In the episode “Lucky Day,” Ruby started romancing a podcaster called Conrad (Jonah Hauer-King) who had briefly met the Doctor as a young child and was seemingly full of awe for him. But Conrad was hiding his real intentions. In a nod to real-life COVID-denial, Conrad believed that everything involving UNIT was a hoax, and ended up hacking and terrorizing the organization before being attacked by a monster and ending up in prison.
So poor Ruby was dealing with a lot of negative emotions by the time the episode ended. Gibson spoke to Nerdist about where Ruby goes after such a betrayal. “If I was her, I’d look in the mirror and just sob, but she’s stronger than me!” Gibson said. “However, in the end, she does say to Kate, ‘I think I just need time by myself alone to figure some things out.’ and that’s what she needs. I picture it being some kind of Gallifreyan therapy or something that Kate’s given her or a contact to get with all the past companions for therapy meeting.”
It’s not known yet if Ncuti Gawta’s Doctor will get a Season 3… but Gibson knows what she personally has in mind for Ruby’s future. “I picture her rocking it out with her band. I don’t think she’s going to go near men anytime soon… I personally wouldn’t,” the actress said. “And probably just nipping with Belinda every now and again. I think she just needs a simple life. She’s got her two mothers, she’s got her friends, even though they think she’s mental. We need to ask Russell [T Davies], but I hope it’s a happy one, not a sad one because she’s had many of them.”
Gibson Was Thrilled To Work With Jonah Hauer-King
Gibson has sung the praises of Jonah Hauer-King in the leadup to “Lucky Day,” and now she gets to talk about how well he played a character who was lying about being a decent person. “It was my first time working with him, but hopefully not my last, because he’s an incredible actor,” Gibson said.
It remains to be seen if Conrad, last seen being broken out of prison by mysterious villain Mrs. Flood, will show up in the season finale.
