N183 73 Yards

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The Doctor accidentally breaks a fairy circle prompting an unexpectedly divisive episode of The Ruby Show* * *Yes! Wow! Finally! Wales! And, honey, Wales in 2024 has a lot going for it: fresh air, cliffs, hiking trails, fairy circles that can make people disappear and interfere with causality if you break their string boundary and/or read out messages folded up inside them. Wait, what? Yep, Doctor Who is diving into the supernatural side of things this week. Next you’ll tell me they even have contactless payments!Breaking just such a fairy circle inexplicably causes Doc to recuse himself into his TARDIS or disappear altogether, in turn triggering a Doctor-free episode of The Rube Show. That would be creepy on its own, but it’s not the half of it because a ghostly old lady is parked on the horizon, say, an inexplicably precise 73 yards away, gesticulating, mumbling and most importantly keeping her distance. How long will she do that this episode? Semper, that’s how long! Said strange old lady develops a habit of turning anyone who notices her long enough to listen into Colonel Run-away wannabes. What could she possibly be saying or gesticulating to make people literally scream and run away? How could someone conceive of something so awful about Ruby that, no matter who hears it, they find it beyond comprehension and flee for their lives? What amazingly crafted ending could explain all of this? Hmm?So strap in for the mundane adventures of a companion with a socially distancing companion of her own who refuses to shout, buy a megaphone, or learn semaphore for an entire lifetime, as she goes on dates, makes an enemy out of Kegels and inexplicably goes all-in for an unnecessary career in government that could have been avoided had she just opened that app she doesn’t have in the future.

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