10 Doctor Who Moments That Make NO SENSE
4. Slowest. Walk. EVER!
Ncuti Gatwa kicked off his tenure in the 2023 Christmas special The Church on Ruby Road, and good grief, was it something else. In a good way! He did a whole musical number, for crying out loud.
The special also introduced new companion Ruby Sunday, and set up her backstory as a foundling abandoned on Christmas Eve. Fifteen ends up travelling back to that day in order to save baby Ruby from becoming goblin food, which is where this odd moment takes place.
When the Doctor arrives, Ruby's mother is already walking away from the church, far down the road (above). He then Hot Fuzzes the Goblin King, rescues Ruby, touches back down on the ground, and runs back to the TARDIS – all of which takes several minutes – and the mother is still in the exact same place she was when he first arrived!
Come on now. There's taking your time, and then there's really taking your time. Is she actually three kids in a trench coat? Was she wearing really heavy shoes?
Maybe we'll find out that there were some timey-wimey shenanigans going on here (like the jacket-less Matt Smith in Flesh and Stone). Or maybe it was done for dramatic effect, so the Doctor could stare at her walking away. Either way, it takes you out of the moment, and makes little sense to boot.