"Hold on, I've seen her before"

"Yeah she's like- she's the face of the ambulance on Kastarion 3."

"No no no, I've seen her somewhere else"

GUYS THEY'RE FIGURING IT OUT THEY'RE BECOMING AWARE OF HER

so glad the doctor and ruby are directly asking who susan twist now, because my ass is still face blind towards her

Oh wait, I just realized - Susan Twist's character's daughter is called Lindy. As in lindy hop, the dance. Just like twist, the dance. I don't know if that's deliberate, either way, fun!

THEY RECOGNIZED SUSAN TWIST AS THE AMBULANCE WOMAN!!!!

who tf are you susan twist

I love that with every passing episode the protagonists are getting more and more self-aware about Susan Twist constantly reappearing

new theory: susan twist is obviously having more prominent roles every time she shows up but my friend pointed out she also seems to get slightly more evil every time. from space baby staff saying she disagrees with abandoning the station to the first person to run away terrified of ruby to a very rich figure in a society so privileged they would rather die to uphold their system than take help from the doctor...

greetings, esquivalience readers and other wordsmithery noticers. things are shaping up to be pretty intentional. it’s a pattern. every single episode, a “brand new word i’ve never used before” or “what a lovely word” or “isn’t that a fun word”

Ruby and 15 acknowledging Susan Twist as a coincidentally recurring face everywhere they go the same way Rose and 9 acknowledged Bad Wolf. GIFset accounts get on it

So this episode reminded me what Mr. Copper said in Voyage of the Damned about not being able to pick and choose who you save. September dies needlessly and no one wants the Doctor's help even though he begs them to come with him.

Also the racism jumpscare at the end was amazing since I was thinking to myself that everyone looked like they'd fit into a mid-2000s cgi Barbie movie. However, being white myself I didn't really notice there were no people of color and was more focused on the classism.

Hold on. I’ve seen her before. Yeah, she’s like... She’s the face of the ambulance on Kastarion 3. No, no, no. I’ve seen her somewhere else. DOCTOR WHO — DOT AND BUBBLE (S40E05) ››› Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor ››› Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday and re-re-re-re-re-re-introducing Susan Twist as Penny Pepper-Bean

THEY POINTED OUT SUSAN TWIST AGAIN!!!!

ep 1 // woman at concert

ep 2 // comms officer gina scalzi

ep 3 // tea lady

ep 4 // ambulance

ep 5 // hiker (ruby asked if they had met before)

ep 6 // penny pepper-bean (both ruby and the doctor recognize her)

(Dot and bubble Review)

HO. LY. SHIT.

Ok you guys know how I said I loved Boom, and I loved 73 yards? Yeah no they pale in comparison to Dot and bubble. That was just. Just.

Like I get that we didnt have any big lore drops or anything but I think that's part of what made it so good? We got a little taste of Susan Twist, and then nothing. The rest of the episode was just ✨️the episode✨️.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love it when the doctor is angry. And the laughing that turned into anger was the icing on the cake for me. Because 14 tries to be so happy and carefree and relaxed. But underneath that facade, he's still that same broken Lil guy (gender neutral) that we love so much.

I also love how I can totally see this world happening. It's so futuristic and yet SO close to our current reality that it feels very believable. Part of it was the slang that was used during the episode. It all felt natural, not like some writers made up some silly words.

GAAhhhh and it made me FEEL THINGS. The anger. The betrayal. I caught myself going "wtf is wrong with these people" and then realizing that I DO SOME OF THAT SHIT. It made me want to go sit in a creek and listen to birds like I used to when I was a kid, before I got a phone.

YAAAYYYYYYYY THERYE FINALLY RECOGNIZING ALL THE SUSAN TWIST CAMEOS ITS HAPPENING ITS HAPPENING ITS HAPPENING OH MY GOD THEYRE ACKNOWLEDGING IT MORE AND MORE AS THE EPISODES CONTINUE AAAHHHHHHHHHH ESP BC RUBY FIRST ACKNOWLEDGED IT IN THE LAST EPISODE AND NOW FIFTEEN IS REALIZING IT TOOO EEAAAAHGHGGHJ THIS IS SOOOO EXCITINNGGGGGGGG ESP BC SEEING EVERYONE ELSE PIECE TOGETHER THAT SHES IN ALL THE EPS AND NOW SEEING IT HAPPEN IN THE SHOW TOO AAUGJSHGU THIS IS THE EXCITEMENT I WAS LOOKING FOR WHEN I REALIZED IM FINALLY GONNA BE CATCHING NEW DOCTOR WHO EPISODES IN REAL TIME FOR THE FIRST TIME

JUST WHO ARE YOUUUUU

Funniest possible resolution to the Susan Twist plotline would be that she's a red herring. She looks like a bunch of other women the way Ramon Salamander looks like the 2nd Doctor and the way Martha looks like her cousin Adeola. Oh, you wanted a clever plot twist? Too bad

no but I know its very unlikely but somehow that makes me believe it's possible even more.

like the fact that Susan Twist plays a mysterious character and that it coincides with her last name is something we have noticed. And the whole musical number about how "there's always a twist at the end" also feels like it's pointing towards that. and it is catchy, this song has played in my head every time the whole affair has been mentioned.

But what if... thats meant to be a very flashy distraction from ... her first name.

because I did find it annoyingly expositional that the doctor would have a whole monologue about having lived in 1963 London with his granddaughter. And we have done a lot of lore-dropping in the episodes before bc there's a new companion and also a whole new audience with the move to Disney and all that, so I thought it might be just bc of that but all in all... thats a really inconsequential bit of lore.

And now I'm also thinking that going to 1963 to meet the beatles feels a bit like an excuse for the story considering how they did basically nothing for the plot, and if maybe the setting was chosen for a different reason.

because maybe it was important for Russell that we knew about the doctor's granddaughter Susan.

And i know it sounds conspiracy level silly, like they couldn't plan and plot for the actress's name. But also, they just needed to know she exists and check if she's available and nothing actually HINGES on that detail in case it doesn't work out. And all I'm saying is they have cast a guy called Nick Frost as Father Christmas before.

(also coincidences have been a MASSIVE theme so far)