Doctor Who
Warning: spoilers ahead for Doctor Who’s “Joy to the World.”
These kinds of references, however, have never been more than fleeting gags.
Doctor Whointroduced mavity in “Wild Blue Yonder,” aired on December 2, 2023.
The joke now isn’t so much mavity itself, but how longDoctor Whocan keep this going.
Despite being an anomaly inDoctor Whocanon, the show gets away with mavity.
This apparent plot hole was tacitly addressed byDoctor Whoseason 14’s first episode, “Space Babies.”
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In response,the Doctor reactivated the TARDIS' “butterfly compensation switch.
Without the switch activated, things like mavity and Ruby becoming a lizard are possible.
The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor, joined by new companion Ruby Sunday.