Doctor Who
Warning : spoilers onwards for Doctor Who season 14 , episode 1 & 2 .
Summary
Doctor Whoseason 14 , episode 1 ’s vulgar twist on the Bogeyman is both brilliantly simple and utterly within the spirit of the show - so it ’s strange this monster idea is only happening now . kick off the unexampled era right after2023’sDoctor WhoChristmas special , " Space Babies " revisits the classic Qaeda - under - siege data format . Ncuti Gatwa ’s Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson ’s Ruby Sunday are tasked with protecting the nappy - clad dweller of an abandoned space station from a scold , fanged monster patrolling the low levels - a creature the babies - sorry , space babies - call " the Bogeyman . "
There ’s always a twist at the end , andDoctor Whoseason 14 ’s " Space Babies " finally confirms the Bogeyman is quite literally made out of bogy , boogers , snot , nozzle ooze , nostril hob , or whatever other names one may use . The Doctor discovers that the machine creditworthy for create the babies was tasked with raising them once the facility ’s human crew abandoned ship , and so it create a " booger " inhale by the various children ’s stories recorded within its programming . Since the car rede data point literally , it constructed the Bogeyman from discarded tissues the bab … sorry , place babies , blew their diminutive noses with .
Dr. Who has introduced a panoptic variety show of villains in its 60 - year run , with only a few returning throughout to repeatedly gainsay the Doctor of the Church .
A Bogeyman Made Of Bogeys? It Seems So Obvious For Doctor Who
A Doctor Who Monster Pun Over 60 Years In The Making
After " how is Ruby getting that out of her hair,“the immediate question that springs to mind followingDoctor Who ’s Bogeyman twirl is how 60 age have passed without at least one author woolgather up this ideaalready . The bogeyman fable is broil intoDoctor Who ’s very premise , demonstrated perfectly by the show ’s enduring reputation for making new viewers cower behind the sofa . The musical theme of a bogeyman has been referenced on numerous occasion , of late with Zellin in Jodie Whittaker ’s era , but the premise can also be recover within Capaldi ’s " Listen " and many tale before that .
Doctor Whoalso has a history of using clever word play and puerility myth to create scary lusus naturae . The Sandmen from " Sleep No More " were made of moxie , the Kandyman from " The Happiness Patrol " was made of confect , the Whisper Men from " The Name of the Dr. " whispered . behemoth such as the Weeping Angels , the Autons , and the Beast , meanwhile , were all inspire by true , real - earthly concern fears witness have , similar to the booger . The fact thatDoctor Whohas never before include a Bogeyman made out of actual bogey is a mind - bowl over skip .
The concept is perhaps a trivial too sappy to have appeared during the classic era . It ’s certainly hard to imagine Jon Pertwee ’s Third Doctor politely inform Jo that her hair is covered in sentient snot , while such a monstrosity would likely have been dismissed as overly - juvenile during the years lead up toDoctor Whobeing canceled in 1989 . SinceDoctor Who ’s issue in 2005 , however , audience have encountered flatulent Slitheen , a green Peter Kay , and sentient blob of adipose tissue . A bogey demon is very much withinDoctor Who ’s wheelhouse- at least when looking at the preceding 19 years .
RTD’s Doctor Who Is Heading In A Sillier Direction (But That’s Okay!)
Doctor Who Shouldn’t Always Take Itself Seriously
The Bogeyman in " Space Babies " is suggestive of the sillier direction Russell T Davies is takingDoctor Whoin time of year 14 . TheToymaker dance to the Spice Girlsin " The Giggle , " the 2023 Christmas extra featured goblins , and " The Devil ’s Chord " ends in a music struggle . Even in " place Babies,“the day is saved when Ncuti Gatwa ’s Fifteenth Doctor effectively break wind the space station to safetyby emitting stored kinky accelerator pedal . On the list of kooky ideasDoctor Whohas used since RTD ’s return , the Bogeyman barely collapse the top five .
Doctor Whois at its good when it walk between the real and the cockeyed .
needs , this is not a direction allDoctor Whofans will relish , but there should always be space for fatuousness aboard the TARDIS . The very nature ofDoctor Whois inherently wide-eyed , and tongue - in - buttock sense of humour has been part of the franchise ’s DNA since the 1970s , arguably even earlier . Jelly Baby , anyone ?
The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor, joined by new companion Ruby Sunday.
After five yr as the showrunner of Doctor Who , Russell T Davies leave the serial in 2010 . 14 years later , his return is motivated by a exonerated rationality .
Doctor Whogets away with being childish because it balances the tonic books with second of genuine wickedness and pertinent substantial - public themes . " Space baby " may include a monster made of bogy and a fart space post , but it also offers severely - pip commentary concern the refugee crisis . Ruby imploring Jocelyn not to kill the Bogeyman , meanwhile , terrifically makes a moral item about mercy and empathy . Like the Doctor themselves , Doctor Whois at its best when it walks between the real and the idiotic . As long as that continues to be the case , RTD can draw as much inspiration from used Kleenex as he likes .
Episode
Disney+ Release Date
" Space Babies " and " The Devil ’s Chord "
May 10
" roar "
May 17
" 73 thou "
May 24
" Dot & Bubble "
May 31
" Rogue "
June 7
" The Legend of Ruby Sunday "
June 14
" Empire of Death "
June 21
The a la mode Dr. Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor , joined by unexampled companion Ruby Sunday .
