10 Best Doctor Who Moments Of 2024
7. Susan Twist Speculation
When Russell T Davies brought Doctor Who back in 2005 he introduced the idea of a recurring motif that crops up throughout a series, before paying off in the finale.
In 2005, it was Bad Wolf. In 2006, it was Torchwood. And in 2024, it was Susan Twist, an actor who appeared in different guises in each episode, following cameos in Wild Blue Yonder and The Church on Ruby Road.
These individuals were ultimately revealed to be personas of tech mogul Susan Triad, created by Sutekh to spread his dust of death across the universe. And arguably, the journey to that point was more exciting than the reveal itself.
Twist did a brilliant job at bringing each of her characters to life, from a tea lady in 1963 to a hiker in the modern day to a comms officer in the far future. Speculation about her true identity was crazy, with some suggesting that she was Ruby’s birth mother and others convinced that she was a new incarnation of the Meddling Monk.
Some even thought she was the Rani – because we can't have a mystery female character without Rani speculation!
It was like a living, breathing version of Bad Wolf, and easily the most engaging arc since the introduction of Missy in 2014. If RTD has come up with something half as good for Season 2, we’re definitely in for a treat.