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Played by Anita Dobson
"Never seen a TARDIS before?"
| First Regular Appearance | Most Recent Appearance |
| The Church on Ruby Road | The Reality War |
Ruby Sunday’s elderly neighbour Mrs Flood takes pride in two things: her physical fitness, and her knowledge of the goings-on in the neighbourhood. So when a large police box appears in the middle of the street (and then disappears), she takes it upon herself to spend Christmas Eve camped out on the doorstep, to find out more about the apparating box of tricks and the charming stranger inside. And when Ruby dashes out on the street to find said stranger, Mrs Flood is there to point her in the right direction and warmly wish her luck.
The kindly neighbour may not be all that she seems, however – as not only does Mrs Flood appear to actually have prior knowledge of what a TARDIS is, but she also possesses an unnerving ability to break the fourth wall…
Character Bio
Mrs Flood is looking after Cherry Sunday during Sutekh’s attack and mentions, rather cryptically, that she had “such plans” before succumbing to the Dust of Death. But, after the Doctor restores the universe back to life, it seems as though Mrs Flood has begun to set those plans in action…
As the Doctor tries to get Belinda Chandra home, Mrs Flood is able to follow them through time and space – popping up just out of the Doctor’s view wherever/whenever the TARDIS lands. Interested in the Doctor’s Vindicator, Mrs Flood is seen copying its readings from the crowd during the Interstellar Song Contest – just before she gets sucked into space with the rest of the crowd when the roof shield collapses!
Mrs Flood is amongst the last of the concertgoers to be revived, but her double brain stem – a biological feature of a Time Lord – was irreparably frozen. This triggers a regeneration, which becomes a bi-generation; and Mrs Flood’s newly bi-generated incarnation reveals their true identity – the Doctor’s old Gallifreyan rival, the Rani!
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Actor information
Mrs Flood is played by Anita Dobson.