All along Lindy was the true villain.
Although bugs and a rogue artificial intelligence are trying to kill millions of people, Lindy—who is driven by her own strong prejudice—is the real villain of the episode. She starts the show as an apparently benign and small figure unable of breaking out from her social media bubble. She constantly denigrates the Doctor and clearly supports Ruby Sunday, therefore suggesting her own prejudices throughout the episode. Additionally suggesting the prevalence of racism in the Finetime culture is the all-white cast of the episode.
Every minute of the show reveals more about Lindy's nature, which gets darker as she obviously betrays the nice and more open-minded Ricky September. Though Ricky saves her life several times, Lindy leaves Ricky to die and thereafter tells lies about what happened to him. The choice is horrifying and exposes Lindy as a monster even before she displays the full extent of her prejudice. She is a monster, as Davies pointed out, who would have been better off staying inside her little bubble.
Monster Twist Explained By Showrunner From Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 5
Episode 5 of Doctor Who Season 14 features not a monster at all as the actual monster. With Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, and Callie Cooke fronting, the episode centers on Finetime, a futuristic setting where every citizen is fixated on social networking. Desperate to survive a renegade artificial intelligence called Dot, who is aiming to wipe out everyone in the original Homeworld and Finetime, the characters The last turn of events in the episode is Lindy and the others of Homeworld choosing to die rather than spend time with a Black man.
Showrunner Russell T Davies revealed in a behind-the-scenes look on the Doctor Who YouTube website just how Lindy developed into the biggest monster of the episode. The truth about her character's goals is worse than the benign creature she was behind a screen, therefore as the Doctor and Ruby wean Lindy away from social media they find she was "better in her bubble". He noted:
Doctor Who Episode 5's End
Lindy guarantees that every member of Finetime's society will ultimately be dead by rejecting the Doctor during the ending of Doctor Who episode five since they cannot be shielded from the hostile surroundings. She is worried that spending time with a Black guy will "contaminate" her, hence she never even considers joining the Doctor. Though Lindy wants nothing to do with him or Ruby, the Doctor is still dying to save her. Despite being a defenseless creature who brings about her own death, Lindy rapidly became among Doctor Who's best antagonists.
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A Classic Reviewed: Doctor Who
Originally originally televised in 1963, Doctor Who is a sci-fi series about the Doctor—a powerful entity known as a Time Lord. Traveling time and space with different companions, the Doctor solves several problems and helps prevent catastrophe as much as he almost causes using an interdimensional time-traveling ship called the TARDIS. Though the Doctor is always the same character, they regenerate to be recast every few seasons as a different immortal being with fresh personality traits.
Given how masterfully Davies performed on his last term as showrunner, viewers have been ready for his return to the show. The franchise is eager about the fresh ideas the showrunner will bring to the series since Davies indicated he plans to use UNIT more often. In new stories, UNIT may take front stage; perhaps the showrunner will be able to bring the production back alive.
Ruby, the Doctor, Lindy
Though the scenario is foreshadowed throughout, Doctor Who season 14, Episode 5, "Dot and Bubble," finishes with the Doctor in a shockingly unjust position.
She seems to be improving and better and better in the episode. She is coming to recognize the truth and is somewhat weaning off social media. You therefore kind of believe that look around you is the moral lesson of the story. Except since she is the monster, the lesson of the tale reveals to be someone like that is best in her bubble.
