These Doctor Who fans will never look at bubble wrap the same way again
Screw the creepy robots, popping bubbles is now top of Whovian's fears
After the Weeping Angels made us terrified of blinking and the Vashta Nerada fearful of stepping into shadows, we Doctor Who fans have suddenly developed an acute fear of another apparently harmless action: popping bubble wrap.
It’s all thanks to recent episode Kerblam!, which saw The Doctor and co investigate a futuristic uber-retailer (think Amazon in space), which saw an army of postman robots poised to deliver a mass of explosive bubble wrap to planet Kandoka.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUprOOWvBPU&list=PLbs-Pk9dtKb_jzESkO1Pbcz6knzuSn1bM
Fortunately, Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor managed to foil the plot just in time, seeing the robots blow themselves up rather than explode any humans – well, except for one evil cleaner/industrial terrorist.
However, this turn hasn’t stopped fans from seeing bubble wrap as – like The Doctor said – “sheets of tiny little bombs”…
https://twitter.com/alot_and/status/1064235957803802624
https://twitter.com/jodiesjenna/status/1064236737633943553
https://twitter.com/Prinzessinbana1/status/1064243860094754822
https://twitter.com/AlisonGurney/status/1064238393201180672
https://twitter.com/rjcorry/status/1064239180685938688
https://twitter.com/pufferjim/status/1064239915137945600
https://twitter.com/andycarslaw/status/1064239599613038592
https://twitter.com/tamsin6/status/1064239425683681281
https://twitter.com/VinayPatel/status/1064240172743737344
Of course, this wasn't the first time Doctor Who made fans look at bubble wrap in a whole new way...
https://twitter.com/ScarecrowSutton/status/1064238858353684480
Fortunately, it looks like The Doctor, Graham, Ryan and Yaz will be back to cross paths with King James I in next week's The Witchfinders story. Well, presuming they resist the urge to pop the sheet of explosive bubble wrap left on the Tardis floor at the end of the episode...
Doctor Who returns to BBC1 at 6:30pm on Sunday
This article was originally published on 19 November 2018