Doctor WhoCould Keep Jodie Whittaker’s Companions Around

Anytime a Doctor is about toleave the TARDISand people start speculating aboutthe next incarnationof the United Kingdom ’s favorite sentence - traveller , the BBC turn into MI-6 — attempt to keep any potential hint or closed book of what succeeding seasons ofDoctor Whomight keep out of the public ’s awareness . So while a batch of prison term you knowactors are lyingwhen they say they are n’t sure what ’s in store for their grapheme , it ’s really light to believe the actors playing the 13th Doctor ’s current fellow traveler when they say they have no idea — but they ’re also open to the thought .

Mandip Gill , who plays the Doctor ’s longtime companion Yaz , and John Bishop , who get together season 13 as the new companion Dan Lewis , both seemed to have assorted feelings about the hypothesis that they would outliveJodie Whittaker ’s land tenure as the Doctor . In an consultation withRadio Times , Bishop said , “ In some way , this [ season 13 ] was so effective I would n’t need to risk trying to do it again . I just experience so lucky to have had that time with those citizenry . But also , if someone phones and says Dan Lewis has get a plaza with the new Doctor , you think … it ’s a conversation to be had , is n’t it ? ”

“ When I start , I did n’t realise how significant it was taking over from other people , but now it ’s pass off to me , ” Gill toldRadio Times . “ You ’re not part of it , in that you do n’t have sex what ’s happening . Who are the companions ? What are they going to do ? ” Whether that ’s a fun elbow room to trip the light fantastic toe around her staying or not , Gil say “ never say never , ” but that she considers Who is going to be in “ dependable script ” with return showrunnerRussell T. Davies , “ For me , it ’s so exciting and a relief . ”

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So they might . Now the question is , should they ? Personally , I ’ve always liked when the Doctor ’s companions bewilder around because it add together a level of narrative continuity beyond the premise . When Doctor of the Church only cohere around for a few seasons before getting regenerated into a new British actor with a very different personality and schtick , I think it ’s incredibly effective to have lineament who still have enough connection with their “ raw ” Time Lord friend to prime the translation emotionally . Certainly , keeping Clara ( Jenna Coleman ) on when the Twelfth Doctor arrived helped ease viewers into the major tonal work shift between the characterization of Peter Capaldi and Matt Smith .

So , yeah , Yaz ! gravel around a little ! If you need ! As for Dan , I ’ll hold my judgement until after we finally meet him on October 31 , when the six - partDoctor Who : Fluxpremieres on BBC America .

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