Doctor Who fans go wild over dramatic cliffhanger as terrifying villain RETURNS in ‘best episode of the series’

BBC’s Doctor Who has aired the return of one of its most iconic monsters: Sutekh the Destroyer.

Saturday’s episode, The Legend of Ruby Sunday confirmed that the villain – who first appeared in the 1975 series Pyramids of Mars and took on Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor – would return in this year’s finale.

In the new episode, the doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) tried to identify Ruby’s mother by reconstructing CCTV footage in 3D but failed, leaving her emotional.

A dark red cloud then appeared in UNIT’s time window device and then escaped into the physical world.

Later, Susan Twist – who was a recurring guest star and was believed to be the Doctor’s granddaughter – turned into a demonic entity while still on a global livestream, leaving the Doctor bewildered.

Describing himself as both “mother and father” to all the gods of chaos in the universe, Sutekh warned, “He has hidden himself in the howling void.

“He hid in the storm. He has braved the storm, the darkness and the pain and whispered to the ship. All the while he whispered and enraptured and enticed, and the ship indeed obeyed.

‘The Lord of Time was blind and vain and knew nothing.’

Fans praised the episode, with one penny on X: ‘Rather enjoyed that Doctor Who episode. Best of Series’;

‘That reveal was 1000/10’; ‘What a great episode. I can’t wait for next week!’

It comes after Doctor Who made history on Saturday night when it broadcast its first ever same-sex kiss.

Fans praised the ‘exciting chemistry’ between Ncuti Gatwa and Jonathan Groff as they gave each other a breakthrough performance on the show, which started in 1963.

Episode six of the series took on a historical theme, with the Doctor (Ncuti) and his companion Ruby Sunday (Milie Gibson) traveling to 1813.

While attending a ball in Bath, England, the duo cross paths with a handsome bounty hunter named Rogue (Jonathan) as they try to track down the shape-shifting Chuldurs who are killing the guests.

For starters, both the Doctor and Rogue accuse each other of being the killer after realizing that neither is from the Regency era or Earth.

After convincing the bounty hunter that he is in fact a Time Lord from Gallifrey, the pair work together to find the Chuldur.

As the episode progressed, the pair flirted and shocked the guests with same-sex ballroom dancing, initially deciding to create a scandal to unearth the Chuldur.

Their plan had Rogue get down on one knee and “propose” to the doctor after he exclaimed, “Tell me what your heart wants or I will turn my back on you forever.”

In the final moments, the trio discovered that they were not just looking for one killer, but actually an entire family of Chuldurs, but unfortunately both the Doctor and Rogue realize this when it is too late for Ruby.

The emotional final scene saw the Doctor in tears as he struggled with the idea of ​​sacrificing his best friend Ruby to save the world.

“Can you lose your friend to save the world,” Rogue asked the Doctor as Ruby stood next to the Chuldurs in a triform.

‘Doctor! Press send!’ he screamed.

The doctor hit back: ‘I can’t do that. It’ll send Ruby straight to hell!’

In a tangle of events, Rogue sacrificed himself, pushing Ruby aside and replacing her with himself in the triform, but not before kissing the Doctor first.

“Find me,” Rogue whispered before disappearing into the void.

Following the episode, fans shared their joy on social media, with one posting on , choreographed battle between wits, charm and sexual tension.’

Others agreed: ‘Okay, I need Rogue to come back because I really need to see more of him and the Doctor, their chemistry is fire and their connection is undeniable’; ‘Well, that was just great! So smart! I really hope we see more of Rogue. Great chemistry.”

‘Loved ‘Rogue’ #DoctorWho and can we see Jonathan Groff again soon?’; ‘I need Rogue as a recurring character on Doctor Who!’; ‘I would love to see Jonathan Groff here again.’; “I’m getting all the right Captain Jack Harkness vibes from Rogue. The doctor is in love.’

Ncuti is the first queer Doctor Who and the first black Time Lord for a full series.

Others include married Victorian couple Jenny Flint and Madame Vastra (Catrin Stewart and Neve McIntosh), trans woman Yasmin Finney as Rose Noble and Torchwood’s Jack Harkness, played by John Barrowman, the first openly non-heterosexual character in the franchise.

In 2005, Captain Jack briefly kissed Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor as he said goodbye to the Time Traveler and his companion Rose, in the final scene of The Parting Of Ways, believing he would not survive.

Ncuti told Variety: “I feel like anyone who has a problem with someone who isn’t a straight white man playing this character is not really a fan of the show. You weren’t looking!’

He continued: “Since the show is about regeneration and the Doctor is an alien, why would they only choose to be these types of people?”

Showrunner Russell T Davies echoed the actor’s thoughts: ‘They haven’t exactly been the most heterosexual of men in the past.

‘You’re talking about someone who has a lightness and joy in him that, to me, radiates with strange energy.

‘It’s rare that the story gets intense, but you will see moments where you explore it. We don’t deliver a castrated doctor.’