Eagle-eyed fans will have spotted actress Twist popping up in various minor roles ever since 2023 episode Wild Blue Yonder<\/a> \u2013 and now, for the first time, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby (Millie Gibson) have also twigged that something\u2019s amiss.<\/p>\n Alright, so technically Ruby previously recognised a hiker played by Twist as someone she\u2019d met before in last week\u2019s 73 Yards<\/a>, but those events were later erased, meaning that her and the Doctor\u2019s later realisation in Dot and Bubble<\/a> is highly significant.<\/p>\n Dot and Bubble sees the Time Lord and his companion attempting to virtually guide Lindy Pepper-Bean (Callie Cooke) out of the monster-infested residence of Finetime using her \u201cdot and bubble\u201d communications system \u2013 along with Lindy, they watch back a message from her mother Penny Pepper-Bean, played by Twist.<\/p>\n (Penny, in case you were interested, is aged 62 and has 3,108 subscribers in her friendship circle.)<\/p>\n \u201cWe miss you so much darling, but I\u2019d pay for the whole moon to make you happy,\u201d Penny tells Lindy in the message. \u201cJust look up at the sky and wave to us on the homeworld. Happy fine time, Lindy-Lou\u2026 and don\u2019t forget, you\u2019re only a bubble away.\u201d<\/p> It\u2019s clear watching the message back that the Doctor and Ruby both recognise \u2018Penny\u2019 \u2013 \u201cI\u2019ve seen her before,\u201d insists Ruby, with the Doctor making the link between Lindy\u2019s mother and \u201cthe face of the ambulance on Kastarion 3\u201d as seen in previous episode Boom<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cNo no no, I\u2019ve seen her somewhere else,\u201d says Ruby, but with Lindy still in danger, the Doctor advises, \u201cWe\u2019ll save that for later.\u201d<\/p>\n Twist\u2019s role in Dot and Bubble is notable for being the first time she\u2019s played someone with a familial link to another character in an episode, suggesting a life and history for \u2018Penny\u2019 \u2013 previously, she\u2019s portrayed more peripheral characters, but does her latest appearance imply that rather than being one character who is popping up in various disguises, she\u2019s actually playing different people across the universe who all share the same face?<\/p>\n The moment also recalls a scene in 2005 episode Bad Wolf<\/a>, in which the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose (Billie Piper) first realised that two words \u2013 \u201cbad wolf\u201d \u2013 had been following them in their travels across time and space.<\/p>\n That enigma was explained in the two-part finale that followed, and with Twist looking set to play a larger role<\/a> in Empire of Death<\/a> \u2013 the second episode of this year\u2019s closing two-parter, airing 22nd June \u2013 it looks like we could be in for a similar reveal there.<\/p>\n Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has previously teased that Empire of Death will be \u201cliterally, the biggest finale ever\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and also advised that fans\u00a0should stay up until midnight<\/a>\u00a0to watch it if they can, to avoid falling victim to spoilers.<\/p>\n \u201cTry to stay unspoilt, because it\u2019s so hard to be unspoilt with things,\u201d he said. \u201cTry, try, try, and you will have a whale of a time with that one.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Susan](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/Susan-Twist-541852d-e1704280453483.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Susan")
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