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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lolita

I at first thought Ruth was a new incarnation of River.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

I had the same thought!! There were so many things going through my head; that episode just... surprised me at every turn. It's gotten me more interested in Doctor Who than I have been in... gosh, I think about a decade actually. This is a mystery that actually manages to intrigue me a lot.

What's interesting to me though is that... a lot of earlier season mysteries lead up to a returning big bad. Bad Wolf culminated in a showdown with the Daleks; Saxon ended up being The Master. But this season's been throwing out all those big returning antagonists left and right; The Master's been at the start of the season, we've already gotten Cybermen confirmed by Jack so it's not a surprise; Jack himself is back; the Judoon and Time Lords were in this one... we're leading up to either something original or building on something that was already there, rather than letting the substance be "oh shit! They're back!", and that's super great. I just hope they don't mess it up.

I would have loved for her to have been another form of River, but there were two things that stopped the thought before I could ever begin to think it. One, she gave up all of her regeneration's to heal Smith's Doctor when she poisoned him. Two, she died waaaay back in Tennant's Doctor season in the Library saving everyone.