Doctor Who Teasers Big Hints Regarding Ruby's Mystery Mother Before Season 14's Finale
Spoilers for Doctor Who season 14, episode 7 are coming. Though episode 7 does drop one major hint that starts solving the enigma, Doctor Who season 14 is still moving closer to discovering the reality about Ruby Sunday's background. "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" revolves totally on the Doctor's attempts to figure out where Ruby came from, who left her in the church on Christmas Eve 2004, why she was abandoned, and why she seems to wield inner cosmic power, therefore meeting the lore-heavy promise of its name. Though the last episode doesn't leave its viewers empty-handed, those answers are ultimately held for the finale of Doctor Who season 14.
Viewed by the Doctor, Ruby, Carla, Mel, and half of UNIT HQ, the super-top-secret Time Window that none should know about is real-timely. That fatal Christmas Eve is played in real-time. Doctor Who has not yet removed the hood of the enigmatic woman who dropped Ruby off - almost probably her mother - but the actions of the hooded character are sufficient to guide the spectator toward some canon-shaking conclusions regarding the most elusive member of the group.
Ruby's mother was probably alerting the physician about sutekh.
In 2023's Christmas special, the Fifteenth Doctor first came upon Ruby's biological mother rescuing little Ruby from goblins. Later he recalled the dark figure in "Space Babies," but he remarked how his memory had changed: the woman was now pointing toward the doctor. Though explanations elude them, UNIT's top brains consider this in "The Legend of Ruby Sunday." The second last episode of Doctor Who season 14 then shows Sutekh as the One Who Waits, hiding within the Doctor's TARDIS. Looking back, Ruby's mother seemed to be pointing at Sutekh rather than the Doctor personally or simply at the TARDIS.
The clear next concern is why Ruby's mother would have pointed out Sutekh. If true, Ruby's absent father would be a friend rather than a villain as she was fervently trying to warn the Doctor about the horror hiding aboard his ship. Ruby's adoptive mother, Carla Sunday, cosigns this idea by saying during the Doctor Who Time Window scenario that the ghostly form is crying, depressed at leaving Ruby behind. When the pieces fit together, it seems that Ruby's biological mother was, for some reason unknown, compelled to abandon her child and did it with quite sad heart. Then, when the Fifteenth Doctor showed up behind her on Christmas Eve, she wanted Ruby's future travel buddy to know his TARDIS was carrying a tremendous, dark evil.
Ruby's mother had to be a time-sensitive person.
The second major inference one might draw about Ruby's mother is that she has strong, time-related ability. The secret not even the Doctor had discovered was Sutekh's existence within the TARDIS. Only the Toymaker, Maestro, and Mrs. Flood knew of the One Who Waits before his comeback. Ruby's mother might be a strong deity like to the Toymaker and Maestro, who spans time and can smell Sutekh's aura when even a Time Lord cannot.
Ruby's mother travelled back from the future and is aware of Sutekh being within the Doctor's TARDIS since she already saw it in her own past. Ruby's mother is a unique sort of time-traveler in either case, however Doctor Who's "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" veers closer toward the former theory: Ruby's mother is cosmic temporal being. Ruby's mother seems to hide her face by moving around and adjusting the image even though UNIT watches her through the Time Window and she is not physically present. Such a feat reflects how the Doctor's memories of the woman developed between "The Church of Ruby Road" and "Space Babies." Maestro also said in "The Devil's Chord" that Ruby Sunday felt a power akin to Sutekh pulsating inside her. Should Ruby have a secret relationship to the most powerful deity in Doctor Who's Pantheon, that bond would also naturally extend to her biological mother.
Ruby's mother could be the key to Sutekh's failure in Doctor Who Season 14.
When "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" runs its last credits, Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor is in a terrible state. Between Sutekh breaching UNIT and Susan Twist presenting her "gift of death," the Doctor lacks a strategy, hope, or his TARDIS. Twice he mumbled his way past the Toymaker, got lucky against Maestro, and sort-of-beat the Mara; but Sutekh reigns atop Doctor Who's Pantheon as its most potent god. Though he looked like Tom Baker, the Doctor might have thought he beat Sutekh back then, but he was clearly quite mistaken, and the villain's comeback presents a unique problem.
As soon as he discovered Sutekh was lurking in the TARDIS, the Doctor might have figured out what Ruby's mysterious parent was truly pointing at. Fifteen is in great need of assistance; perhaps she will get just that from Ruby Sunday's mother. Ruby's mother has three major reasons to assist the Doctor fight Sutekh: if pointing at the TARDIS says the woman is scared of Sutekh, her tears confirm how much she cares for Ruby, and her manipulation of time indicates she is a figure of enormous power. Oddly, the Doctor might have already worked this out when "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" finishes. Like Ruby, the Doctor orders his friend to go back to the Time Window just as Sutekh emerges from the TARDIS, and the episode concludes with Ruby screaming at UNIT's contraption for responses. As soon as he discovers Sutekh is hiding in the TARDIS, the Doctor may figure out what Ruby's mysterious parent was actually pointing at—identifying her as a possible ally trying to warn him. Perhaps the Doctor's last desperate action before darkness sets in Doctor Who season 14's finale is sending Ruby to the Time Window to ask her absent mother for help.
Doctor Wholly: Ruby Sunday's Mystery
New friend Ruby Sunday from Doctor Who season 14 is a multifarious and fascinating character with an enigmatic past. Fans still find great fascination in her beginnings, her relationship to the Time Window, and her seeming powers. The show has been hinting at her past, teasing her relationship to the One Who Waits, and her possible part in the season finale.
The tale of Ruby Sunday is only one of the several gripping one in Doctor Who season fourteen. Audiences have been enthralled with the season's interesting characters, mind-bending escapades, and exciting mysteries. Ruby's past's continuous investigation promises to be a pivotal turning point in the season's conclusion, keeping fans on the brink of their seats awaiting the truth's disclosure.
Doctor Who: The Legacy of a Love Science Fiction Program
Originally first shown in 1963, Doctor Who is a sci-fi show featuring the Doctor—a strong being known as a Time Lord. Traveling time and space with different companions, the Doctor uses an interdimensional time-traveling ship called the TARDIS to solve several issues and assist prevent catastrophe as much as he nearly causes. The Doctor is always the same character, although they undergo regenerations which lets them be recast every few seasons as a different immortal entity with fresh personality features.
For decades of viewers, Doctor Who has been a treasured institution, and its fourteenth season keeps up its tradition of exciting adventure and provocative narrative. Doctor Who is a show that never fails to delight and inspire viewers with its engaging characters, investigation of difficult subjects, and ongoing appeal.
