Doctor Who’s new companion is going to keep him on his toes

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Doctor Who’s shapeshifting Time Lord almost always has a plan when they encounter new threats from beyond the stars. And the Doctor’s companions can usually count on them to pull a convoluted, crisis-averting trick out of their sleeves whenever things get too hairy. In the past, the Doctor has often been presented as more of an eccentric leader whose human friends need them to take charge in dangerous situations. But Doctor Who’s latest season is poised to switch things up by pairing the Doctor with someone who already knows a thing or two about staying levelheaded in times of crisis. Though Ruby Sunday — the mysterious keyboardist played by Millie Gibson — will still be part of Doctor Who’s upcoming season, that dynamic is going to be complicated by the arrival of a new companion. Like many of the Doctor’s previous traveli ... Read full article.