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When the Doctor returned to the Sundays' flat, Mrs Flood warmly [[waving|waved]] at him, watching him once again disappear into the TARDIS. When he returned again, she observed as he hesitantly approached the Sundays' front door. Grabbing his attention, she remarked he seemed to be a "busy man" with his "box of tricks", but noted his evident sadness. The Doctor remarked he was worried he was bad luck for the Sundays, and bid her a Merry Christmas. He declined to give his name, claiming he was just passing by, to which Mrs Flood told him to take care as he re-entered his TARDIS. Shortly afterwards, Ruby emerged and asked if Mrs Flood saw where the Doctor went, to which she encouraged her to enter the TARDIS and wished her luck as she set off with the Doctor. Abdul ran out into the street, marvelling at the TARDIS as it dematerialised, but Mrs Flood simply gave him a kiss on the cheek and bid him a Merry Christmas. [[Fourth wall|Looking ahead]], she wryly remarked, ''"Never seen a TARDIS before?"'', and winked at her audience. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) According to another account, however, she merely whispered it to herself. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)|chapt=Epilogue|page=154}}) | When the Doctor returned to the Sundays' flat, Mrs Flood warmly [[waving|waved]] at him, watching him once again disappear into the TARDIS. When he returned again, she observed as he hesitantly approached the Sundays' front door. Grabbing his attention, she remarked he seemed to be a "busy man" with his "box of tricks", but noted his evident sadness. The Doctor remarked he was worried he was bad luck for the Sundays, and bid her a Merry Christmas. He declined to give his name, claiming he was just passing by, to which Mrs Flood told him to take care as he re-entered his TARDIS. Shortly afterwards, Ruby emerged and asked if Mrs Flood saw where the Doctor went, to which she encouraged her to enter the TARDIS and wished her luck as she set off with the Doctor. Abdul ran out into the street, marvelling at the TARDIS as it dematerialised, but Mrs Flood simply gave him a kiss on the cheek and bid him a Merry Christmas. [[Fourth wall|Looking ahead]], she wryly remarked, ''"Never seen a TARDIS before?"'', and winked at her audience. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) According to another account, however, she merely whispered it to herself. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (novelisation)|chapt=Epilogue|page=154}}) | ||
=== In Ruby's timeline === | |||
In an ultimately-aborted [[Timeline (73 Yards)|timeline]] "suspended along <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ruby Sunday]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>'s [[The Woman (73 Yards)|event]]", caused by the Doctor stepping on a [[fairy circle]] in [[2024]] and vanishing, Mrs Flood talked to Ruby while she and Carla were conducting an experiment to try and speak to the [[The Woman (73 Yards)|mysterious woman]] who had been following Ruby around ever since. Mrs Flood noted that Ruby was standing in the middle of the street, talking to her mother on her [[mobile phone]] at strangely close quarters. When Ruby reacted, Flood stated it had nothing to do with her before descending the stairs into her basement. ([[TV]]: {{cs|73 Yards (TV story)}}) | |||
=== He Who Waits No More === | === He Who Waits No More === | ||
Months later, when the Doctor and Ruby were investigating [[Susan Triad]] and her recurring face in their adventures, [[Carla Sunday]] asked Mrs Flood to look after her mother, [[Cherry Sunday]], while she tagged along with Ruby to be present for when their VHS of the night of Ruby's birth was connected to UNIT's [[Time Window]]. Once alone with Cherry, she once again revealed that she knew more than met the eye, stating "there's a storm coming in. He waits no more..." while looking to her audience. ([[TV]]: {{Cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}) | Months later, when the Doctor and Ruby were investigating [[Susan Triad]] and her recurring face in their adventures, [[Carla Sunday]] asked Mrs Flood to look after her mother, [[Cherry Sunday]], while she tagged along with Ruby to be present for when their VHS of the night of Ruby's birth was connected to UNIT's [[Time Window]]. Once alone with Cherry, she once again revealed that she knew more than met the eye, stating "there's a storm coming in. He waits no more..." while looking to her audience. ([[TV]]: {{Cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}) | ||
Shortly thereafter, [[Sutekh]], through his heralds, unleashed a deadly [[dust]] cloud which quickly spread across London. Seeing it approach, Mrs Flood asked Cherry if she believed in the power of [[prayer]], to which Cherry responded that she did. In response, Mrs Flood stated that she would storm the "[[gold]]en gates" of the "kingdom" belonging to Cherry's "maker" in her true name. Unsettled, Cherry asked Mrs Flood who she was, and Flood went to Cherry and hugged her, calling her a "little woman" and stating that she "had such plans", as the cloud passed through the flat, reducing them both to dust. They were both restored to life alongside the other victims after the Doctor defeated Sutekh, which caused her to laugh and exclaim, "that clever boy!" | Shortly thereafter, [[Sutekh]], through his heralds, unleashed a deadly [[dust]] cloud which quickly spread across London. Seeing it approach, Mrs Flood asked Cherry if she believed in the power of [[prayer]], to which Cherry responded that she did. In response, Mrs Flood stated that she would storm the "[[gold]]en gates" of the "kingdom" belonging to Cherry's "maker" in her true name. Unsettled, Cherry asked Mrs Flood who she was, and Flood went to Cherry and hugged her, calling her a "little woman" and stating that she "had such plans", as the cloud passed through the flat, reducing them both to dust. They were both restored to life alongside the other victims after the Doctor defeated Sutekh, which caused her to laugh and exclaim, "that clever boy!" ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | ||
=== Telling stories === | |||
Later, after Ruby had located her birth mother, [[Louise Miller]], and brought her to meet Carla and Cherry, Mrs Flood narrated to her audience that Ruby's story had a happy ending, while standing on the roof of Ruby's building at night in a furry white hooded coat, carrying a white parasol in her left hand and a suitcase with "[[Penzance|PENZANCE]]" written on it in her right. Flood concluded that the Doctor's story conversely ended in "absolute terror", before declaring "night night" to whomever she was narrating too. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | Later, after Ruby had located her birth mother, [[Louise Miller]], and brought her to meet Carla and Cherry, Mrs Flood narrated to her audience that Ruby's story had a happy ending, while standing on the roof of Ruby's building at night in a furry white hooded coat, carrying a white parasol in her left hand and a suitcase with "[[Penzance|PENZANCE]]" written on it in her right. Flood concluded that the Doctor's story conversely ended in "absolute terror", before declaring "night night" to whomever she was narrating too. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | ||
Still wearing the same outfit, she next turned up in the [[Royal Albert Hall]], interrupting a [[BBC Proms|Prom]] when she appeared on stage and frightened the [[Catherine Tate (in-universe)|rightful presenter]] away. Putting down [[Mrs Flood's umbrella|umbrella]], as it had "stopped snowing", she cheerfully addressed the audience. When they distrusted her insistence that she was a perfectly ordinary woman, she unconvincingly doubled down on her clam of being nothing more than a "nice, quiet, friendly soul" — then began to muse on her much more extraordinary neighbous, and, growing quieter and more meditative, on the many wonderful stories which were sometimes "whispered" to her by "the breeze" — such as [[the Legend of Ruby Sunday]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Untitled 2 (Doctor Who at the Proms 2024 audio story)}}) | |||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
Mrs Flood appeared to be an ordinary elderly human woman. She often sat in a chair outside her front door to watch the street, and acted prickly towards Abdul regarding the TARDIS blocking the pavement. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) When interacting with her neighbours, she usually spoke with a middle-class London accent, but switched to Received Pronunciation while reacting to the impending manifestation of Sutekh and afterwards. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}, {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | Claiming to be a "nice, quiet, friendly soul", ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Untitled 2 (Doctor Who at the Proms 2024 audio story)}}) Mrs Flood appeared to be an ordinary elderly human woman. She often sat in a chair outside her front door to watch the street, and acted prickly towards Abdul regarding the TARDIS blocking the pavement. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) When interacting with her neighbours, she usually spoke with a middle-class London accent, but switched to Received Pronunciation while reacting to the impending manifestation of Sutekh and afterwards. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}, {{cs|Empire of Death (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Category:21st century individuals]] | [[Category:21st century individuals]] | ||
[[Category:Notting Hill residents]] | [[Category:Notting Hill residents]] | ||
[[Category:Resurrected victims of Sutekh]] | [[Category:Resurrected victims of Sutekh]] | ||
