Doctor Who Could Keep Jodie Whittaker’s Companions Around

Anytime a Doctor is about to depart the TARDIS and folks begin speculating about the following incarnation of the United Kingdom’s favourite time-traveler, the BBC turns into MI-6—making an attempt to maintain any potential clues or secrets and techniques of what future seasons of Doctor Who would possibly maintain out of the general public’s consciousness. So whereas numerous occasions actors are mendacity once they say they aren’t positive what’s in retailer for his or her characters, it’s very easy to consider the actors taking part in the thirteenth Doctor’s present companions once they say they don’t know—however they’re additionally open to the concept.

Mandip Gill, who performs the Doctor’s longtime companion Yaz, and John Bishop, who joins season 13 as the brand new companion Dan Lewis, each appeared to have blended emotions concerning the risk that they’d outlive Jodie Whittaker’s tenure because the Doctor. In an interview with Radio Times, Bishop stated, “In some ways, this [season 13] was so good I wouldn’t want to risk trying to do it again. I just feel so lucky to have had that time with those people. But also, if someone phones and says Dan Lewis has got a place with the new Doctor, you think… it’s a conversation to be had, isn’t it?”

“When I started, I didn’t realise how significant it was taking over from other people, but now it’s happening to me,” Gill informed Radio Times. “You’re not part of it, in that you don’t know what’s happening. Who are the companions? What are they going to do?” Whether that’s a enjoyable strategy to dance round her staying or not, Gil stated “never say never,” however that she considers Who goes to be in “safe hands” with returning showrunner Russell T. Davies, “For me, it’s so exciting and a relief.”

So they may. Now the query is, ought to they? Personally, I’ve at all times preferred when the Doctor’s companions caught round as a result of it provides a layer of narrative continuity past the premise. When Doctors solely stick round for just a few seasons earlier than getting regenerated into a brand new British actor with a really completely different persona and shtick, I believe it’s extremely efficient to have characters who nonetheless have sufficient reference to their “new” Time Lord pal to floor the transformation emotionally. Certainly, preserving Clara (Jenna Coleman) on when the Twelfth Doctor arrived helped ease viewers into the most important tonal shift between the portrayals of Peter Capaldi and Matt Smith.

So, yeah, Yaz! Stick round a bit! If you need! As for Dan, I’ll reserve my judgment till after we lastly meet him on October 31, when the six-part Doctor Who: Flux premieres on BBC America.

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