^ And perhaps that was why she was so poor. In any case, she'd have however much money she needed to.
Thinking about the young boy timelord looking in to the untempered schism, I’ve often wondered about how Timelords visualise themselves in previous incarnations. Would Thirteen have pictured a young girl running away if she recalled the story now?I think she's pre Hartnell.. With them showing the doctor as a kid, as a boy, then even Ms Ruth isn't the first incarnation of the doctor, So I think the doctor had a life as a timelord with a tardis, working for Galyfrey .. then something happened, and they mind wiped her and have her a new set of regenerations.. and having a feeling that he wanted to GTFO of Gallefery, he stole a tardis and bobs your uncle..
Side note..
I really don't like this incarnation of the Tardis control room.. I miss the Smith/Capaldi clean metalic version.. and love the old version that poped up this episode..
Indeed. She must have inherited a huge pile of cash to pay the inheritance tax on that. 40% of its value when her parents died? She might have escaped some of that by making the lighthouse her main residence. Otherwise, unless she inherited a million in capital with it, she'd have had to sell to pay the taxman.
Good point. Though some police boxes would be decommissioned before then, would they go to a junk intact yard, or be dismantled/wrecked in situ and disposed of.Why would there be a police box, that should still be in service, in a junk yard in 1963?
Maybe every TARDIS that lands in 1963, turns into a police box?
Which means that Ruth has been on Earth hiding as a Human since the mid 1960s.
Lee had a non-earth tech medal in a box stuffed in the back of a wardrobe. I certainly took that to imply it was a chameleon arch doohicky designed for unmasking a timelord. So was Lee a timelord himself, rather than "faithful companion"? Was he the actual fugitive? Or was it not his, as Martha looked after the fob watch?
The snivelling child in the barn though. Could an ancient Timelord be reset in to a child form, memory locked?
Note the Doctor did not say Gat was a Time Lord, as the words are not synonymous
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Lee seems to have memory of who he really is, and he and Gat talk about that medal representing bravery or something sounding vaguely like it was something obtained/earned through military service. I'm thinking Lee was a Chancellery Guard who ended up involved in the Doctor's plan, and was became her guardian/protector when she turned herself human.Lee had a non-earth tech medal in a box stuffed in the back of a wardrobe. I certainly took that to imply it was a chameleon arch doohicky designed for unmasking a timelord. So was Lee a timelord himself, rather than "faithful companion"? Was he the actual fugitive? Or was it not his, as Martha looked after the fob watch?
It there was a set of regenerations before Hartnell, there’s nothing to say that it was the first set. The morbius faces could have been randomly selected from the most recent thousand incarnations.
Indeed. She must have inherited a huge pile of cash to pay the inheritance tax on that. 40% of its value when her parents died? She might have escaped some of that by making the lighthouse her main residence. Otherwise, unless she inherited a million in capital with it, she'd have had to sell to pay the taxman.
ETA there are loads of lighthouses within range. Though I suspect the BBC used a more remote one for visual effect.
Indeed. She must have inherited a huge pile of cash to pay the inheritance tax on that. 40% of its value when her parents died? She might have escaped some of that by making the lighthouse her main residence. Otherwise, unless she inherited a million in capital with it, she'd have had to sell to pay the taxman.
ETA there are loads of lighthouses within range. Though I suspect the BBC used a more remote one for visual effect.
A billion years of Timelord civilisation, that’s a lot of life times.Multiple pre-Hartnel sets of regenerations???? That's crazy talk. It's not teh Canon!
Really, I'd be happy if it turns out to be one set of regenerations, pre-Hartnell. It would tie in with Morbius, which has been a source of endless theorizing for, what, 44 years? And a mix of male and female would be fine.
Random thoughts to throw into the discussion:
Lee had a non-earth tech medal in a box stuffed in the back of a wardrobe. I certainly took that to imply it was a chameleon arch doohicky designed for unmasking a timelord. So was Lee a timelord himself, rather than "faithful companion"? Was he the actual fugitive? Or was it not his, as Martha looked after the fob watch?
Ruth runs to a lighthouse and smashes the glass to get her memories back, due to a trigger from Lee. He's her husband, but apparently she isn't too bothered by his death? I know this is Doctor Who, but a little more emotional response? She never mentions him again... like, how long were they married?
Also, if your secret identity were dependent on a fire alarm panel, would you really leave it in an empty building for vandals to break in and trash? Honestly? Building out in the wilds and no kids in there smoking weed in 20 years?
The judoon scan Ruth and she shows as human, and not the fugitive. She smashes the glass, thereby breaking the identity lock, after which the doctor scans her and she shows as the doctor. Can the Chameleon identity thing do layers? Is she in fact someone else hiding as the Doctor?
I thought it was a medal that he had been awarded. And kept for sentimental reasons. I don't think he was a Time Lord, but he was Gallifreyan, like the woman who shot him. They had the same training.
That's what I was thinking while watching the episode a second time. Gat thinks Lee is The Ruth Doctor while Lee just plays along. So the medal may have belonged to The Ruth Doctor and not him. Gat changes the tone of the conversation when she realizes Lee isn't who she think he is and has the Judoon confirm it, leading to her killing him. He was a "disposable" companion.That scene is a little ambiguous - it feels to me in the first half of the conversation, GAT thinks this is the doctor so it's not entirely clear that the training or medal was for Lee to me.
That scene is a little ambiguous - it feels to me in the first half of the conversation, GAT thinks this is the doctor so it's not entirely clear that the training or medal was for Lee to me.
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