Doctor Who‘s latest episode, “Rogue,” begins with a familiar sight to Bridgerton fans: Two well-dressed Regency-era gentlemen stroll down a quiet lane before a towering, glowing estate. It’s 1813 in Bath, England. But be warned, aristocratic fuckbois aren’t the only villains here.
Season 14, episode 6 begins with an outraged Lord Galpin accosting the rakish Lord Barton, declaring, “You have dishonored my sister!” It’s a serious charge in such times, as such gossip could destroy her marriage prospects. (Pen! Looking at you!) Yet Barton responds with some jaw-dropping cheek: “Lord Galpin, remind me to which dishonouring are you referring? The one in the kitchen? In your study? In the stables?”
Russell T Davies explains the ‘Bridgerton’/’Doctor Who’ conundrum
Barton expects this conflict will end in a traditional duel. Little does he know, Galpin — “all noble and serious” — isn’t what he seems. He’s an alien body-snatcher known as a Chuldur. And he’d rather play this smug cad than the good gentleman. So a bit of murder and shape-shifting, then in his new form, he chirps, “Now I get to be the bad one.”
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