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Notes on - Doctor Who: Lucky Day

 

Lucky Day notes

New years eve. I wonder which hotel the time door is at right now

His grimace when he smells that it’s London

Young Conrad

Ah, that’s how Conrad knew Belinda’s name

It’s 2007

Conrad’s mom sucks

8 years old when he saw the Doctor and now does a podcast which is having Ruby on as a guest

That means Conrad is 26 in present day

This feels so much like Love and Monsters. On purpose, I suppose

Conrad saw the TARDIS with The Doctor and Ruby last year during an unseen story

The narration is even echoing Love and monsters. I half expect a Scooby Doo chase scene

Touching green goo is never a good sign

And now it feels very like Rose with all the manequins

Ruby: Please tell me I wasn’t just peed on.

The Doctor: No. It’s more like vomit.

Conrad is marked now

They just confirmed that this takes place right after Devil’s Chord

We see lots of people listening to Conrad’s podcast. Including one guy at a UNIT locker

Conrad’s doing a good job of appearing to be an amiabkle doofus

It is Conrad that UNIT’s not calling, not that theyre just busy

Why did Ruby happen to video – oh, never mind that was last night.

Ruby is describing exactly what Conrad need to fake later on

Shreek is a dumb name

How does Ruby have antidote? Did UNIT make it?

I don’t know if Conrad seems too good to be true just because I know what’s coming or if I bought it the first time.

I’ve missed Carla and Cherry

Cherry is googling Conrad. Shouldn’t his conspiracy stuff come up?

Conrad is obsessed with replacing the Doctor in Ruby’s life

Conrad: Is.. Is he your boyfriend?

Ruby: God, no. If he was here he’d be flirting with you

Ruby’s allowing herself to be really open and vulnerable with Conrad

It’s brutal watching this the 2nd time and knowing

The Wicker Man is indeed frightening. The original

Flickering electricity

Of course Sparky could make the lighting flicker

Mel’s on her way to Sydney and Kate clearly has a thing with Ibrahim

The term is catastrophizing

Nice for Ruby that she has a direct line to UNIT in case of emergencies

UNIT has Torchwood style prison pods

Conrad’s doing a lot of subtle stuff when Ruby isn’t looking

Conrad: Nothing’s going wrong while I’m here.

*** Biscuit got the fright of his life!

Why would Conrad be so stupid to not take the antidote?  He does know that the Shreek is real.  Even given that he’s faking this one, he did see the real thing last year. What’s he think

Conrad’s coming off as completely obsessed with replacing the Doctor in Ruby’s life

Not sure about the UNIT entry cavalry music

UNIT member we’ve never met before. Obvious plant

I didn’t see the twist coming at all

Does Conrad really think UNIT is lying? He knows better. So he’s faking faking things

Have the people really not had enough evidence of actual aliens by this point??

This is incredibly cruel

Why is Trinity Wells always such a bitch these days? She never used to be

This begs the question of how much authority UNIT has to arrest

‘Harmless stunt’??

I wish this wasn’t so believable.

Is doxxing not illegal in UK? This should be obviously wrong to everyone that sees it

See, this is why UNIT was better off being top secret

So Conrad is just pissed that they didn’t hire him

It’s a little odd that Conrad would pay for his mother’s house, seeing as she was so awful

And the UNIT member we never saw before turns out to be the traitor. Surprise.

Isn’t the Vlinx alone enough to cause doubt in Conrad’s followers

Jordan Lang

Conrad shot Jordan

At this point I’m already rooting foer them to release the shreek and let it tear him apart

God he’s so smug

Aren’t all of Conrad’s viewers hearing the truth that Conrad wanted to work there and is bitter

Kate: You should be very careful what you say about my father.

And again, aren’t Conrad’s viewers hearing about how Conrad stole a gun and shot someone???

Ruby: You’re so lucky he’s not here.

Kate: She’s telling the truth.  And actually, I’m glad he’s not here. Because he would have stopped me.

But Conrad knows, for fact, that he’s been lying and UNIT is telling the truth. Why didn’t he take the antidote??

Really, just let him die.

Why on earth do we have another Doctor Lite episode??

Ruby’s still trying to save Conrad’s life. I wouldn’t.

I’m with Kate on this one. Fuck Conrad

Nice to see Conrad in pain

Will there be consequences for Kate? They’re kind of hinting that there will be.

Shirley’s not wrong. Ruby does collect mother figures

So is the implication that the Shreek tore Conrad’s arm moff and UNIT reattached it?  More than he deserves.

God, does this guy ever stop sneering

Conrad is wearing grey sweat pants. With VPL

Nice mission statement from the Doctor

It’s like the show is talking directly to Trump and his supporters

Conrad knows who Belinda is because he met her in the opening

I’m guessing ‘I don’t accept your reality’ is going to play into things later.

How is Conrad being set up to be relevant in the finale?

And of course Mrs. Flood is the jailer

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