457 – Doctor Who – Fugitive of the Judoon
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Show Notes
After this episode, nothing will ever be the same. Well, we can all hope against hope that they can fix this mess.
Simon and Eugene discuss Fugitive of the Judoon.
Episode Synopsis:
It’s Gloucester, modern day, and in what is not at all a contrived coincidence or metaphor, it’s Ruth Clayton’s birthday, but apart from an anticipated birthday cake from her husband Lee, it’s just a typical day flogging walking tours of Gloucester. Little does she know, uninvited guests are coming to crash the party.
She stops by her local coffee shop where the creepy proprietor, Allan, tries, once again, to convince Ruth that her husband is a dangerous man. He has no family and checks out weird books from the library. He’s even compiled a dossier on Lee Clayton. Of course, Allan’s just jealous.
In the vortex, the Doctor is in a mood, and her companions try to tease it out of her, but they only get so far before the TARDIS picks up a containment warning from a Judoon platoon near the moon. And when I say “near the moon” I mean “on the Earth,” where the Judoon do not have jurisdiction. They have erected a containment field around Gloucester and are searching for a fugitive. The Doctor reverses the polarity of the neutron flow, or something not nearly as cool, and lands the TARDIS within the field.
The Judoon are cataloging all people within the area in search of the fugitive and just generally terrifying the fine folk of Gloucester because they are, after all, space rhinoceroses. When they confront Allan he suggests they go after Lee Clayton.
Unobserved to the TARDIS team, Graham is scooped up by a teleport where he meets Capt. Jack Harkness, who was trying to grab the Doctor in a stolen spaceship.
Back on Earth, the Doctor bluffs past the Judoon and starts talking to Lee (who behaves very suspiciously) and Ruth, who is clearly clueless. Lee’s concern seems to be keeping his secret and getting Ruth to safety. The Doctor sends Yaz and Ryan out to stall the Judoon further, but they are scooped up by a teleport where they meet Capt. Jack Harkness who was trying to grab the Doctor in a stolen spaceship.
Wow, failed to get the Doctor twice in a row, is there some form of Judoon level 7 containment field in the area? There is? Oh, that explains it.
The Doctor takes Ruth to the nearby cathedral, while Lee confronts the Judoon and Gat, the controller of the operation. Gat and Lee are old friends, and she kills him, but not before he sends a cryptic text message to Ruth. “Follow the light. Break the glass.”
The Judoon surround Ruth and the Doctor but, suddenly Ruth, as if acting on instinct, kung fus the entire Judoon squad and sends them packing. She is confused by what just happened.
The message from Lee leads Ruth and the Doctor to the lighthouse where she grew up. While the Doctor pokes around, Ruth is drawn to an emergency “break the glass” thingy, and she does.
On the grounds, at Ruth’s parents’ grave, the Doctor finds not bodies, but a buried Police Box. What?! Says the Doctor.
Ruth arrives, now wearing an uninspired cosplay outfit. “I’m the Doctor, this is my TARDIS.” What?! Says the Doctor.
Back on the the stolen spaceship, instead of explaining, Capt. Jack gives cryptic warnings about the Lone Cyberman for the companions to take back to the Doctor. IN a rush, he sends them on their way.
Inside the buried TARDIS’ control room, which, I might add is cooler than any TARDIS we’ve seen since the reboot, the Doctor explains – no she doesn’t. They don’t know what’s going on and they argue, of course. Then Gat arrives, who is from Gallifrey, and used to work with the Doctor, despite the fact that the Doctor doesn’t know her, and now needs to kill her, but the Doctor gives her a rifle that backfires, killing her. The Judoon are sent away due to a contract technically, and the Doctor uses the TARDIS to drop off the Doctor near the TARDIS.
What?! Says the audience.
The Doctor is dazed and confused, but her team are supportive, and then alarms go off. The end of Act II of an unknown number of Acts