{"id":53287,"date":"2024-06-15T01:50:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T23:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2057295"},"modified":"2024-06-15T02:27:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T00:27:36","slug":"susan-twists-identity-is-revealed-in-doctor-whos-the-legend-of-ruby-sunday","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/susan-twists-identity-is-revealed-in-doctor-whos-the-legend-of-ruby-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Twist\u2019s identity is revealed in Doctor Who\u2019s The Legend of Ruby Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

At last \u2013 the enigmatic figure stalking the Doctor and Ruby across time and space is unmasked. <\/p>

By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 15 June 2024 at 23:50 PM<\/p>

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This article contains spoilers for Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mystery of actor Susan Twist<\/a>\u2018s recurring appearances on Doctor Who<\/a> was finally resolved in this week\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n

The Legend of Ruby Sunday<\/a> revealed the true identity of Twist\u2019s character,\u00a0who has popped up in various guises since 2023 episode Wild Blue Yonder<\/a> \u2013 without explanation, until now.<\/p>\n

This week, we saw the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) seeking the help of his allies at UNIT HQ in identifying Twist\u2019s character, who has appeared variously as Isaac Newton\u2019s maid, a gig-goer watching Ruby (Millie Gibson)\u2019s band, a comms officer on the planet Pacifico Del Rio, a tea lady in 1960s London, the AI representation of an advanced ambulance, a hiker in 21st century Wales, the mother of Lindy Pepper-Bean (Callie Cooke), and the mother of a Duke in the Regency era.<\/p>\n

Her latest alter-ego was Susan Triad, a tech genius and entrepreneur set to deliver a broadcast message to the nation, announcing the free release of her firm S Triad Technology\u2019s latest software.<\/p>\n

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Susan Twist as Susan Triad in Doctor Who<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

UNIT has been monitoring Triad \u2013 not just because she\u2019s a high-flying businesswoman who they suspect might have got her hands on extraterrestrial gadgetry, but because \u201cS Triad\u201d is (obviously!) an anagram of TARDIS, further piquing their interest.<\/p>\n

The Doctor initially suspects that Triad might be his granddaughter Susan<\/a>, regenerated since their last encounter and using the TARDIS acronym as a means of sending a message \u2013 but this transpires not to be the case\u2026<\/p>\n

Arriving at Triad HQ, the Time Lord realises that, though she\u2019s explained them away as just \u201cbad dreams\u201d, Susan Triad has vague recollections of each of their previous encounters \u2013 she is indeed one being appearing throughout time and space in different forms, rather than different people who all share the same appearance.<\/p>\n

But how? The answer lies in a previous episode, The Devil\u2019s Chord<\/a>, where the arrival of Maestro (played by Jinkx Monsoon) was preceded by an appearance from one \u201cHenry Arbinger\u201d, apparently an innocent schoolboy but in fact a harbinger for the God of Music \u2013 H-Arbinger<\/strong>\u2026 geddit?<\/p>\n

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Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor, Bonnie Langford as Mel and Susan Twist as Susan Triad in Doctor Who<\/span><\/figcaption> James Pardon\/Bad Wolf\/BBC Studios<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The Legend of Ruby Sunday reveals that UNIT officer Harriet (Genesis Lynea) is another such harbinger \u2013 full name Harriet Arbinger \u2013 and that the character played by Susan Twist, is likewise, a herald of Sutekh<\/strong>, a God-like being of enormous power and an old foe of the Doctor\u2019s.<\/p>\n

(There\u2019s another pun in there \u2013 S Triad Technologies\u2026 Sue Tech\u2026 Sutekh.)<\/p>

Transformed into a monstrous creature that can turn people to ash with a touch, Susan mocks the Doctor for believing she might be his long-lost granddaughter. \u201cDid you think I was family, Doctor?\u201d she says. \u201cI bring Sutekh\u2019s gift of death for you and for all your tiny, vile, incessant universe.\u201d<\/p>\n

So there we have it \u2013 the mystery solved\u2026 and you can learn more about Sutekh and his history with the Doctor here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now we just need to uncover the true identity of Ruby Sunday\u2019s mother<\/a> and we\u2019ll finally be able to get some sleep\u2026<\/p>\n

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