RECAP: Season 1 (2024)

1. DOCTOR: Ha-ha! Space babies!...Hello, space babies.
2. TIMOTHY: There is one thing you might like. It's called The Devil's Chord.
3. DOCTOR: Impact activates the sensors. Now it's confirming if there's a live target on it. One wrong move and, boom! I go all food mixer.
4. RUBY: No, I can't see her, but I know she's there. 73 yards. I have measured it 100 times. I've measured it a thousand times. It's 73 yards.
5. LINDY: Dot. And Bubble.
6. DOCTOR: Does not a lord have a name? ROGUE: Rogue.
7. CARLA: Here it is, safe and sound. That's your story, darling. The legend of Ruby Sunday.
8. SUTEKH: It will stand as my altar, the temple of my Empire of Death.

Doctor Who Equilibrium

Tonight, I hit Doctor Who equilibrium.

I started watching new Doctor Who on December 16, 2012. By that time, 93 episodes (Rose-The Angels Take Manhattan) had already aired since the show returned in March 2005. The Snowmen was the first episode to premiere after I started watching the show, and tonight, The Legend of Ruby Sunday was the 93rd episode to debut after December 16, 2012.

By December 25, 2012, the day The Snowmen was broadcast, I was only up to Rise of the Cybermen, so I didn't get around to watching The Snowmen until March 22, 2013. Maybe my equilibrium should be next week, counting the 94 episodes (Rose-The Snowmen) that I watched during my introductory binge and the 94 episodes since then (The Bells of Saint John-Empire of Death), and I would consider it had I started watching the new episodes after that as they aired. But I didn't have regular access to BBC America until Season 11 in 2018, so I was frequently having to wait for episodes to be released on DVD or added to a streaming service before I was able to watch them. I will just use December 16, 2012 instead of March 22, 2013 as my starting point.