Well, Doctor Who, That’s One Way You Can’t Go Home Again

Doctor Who has explored the idea of companions who aren’t immediately dazzled by the Doctor’s life plenty of times, but few quite so immediately want to have their moment of fun (slash terror) and get back to their daily routine quite like Belinda Chandra. Who‘s new companion gives us a hell of an introduction, promising incredible chemistry with Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor, even if he finds his usual charm offensive hilariously failing him. But it also raises an interesting question: how do you do a Doctor-companion relationship where the second one wants out almost immediately, without the Doctor just seeming like a massive asshole? You blow up planet Earth on May 24, 2025, apparently. More on that later. Much of “The Robot Revolution” is about quickly sweeping us up into Belinda’s life, and then sweeping her up in the Doctor’s. It has a truly brilliant premise—giant robots kidnap Belinda and take her to their home planet, named after her (delightfully and formally titled, in captions, as ... Read full article.