When actor Varada Sethu was introduced to be enjoying the brand new companion within the upcoming Physician Who season 2, some followers had been initially confused. That is as a result of Sethu has been in Physician Who earlier than and never solely that, however very just lately too.
As chances are you’ll recall, within the final season’s sensible episode ‘Increase‘ Sethu performed a personality named Mundy Flynn, a marine preventing in a warfare on the planet Kastarion 3. Nevertheless, within the upcoming season she might be portraying a very totally different character named Belinda Chandra, a nurse the Physician meets taking her on adventures by way of time and area.
Within the trailers for the brand new season a connection between the 2 is teased, with showrunner Russell T Davies confirming in an interview with GamesRadar that Belinda is one in all Mundy’s ancestors. Nevertheless, the query is – is that the total story, is it merely only a coincidence, or is there extra to it?
We put that query to Davies forward of the brand new collection airing, who confirmed that followers should not fear an excessive amount of in regards to the connection because it would not play a major position within the story. As he explains, that is as a result of he did not need the present to be slowed down with continuity: “It performs a small position as a result of the primary story is getting Belinda dwelling. The truth that she’s linked to somebody from the Physician’s previous is dealt with frivolously.”
Davies continues: “It is by no means a present I wish to lavatory down in a lot continuity that you simply get misplaced. I at all times assume it is inbuilt into the character of an anthology present that each week is totally different. So each week you have to begin once more, and it turns into an unnatural weight on the present if you happen to’re having to meet up with an terrible lot of present continuity. So, if you happen to keep in mind the truth that truly the Physician, as he says, has met one in all Belinda’s descendants, she is an ancestor of Mundy, that is a terrific further element.”
Nevertheless, regardless of Davies saying this he does tease that there might certainly be greater than meets the attention in relation to this connection. As he concludes: “I would not fear about it an excessive amount of however there are shocking revelations to return regardless of that, I am gonna hold you in your toes don’t be concerned.” So, watch this area.
The brand new season of Physician Who arrives on April 12 through Disney Plus internationally and BBC iPlayer within the UK. For extra that needs to be in your watch record, take a look at our information to the new TV reveals to look out for.
