Doctor Who: Space Babies Review - 7 Ups & 3 Downs
9. UP - The Butterfly Effect
The butterfly effect scene feels like an itch RTD has wanted to scratch since it was referenced in The Shakespeare Code. Now, with his influx of Mickey Mouse money, RTD can go wild, depicting Ruby Sunday turning into a... reptile dressed as a fish?
Let's not get into the ins and outs of how a trampled butterfly translates into, presumably, the dinosaurs and the Silurians surviving a crashing Adric. It's a fun image, that quickly gets across how fragile the web of time is.
To turn Ruby back into a human and save the make-up budget for the rest of the season, the Doctor gives the butterfly mouth to mouth, resurrecting the insect and preserving the timeline.
It's a gleefully stupid scene that, combined with the mavity gag, suggests new Doctor Who is more willing to show the fluid nature of time.