r/doctorwho • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • May 11 '24

Doctor Who 1x01 "Space Babies" Post-Episode Discussion Thread Space Babies

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u/Tired-GamerDad May 11 '24

Rani name drop ✅

Season Mystery box ✅

Jackie Tyler Callback ✅✅✅

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u/SpecialsSchedule May 11 '24

What was the Jackie Tyler nod? I missed it!

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u/Kryosquid May 11 '24

Id assume telling ruby to tell her mum not to slap him, but id say it was referencing donnas mum slapping 14 as thats more recent.

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u/SpecialsSchedule May 11 '24

Ah. I thought it might have been when he was talking about the paradox that could come from going back to Ruby’s mom, since he did that with Rose and her Dad!

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u/Desperate-Meal-5379 May 11 '24

There’s a LOT of similarities between Ruby and Rose. As someone who wasn’t a fan of Rose, I’m not thrilled to see the same story beats from the first couple episodes in New Who

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u/sanddragon939 May 11 '24

I think its more a general RTD-era thing.

Didn't Martha's mom slap him too?

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u/Kryosquid May 11 '24

All of the rtd era companions mothers have slapped the doctor with the latest being donnas mum

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u/TheNewMadMan May 12 '24

I think it's just a common theme of companions mum's slapping him

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u/PokePotahto May 12 '24

I think it's a reference to The Doctor being slapped by Jackie, Francine and Sylvia

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u/anastus May 16 '24

I love that Jackie slapped him so hard that we're still feeling it.

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u/Tired-GamerDad May 11 '24

They paid homage the phone call from Rose to Jackie from ep 1 of NuWho

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u/Caroz855 May 11 '24

It was in episode 2, on the spaceship where they watch the Earth get consumed by the Sun. Episode 1 was Autons

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u/DemsruleGQPdrool May 12 '24

Lots of parallels to both The End of the World and Partners in Crime.

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u/Tired-GamerDad May 11 '24

Good catch! You caught my habit of routinely skipping E1

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u/BillyWhizz09 May 14 '24

What?? Rose is my favourite s1 episode

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u/JusticeFitzgerald May 15 '24

It's my favourite pilot of any show

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u/ClumsyRainbow May 12 '24

Is this the first time they've made a point of the phone call thing since Rose?