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Doctor Who Season-Premiere Recap: Babies on Board
The new Doctor does a lot of hand-holding for all the babies. We’re talking about literal babies.
The question of how you can go to the past without changing the future is answered with a nod to the classic sci-fi short story “A Sound of Thunder”; Ruby turns scaly after she steps on a butterfly while dinosaurs are roaming America, reminding the Doctor to activate a switch that compensates for inadvertent ripple effects. On the upper level, Ruby gets a second to catch her breath and be awed by the fact that humanity made it to the stars, prompting the Doctor to offer a succinct explanation for why he travels with companions: “Sometimes, it looks even better through your eyes.” The Christmas special even opens with the words “once upon a time.” Fittingly, the space station’s out-of-control educational software apparently thought that, as in a good bedtime story, the babies needed a monster to be afraid of.
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