Doctor Who Celebrates Return of Jo Martin’s Fabulous Fugitive Doctor

As befitting its title, Doctor Who: Flux has had its ups and downs thus far, however likelihood is the spotlight of the present’s abbreviated thirteenth season can be Jo Martin, who got here again because the Fugitive Doctor in final night time’s episode, “Once, Upon Time.” We’ll take any screentime we will get of her, even when it’s simply this enjoyable video trying behind the scenes of her look.

The Fugitive Doctor’s return wasn’t a easy matter of her simply displaying up, in fact; that is Doctor Who, in spite of everything. Instead, the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) threw herself and her companions right into a Time Storm to guard them from the Swarm. As a outcome, the Thirteenth Doctor will get projected again into one among her earlier incarnations—not one of many major 12, however one which occurred earlier than the Time Lords mind-wiped her. Specifically, she learns as she glances at herself within the mirror, she’s within the physique of and the previous lived by the Fugitive Doctor, whom Thirteen met so memorably final season.

Look, should you haven’t watched the episode, it will get defined a bit higher within the video (however not a ton). Martin, Whittaker, and new star John Bishop (who performs Dan) additionally speak in regards to the conflicting personalities of the 2 Doctors, the brand new energy dynamic between the 2, and Whittaker’s problem of taking part in each incarnations herself. Honestly, the very best bit is the Doctors and the episode’s director Azhur Saleem discussing the scene the place the characters see one another within the mirror and have a dialogue, which was initially going to be achieved with very advanced particular results till the cameraperson defined they might simply use a daily mirror.

Man, if Martin doesn’t come again because the Fugitive Doctor sooner or later, it’s going to be a bummer. She’s so good! Maybe she doesn’t must spend extra time within the remaining three episodes of Flux, however hopefully once-and-future Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies can discover a place for her. Actually, Davies has already mentioned Who must be a large franchise incorporating a number of reveals. I’d watch the journey of the Fugitive Doctor in a heartbeat.

Doctor Who airs Sundays on BBC America.

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