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Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday review – Theresa May’s awkward dance enters the Whoniverse

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Warning: this review is also a recap, meaning it contains spoilers for the episode

Who’d be a showrunner for the BBC’s biggest global franchise? While giving every appearance of enjoying his return to the control room of the Tardis, Russell T Davies has nonetheless admitted viewing figures for the latest season of Doctor Who are lower than anticipated. “They might not be the ratings we’d love. We always want higher,” he said, before pointing out that streaming audiences were steadily building.

Hardcore Whovians are undoubtedly divided about the debut series of 14th Doctor – and it doesn’t help that the year opened with perhaps its weakest storyline in the twee intergalactic toddler vs snot monster episode, “Space Babies”. But there’s been lots to love since, and Who has been building at pace toward its

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