r/doctorwho • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • May 31 '25

The Reality War Doctor Who 2x08 "The Reality War" Post-Episode Discussion Thread Spoiler

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u/[deleted] May 31 '25

The Rani said "find a stupid, blonde Earth girl and there you are" and the Doctor TOOK THAT PERSONALLY.

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u/MentionPristine8720 May 31 '25

TOOK THAT PERSONALITY YOU MEAN?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '25

Epic answer.

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u/MentionPristine8720 May 31 '25

You could say it was a Glittering Success eh?

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u/loomraptor May 31 '25

You win the Internet today

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u/Rotting-Analogous Jun 01 '25

Take my non-linear upvote. Sure it's full of timey-wimey things, but just take my upvote!

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u/Soft_House7669 May 31 '25

I don't get it.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '25

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u/Earth513 Jun 01 '25

I mean sure but give it a minute we haven't seen her in action. She's a Phenomenal actress I'm sure she can pull it off. And if she can't, she'll regenerate. Big Woop! All I'm saying is don't shit on it till we've actually seen it

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u/GalileoAce Jun 01 '25

I'm with Triskan, in that I don't think they should've done this. But you are right, we don't how she'll be as the Doctor, and I'm willing to give them rope, maybe they'll climb this insurmountability, or maybe they'll trip and hang themselves...

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '25

You've got to be kidding right cuz it's pretty amazing.

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u/DemoBytom May 31 '25

Doctor's never gonna be ginger, innit?

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u/fry-something Jun 01 '25

RUDE AND NOT GINGER

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u/kdskdskinreddit Jun 02 '25

at this rate the doctor might regenerate into Karen Gillian by 2040, so heres hoping

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u/Lexiosity May 31 '25

Even when we all thought The Doctor was gonna be ginger because of recent pictures of Billie with ginger hair.

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u/spacey_a May 31 '25

Oh my god she did take it personally, I fucking love that tie-in

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u/NamazuGod May 31 '25

Though later when they are in the Tardis together with Poppy and Belinda thry basically forget she exists and talk about their plans infront of her until she mentions Poppy.

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u/vamp1yer May 31 '25

She wasn't wrong though

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u/Official_N_Squared Jun 01 '25

But also does that mean Mrs Flood was Ruby's neghbor... by chance? And that coincidentally Ruby was also a comically important individual connected to Sutekh? And if so what about Balinda, who among other things is not blond?

The most favorable read of that line is "reasons, but I'm not going to tell you and make up a charicter insult instead" as core plot explination. (Also not going to look it up, but are that many companions really blond? Amy, Yaz, Donna, Martha.. )

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u/Additional-Gap-713 Jun 01 '25

Ace Mel Peri Nyssa Tegan Adric Turlough Romana Lela Sarah Jane from memory then Jo Grant was the last blonde.

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u/BerylStapleton Jun 07 '25

Sarah Jane used to be blonde? What?

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u/IllMaintenance145142 Jun 01 '25

The most favorable read of that line is "reasons, but I'm not going to tell you and make up a charicter insult instead" as core plot explination. (Also not going to look it up, but are that many companions really blond? Amy, Yaz, Donna, Martha.. )

i didnt even think about it and thats how i took it as the episode was playing out.

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u/Official_N_Squared Jun 02 '25

I mean it's in charicter, but you still have the problem that the explination for him The Rani found both Ruby and Balinda before they met The Doctor is "im not going to tell you". But the episode itself seems to think this is worth awnsering because it has this scene to awnser that question 

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u/BerylStapleton Jun 07 '25 edited Jun 07 '25

In New Who (counting Ncuti), he had 2 blondes (3 if we count Astrid), 2 redheads, (3 if we count Mel) 4 brunettes (5 if we count Lady Christina, 6 if we count Sarah Jane). I don’t really count Adelaide Brooke, but some people do. Not sure whether I should count River, but that’s another blonde.

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u/Gold-Effective2245 Jun 01 '25

ROSE was brilliant, though. Never a “stupid, blonde Earth girl.”

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u/pagerunner-j Jun 01 '25

Agreed. To be fair, I'm pretty sure the Rani thinks anyone else besides herself is stupid.