’s a
hiker in this one
Susan Twist: Oh, that’s Glyngatwg if you’ll forgive my
pronunciation. Which they don’t
Ruby is finally noticing that Susan Twist keeps appearing
Could Susan see the woman before Ruby pointed her out?
The Doctor is just gone
Is this location? I
think it is
What did the woman say or do to her??
Anyone that talks to her immediately hates Ruby. Harsh and heartbreaking
I was really convinced they were in the 90s at this point
Can’t catch the Welsh name for the pub
They’ve really convinced me that this is going to be a
contained monster story in this time/location
You expect that these five characters are going to be the
extras for the episode
They do show the kid with a phone before they raise the
question of if she can pay with her phone.
It’s a mini rug pull set up for the big rug pull that it’s not a mad
Jack monster episode
They’re really screwing with us about what year this
is. Inflation for the coke
Ruby can’t ask her why because she’s always 73 yards away
‘magic phone’ they’re
just mocking her for thinking they’re primitive
*** In Latin it would
be Semperdistans. Always Distant.
Josh is the second to be scared away by the distant woman
See, this is what we expected this to be. American Werewolf in London, small town, we don’t
like foreigners round her kind of thing
And they’re totally selling it
This is EXACTLY what we were expecting this to be
The clifftops are a boundary
between the land and the sea
They’re not giving these people names. On purpose.
The little scrolls.
They seem offended that she read them.
But they’re just fucking with her.
This is masterful
He was insane and he’s dead!! That’s so not even at all what is happening,
but they’re messing with both her and the viewer at the same time. That’s so cool
That was worth the entire episode
Morning yogurt and toast
The innkeeper is nice enough still to lend her warm clothes
And now the innkeeper woman has turned on her, even without
talking to the stalker woman
So she went back to the TARDIS to say goodbye and then took
a train home. SO it IS her year
But this Ruby is never going to see him again
I was really expecting a twist that when she got home it wasn’t
her time
The woman is always the same distance from the train
Cherry Sunday!!
Carla Sunday: That’s
what men do. They go into their sheds
and potter.
It’s a good choice that they’re showing Carla being a good
mother and loving Ruby before things turn
Mrs. Flood. – This week doesn’t have anything to do with her
so she leaves
What does the woman say to Carla???
Ruby: Mum! Don’t do this to me! Mum!
Carla’s face in the cab when she leaves Ruby is DEVESTATING
Cherry still has Ruby’s back
Ruby still has the apartment
Nope. All gone. Locks changed. What happened to Cherry?
This is so, so sad
Ruby: I’m you’re
daughter.
Carla: Except you’re
not, are you. Even you’re real mother
didn’t want you.
Kate! A glimmer of hope. All of the UNIT resources.
It’s been a year since the previous scene? Carla got a restraining order
They keep underlining that the supernatural keeps coming up
Ruby: And you work
with the Doctor?
Kate: With him,
despite him, against him sometimes. And
I adore him.
So the Doctor has just been gone this whole year?
Is this a branched timeline?
Ruby has a job
Nobody notices the woman
If she went on a plane or a boat, she or Ruby might
die. First mention of them being
connection
The woman only registers as the average persons 20/20
eyesight from 73 meters
We have to know that the UNIT troops won’t be immune
And just like that it’s all torn away from Ruby again
I like how vague it’s all left
What the Hell can the woman be saying to people???
We’re rocketing forward in time
Ruby’s 30th birthday
Boyfriend 2: It’s
just, sometimes, I get the impression you’re not really listening. Drifting off.
Thinking of something else. Well,
like now, to be honest
40th Birthday!
Roger ap Gwilliam – Mad Jack
Ruby: Semperdistans
is the word. Look, you were sweet. And this was… ahh… this was nice, yeah? But
you were right. It was never gonna work,
and that is my fault. E-Execept for the
bed thing. ‘Cause that… that really was you.
I like that she’s formed a bond with the distant woman
And she’s going to volunteer to go undercover with the Roger
ap Gwilliam campaign
She’s carrying the coats.
Literally
Election ’46. That’s
notable
2031 the Great Russian War
He wants to fire nuclear missiles
Ruby totally just gave up Marti to be sexually abused and
let it happen
Roger is now elected Prime Minister
Ruby’s been biding her time, knowing he’s a monster.
And Marti confirms it
Marti: Oh, he is a
monster.
Football pitch
Nice. The yards are
so clearly marked
Gwilliam still has everyone fooled into worshipping him
And he wants to rape Marti again at the party
Does she pass as 40?
I don’t even know
They’re about to give all the nuclear codes to Roger to
launch
Ruby: I’m sorry it
took so long. Because I think I’ll only
get one chance, and I had to make sure I was right. But I wish I could have
helped you.
Walking onto the grass is such an act of strength here
Ruby has control of a monster that only attacks at 73
yards. That’s such good setup
And Roger runs away like a little bitch
So Ruby just saved the world, so things should end now.
So she asks the woman to be done now and still isn’t let go
40 years later????????
It’s still happening.
Ruby is no longer Millie Gibson
The woman is still 73 yards away
The TARDIS is
overgrown
No one ever told
her when her mother died. That’s so sad
**** I think, at
the end, I have hope.
It’s stopped snowing for Ruby
Everyone has abandoned her her whole life
That’s much closer thatn 73 yards
As she dies she merges with the woman and becomes her. And now
is there at the beginning again to see herself and The Doctor
Old Ruby is saying ‘Don’t Step’
So is the fairy circle magic?? Is it just a symbol?? What’s really true??
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