New Doctor Who companion Millie Gibson is dropped after one series
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Gibson would be replaced by Andor star Varada Sethu in Gatwa’s second season as the Time Lord.
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Not really surprising as many of the companions in new Who only appeared in one series.
shareYeah people are making a big deal about this but this is normal.
Under RTD companions tended to only have a series e.g. Martha had one series although she did come back and apparently Ruby will also come back. Donna only had the one series and the Christmas special until the recent specials.
Rose is the only RTD companion to have more than 1 full series but this was also to help the audience have a familiar face as we had a new doctor.
As usual, people are trying to use this to prove an agenda but these people don't realise they themselves have an agenda.
I think the issue for me is that it was announced so early.
Maybe it was because I wasn't big on any Doctor Who online communities at the time. But I don't remember there being much talk about Martha leaving until she did. Here, Ruby Sunday was announced as leaving shortly after her first TV appearance. It did have a feeling of being a bit personal somehow. Why announce it that early, if it was just natural and her story was told?
Since RTD, they seem to keep companions on for longer. So maybe it is just an extension of the old writer going back to his old way. But I personally always thought it was a silly rule that a companion should only stay on for one season. Why write out a popular character just for the sake of it? Obviously actors will come and go from the show, but if the actor playing the companion is happy to stay, and the audience like them, why not keep them? It'll save you having to write an introduction to a new companion every season.
We'll have to see. Maybe Ruby Sunday's story comes to a natrual conclusion at the end of the series. If it doesn't, I'd maybe suggest it was a falling out when filming. I know Eccleston said he wouldn't return as long as RTD was working there, so you do wonder if there was some behind the scenes issues between the actor and the writers.
Obviously the; "Oh, she's white. Woke! Woke!" stuff is an overreaction. She wouldn't have been hired at all, if that's what the hiring process was.
Yeah they usually wouldn't announce this so soon but I believe they are already shooting the next season so maybe this was announced as people may wonder what has happened to her.
The chemistry between Millie and Ncuti seemed good so I did expect them to stay together for a bit but at the same time I did think it would have been nice for Jodie to have a new companion without someone from the first series being around
There's a bunch of Twitter users who have taken to following the production around and taking photographs of outdoor shoots for 'social media clout'.
That's where the story first came from and it was then picked up by various entertainment news outlets.
I'm not even sure there has been an official announcement from the BBC / Bad Wolf yet that Varada Sethu is joining. But that's why it's out there earlier than it ordinarily would be: amateur paparazzi.
Something tells me it wouldn't have happened the other way around.
share> replaced by Varada Sethu
Not brown enough for the new Dr. Who?
Career wise i'd say she dodged a bullet. The show has become woke pandering garbage.
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