My own head-canon for the slugs is the Dot system got the residents to make them with the "sub-stack processing" work. The way Lindy talks about work makes it seem that its a new thing introduced, many like 3 or 4 weeks before people started getting eaten. The Dot system dooped them into manufacturing their own demise. Other than that, awesome reaction!
Interesting idea ;) though I can't help feeling that the Dot went into overdrive here. These people were blindly obeying it; if it could make them walk into the jaws of a giant slug, it could also just cause them to fall through open windows, or stick their fingers into an open electric conduit, without bothering to create anything new. Of course, the producers of the show wanted their Monster of the Week; but the only in-universe explanation I can think of is that the Dot became actively sadistic: killing these people wasn't enough, it wanted to make them suffer, rather than just giving them a quick death
A masterful reveal that forces you to go back and see all the signs, that bubble is Aryan nation and Ruby as a white blonde woman gets more respect and gets listened to more than the Doctor.
RTD and Millie have said this was 100% about Racism. He's been so clever what let this episode down was the actual trailer a casual viewer would look at that and think its all about social media and air heads, Not basically Nazi Barbie. A lot of creators have had to edit the reaction because they missed it I missed it Rewatch is a must 1. All White 2. Her non stop aggression to the Doctor and whilst a stroppy cow with Ruby she did engage more 3. Her revulsion of them being in the same room but it was fine thinking she was "working" in the same room with her friends, her comments at the end about on screen. But she blocked the Doctor straight away 4. He will be disciplined when this is over 5.You all look the same 6. The voodoo comment 7. Then the comment about being contaminated This was the very 1st scene he filmed as the Doctor given the material they were wondering given he was also filming Sex Ed would it being asking a lot but as he's shown the guy is nailing the doctor. 8. When she finally meets them she makes an odd face and totally ignores them heads for her friends. Ricky was educated and his interactions with the Doctor I dont think he was racist he would have made a really good companion for a few episodes. The way she turned on him that character has no redeeming quality at all. You know they headed out there and died within days if not hours. I have expected the Mother slug to emerge from the water and the episode ending with screams whilst the Doctor looked on. His Anger he knows about Racism but this is the 1st time as the doctor people are refusing his help because he's black.. My Alarm bells triggered when she kept being such a cow then her antics over Ricky it took all the focus back to her just being downright evil. The DOTS I think had actually gone insane not only with the inane chatter but clearly they saw these people as deeply unlikable and decided on a terrible fate, They could have killed them all like Ricky but decided on being eaten by slugs. Spot on about the Susan Twist RTD DID say many times there's no connection the Fact Ruby something has twigged Crazy theory time I think Susan Twist is the Memory TARDIS and she's following the Doctor through time, We know the Timeless Child arc he wants finished this series so maybe the Doctor will finally find out everything as will Ruby. Sorry for the long post, Kate was wearing Ruby red nail polish in 73 yards the same nail polish that picked up the Gold tooth on the Roof of UNIT she was there at the time In 73 yards you look at the hand shots that was done on purpose ;) RTD packed this latest episode like a suitcase, a millisecond reaction shot from Ricky and the Doctor included in the trailer I suspect would have shown people its more than air heads.
Spot on with your analysis, no need to apologise for the length. Did not pick up on Kate's nails in 73 yards, will be very interested to see if this ends up going somewhere ...
I recommend re-watching this episode. She is just non-stop racist to the Doctor the whole time. She blocks him immediately then only listens when Ruby talks. When he pops back up she couldn't even tell he was the same black guy because they all look the same to her. She asks if he is responsible for the monsters. "I was so right to hate you". She is very nearly appalled that the Doctor and Ruby are in the same room. She introduces him to the group chat by saying he isn't as "stupid as he looks" and is happy that he is going to get "disciplined" for talking to them all. Just all-around awful. I don't know how ya missed it! At the end she's even going on about how it is the Doctor's duty to save them. How screen-to-screen contact was just about acceptable, but being near each-other in person wasn't. They were all white supremacists. Everyone in Finetime was white lol.
Your spot on definitely need to rewatch this episode. I had my suspicions about having that narrative when going through editing, but with your perspective that was undoubtedly what Russell was going for.
There are so many levels to this episode. It wasn’t just the people who were white suprematists all the structures and systems had racism built in. The most obvious example was when the doctor first appeared the software gave him a flashlight red boarder and warning sign. Nothing signals danger more than flashing red lights. Even before he spoke Lindy knew what to do… block him. Ruby and the doctor had to be using the same mechanism to contact Lindy therefore the application had race filters built into it. You have to wonder if the reason he could not get into the city was a built in race filter in the bubble force field.
My own head-canon for the slugs is the Dot system got the residents to make them with the "sub-stack processing" work. The way Lindy talks about work makes it seem that its a new thing introduced, many like 3 or 4 weeks before people started getting eaten. The Dot system dooped them into manufacturing their own demise.
Other than that, awesome reaction!
Interesting idea ;) though I can't help feeling that the Dot went into overdrive here. These people were blindly obeying it; if it could make them walk into the jaws of a giant slug, it could also just cause them to fall through open windows, or stick their fingers into an open electric conduit, without bothering to create anything new. Of course, the producers of the show wanted their Monster of the Week; but the only in-universe explanation I can think of is that the Dot became actively sadistic: killing these people wasn't enough, it wanted to make them suffer, rather than just giving them a quick death
I really like this theory, really capitalises on them being so ignorant about everything outside their own bubble.
A masterful reveal that forces you to go back and see all the signs, that bubble is Aryan nation and Ruby as a white blonde woman gets more respect and gets listened to more than the Doctor.
I didn’t even pick up on that
RTD and Millie have said this was 100% about Racism. He's been so clever what let this episode down was the actual trailer a casual viewer would look at that and think its all about social media and air heads, Not basically Nazi Barbie.
A lot of creators have had to edit the reaction because they missed it
I missed it Rewatch is a must
1. All White
2. Her non stop aggression to the Doctor and whilst a stroppy cow with Ruby she did engage more
3. Her revulsion of them being in the same room but it was fine thinking she was "working"
in the same room with her friends, her comments at the end about on screen. But she blocked the Doctor straight away
4. He will be disciplined when this is over
5.You all look the same
6. The voodoo comment
7. Then the comment about being contaminated
This was the very 1st scene he filmed as the Doctor given the material they were wondering
given he was also filming Sex Ed would it being asking a lot but as he's shown the guy is nailing the doctor.
8. When she finally meets them she makes an odd face and totally ignores them
heads for her friends.
Ricky was educated and his interactions with the Doctor I dont think he was racist
he would have made a really good companion for a few episodes. The way she turned on him
that character has no redeeming quality at all. You know they headed out there and died within days if not hours. I have expected the Mother slug to emerge from the water and the episode ending with screams whilst the Doctor looked on.
His Anger he knows about Racism but this is the 1st time as the doctor people are refusing his help because he's black.. My Alarm bells triggered when she kept being such a cow
then her antics over Ricky it took all the focus back to her just being downright evil.
The DOTS I think had actually gone insane not only with the inane chatter but clearly they saw these people as deeply unlikable and decided on a terrible fate, They could have killed them all like Ricky but decided on being eaten by slugs. Spot on about the Susan Twist
RTD DID say many times there's no connection the Fact Ruby something has twigged
Crazy theory time I think Susan Twist is the Memory TARDIS and she's following the Doctor through time, We know the Timeless Child arc he wants finished this series so maybe the Doctor will finally find out everything as will Ruby.
Sorry for the long post, Kate was wearing Ruby red nail polish in 73 yards the same nail polish that picked up the Gold tooth on the Roof of UNIT she was there at the time
In 73 yards you look at the hand shots that was done on purpose ;) RTD packed this latest episode like a suitcase, a millisecond reaction shot from Ricky and the Doctor included in the trailer I suspect would have shown people its more than air heads.
Spot on with your analysis, no need to apologise for the length.
Did not pick up on Kate's nails in 73 yards, will be very interested to see if this ends up going somewhere ...
Kate was also shown walking away when the hand picked up the tooth, so I’m pretty positive it’s not Kate.
Ncuti was incredible in this episode
You spoke over the Blonde guy saying if the ladies continued to speak to The Doctor, they would be Contaminated!
That is the only thing frustrating about recording the reactions 😅
Will definitely be rewatching this one !
I recommend re-watching this episode. She is just non-stop racist to the Doctor the whole time. She blocks him immediately then only listens when Ruby talks. When he pops back up she couldn't even tell he was the same black guy because they all look the same to her. She asks if he is responsible for the monsters. "I was so right to hate you". She is very nearly appalled that the Doctor and Ruby are in the same room. She introduces him to the group chat by saying he isn't as "stupid as he looks" and is happy that he is going to get "disciplined" for talking to them all. Just all-around awful. I don't know how ya missed it! At the end she's even going on about how it is the Doctor's duty to save them. How screen-to-screen contact was just about acceptable, but being near each-other in person wasn't. They were all white supremacists. Everyone in Finetime was white lol.
Your spot on definitely need to rewatch this episode.
I had my suspicions about having that narrative when going through editing, but with your perspective that was undoubtedly what Russell was going for.
There are so many levels to this episode.
It wasn’t just the people who were white suprematists all the structures and systems had racism built in.
The most obvious example was when the doctor first appeared the software gave him a flashlight red boarder and warning sign. Nothing signals danger more than flashing red lights. Even before he spoke Lindy knew what to do… block him.
Ruby and the doctor had to be using the same mechanism to contact Lindy therefore the application had race filters built into it.
You have to wonder if the reason he could not get into the city was a built in race filter in the bubble force field.