nonbinarygirlscout replied to your post: I haven't watched Doctor Who in a long time, but I...
It was Capaldi’s wedding ring, but the loss of the ring also mirrors the First Doctor’s regeneration, if I remember correctly!
I remembered about Capaldi never taking off his wedding ring even for a role, but I have no idea if that was written into the plot in any way. I’ve never seen One’s regeneration, I should track that down.
bettterwithtwo replied to your post: I haven't watched Doctor Who in a long time, but I...
i didn’t like the ring falling off because i took it to be his wedding ring for river and it falls off when he becomes a woman “because no lesbiam doctor!!1!11!”
Was the ring canonically Twelve’s wedding ring? I mean, I’m 1000% in favor of the show moving on from River in general, but if Chibnall took the canonical symbol of Twelve’s commitment to River and used that as a symbol of the first female Doctor shedding her relationship with a woman, that would be pretty shitty.
ETA: just did a search, and consensus seems to be it’s really just a callback to One’s regeneration, so that’s good.