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/paregmenon May 11 '24

I'm gonna assume with the "you can never see your birth mother on Ruby Road" line is definite foreshadowing for a major plot point later, being told the one thing you can't do, they might do it.

Honestly, a pretty good pilot episode for new viewers, and I enjoyed it.

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u/Memento_Morrie May 11 '24 edited May 11 '24

"you can never see your birth mother on Ruby Road"

The Doctor has already sussed out the identity of Ruby's mother. (I think it might be Ruby herself.) And of course they are going back to that moment. The subtitle may as well have said, in all caps, in flashing red, "They are totally going to see her birth mother."

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u/Lucifer_Crowe May 11 '24

Ruby being a clone of herself like a closed loop is something I could definitely see.

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u/RelativeStranger May 11 '24

Or her own mother not a clone. Like Lister