Doctor Who
Summary
Ruby Sunday is the firstDoctor Whocompanion to unveiling since Russell T Davies return as showrunner , but Millie Gibson ’s character really has more in vulgar with the companions from Steven Moffat ’s era . ClassicDoctor Whocompanions were infamously two - dimensional , only take to cry , run , and ask questions - not of necessity in that ordering . Since 2005,Doctor Whohas endeavour to flesh out its companions into proper fictitious character , with everyone from Rose Tyler to Yasmin Khan have more depiction , backstory , and developing during their time in the TARDIS .
Even in the modern epoch , however , Doctor Whocompanions have evolve . When Russell T Davies was leading the show ’s revival meeting , companions were typically average humans plucked from their mundane lives to travel through time and space . Rose , Martha , and Donna all came with colorful families and everyday problems - family relationship , calling , poverty , etc . The Doctor allowed them to escape their Earthly woe and routines . Taking overDoctor Whoin 2010 , Steven Moffat usher in a new style of fellow traveller that was almost the antithesis of his predecessor . Strangely , RTD ’s ownDoctor Whoseason 14now appear to be follow Moffat ’s exemplar .
Doctor Who has been played by a crop of terrific actors going back several decades , and each version has been both unequalled and memorable .
Moffat-Era Companions Established Doctor Who’s “Mystery Girl” Trope
Rose , Martha , and Donna each had their own fundamental impact upon the Doctor , but no larger mysteries surrounded those individuals when their respective runs onDoctor Whobegan . Each had a simple backstory , a clear role , and a humble standing in the universe of discourse . The RTD storyline that amount closest to making a companion part of a wider cosmic effect was Bad Wolf , but even that transpire only because Rose was inauspicious enough to be the Doctor ’s companion at that time . For the immense bulk of her stint in the TARDIS , Rose was a regular girl - not a puzzle for the Doctor to solve .
During Steven Moffat’sDoctor Whoera , companions were inherently especial even before the Doctor picked them up . Indeed , it was usually their extra - ness that brought them to the Doctor ’s care . Amy Pond’sDoctor Whoarc was first defined by the strange crack in her bedroom bulwark , then subsequently by the revelation that her next daughter was the Doctor ’s wife . Amy ’s fate was woven into the Dr. ’s timeline before she even had a hazard to say " it ’s prominent on the inside . " Clara - actually dub " The Impossible Girl " - proved even more of an enigma , withMatt Smith ’s Eleventh Doctor submit her as a companion mostly just to reckon out whydifferent versions of Clara Oswaldwere popping up all across account .
Whereas RTD companions were delineate by being average , Clara and Amy were defined by being extraordinary . Moffat toned down the " mystery young lady " trope for his final full - time fellow traveller , Bill Potts , but even she became entwined with the otherworldly Pilot during her very firstDoctor Whoepisode . Moffat ’s obsession with mysterious girls puts Peter Andre to disgrace , and it ’s telling that his heir , Chris Chibnall , return to RTD’sDoctor Whocompanion mould . Yaz , Ryan , Graham , and Dan were all average humans favorable enough to become the Doctor ’s champion , and none had any shrewish question marks hanging over their individual cosmos .
Ruby Sunday Is More Like Doctor Who’s Moffat-Era Companions
Ruby Sunday slot perfectly into the mould of a Steven MoffatDoctor Whocompanion , sit naturally alongside Amy and Clara as an enigmatic young woman - from the UK , obviously - that straight away raises questions for both the Doctor and the audience . Firstly , Doctor Who ’s 2023 Christmas special wittingly planted intrigue over Ruby ’s birth parent . go away on a Christian church doorstep as a babe by a dim cloaked chassis , Ruby has been unable to happen a trace of her biological female parent and father . Since this isDoctor Who , the eventual reveal of Ruby ’s parents is almost certain to have alien implication .
Doctor Who has insert Millie Gibson as the Doctor ’s new companion , Ruby Sunday , and position up a thrilling secret - who is her female parent .. ?
Ruby Sunday becomes even more mystical when taking her present - day circumstances into consideration . Ruby subsist next door toMrs . Flood - a possible Time Lord , reach that she knows what a TARDIS is , but a pivotal anatomy withinDoctor Wholore at the very least . Furthermore , the Goblins from 2023 ’s Christmas special targeted Ruby because they give on co-occurrence , according to Ncuti Gatwa ’s Fifteenth Doctor . There may have been deep levels of concurrence at caper than the Doctor was really aware of here - Ruby being another Timeless Child , for example .
The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor, joined by new companion Ruby Sunday.
Doctor Whoaudiences enter the eras of Rose , Martha , and Donna with no cock-a-hoop questions regarding the Doctor ’s latest go crony . Doctor Whoaudiences recruit the eras of Amy and Clara with plenty of big doubt regarding the Doctor ’s latest traveling chum . Ruby Sunday , despite being created by Russell T Davies rather than Steven Moffat , sits steadfastly in the latter camp .
Doctor Who Season 14 Is Avoiding The Biggest Problem With Moffat’s “Mystery Girl” Companions
The mysterious companion tropeDoctor Whopeddled between season 5 and 8 came with one recur trouble - it boost romance where love affair was not needed . The former days of the Eleventh Doctor saw Amy launching herself at the Time Lord ’s look , leaving misfortunate Rory an reconsideration . Doctor Whoeventually realize its error , establish Amy and Rory as a power couple , and set the Doctor up with their daughter instead - which sounds weirder , but function better in context . Clara and the Eleventh Doctor were never explicitly romantic , but the emergence of an older - looking Twelfth Doctor expose how Clara had always think of Eleven as her " swain . "
The intrinsic draw the Doctor had with Amy and Clara looked deceptively like they would be in force jump - off points for romance . Alas , they were not , but the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby are already avoiding that problem . Ncuti Gatwa has described the Doctor and Ruby ’s dynamicas , " We would ’ve gotten in difficulty at school . We would ’ve been in the hold classroom together at school and still cackle . " That go very much like a platonic , best - friend bond paper , and their first episode together , " The Church on Ruby Road , " leaven as much . This time , Doctor Whocan harvest the benefits of a long - full term fellow closed book without the inept romantic overtones .
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The in vogue Doctor Who series introduce the Fifteenth Doctor , joined by raw companion Ruby Sunday .
