By Nermeen Nabil Khear 
Doctor Who season two is off to a thrilling start, taking us straight to space for a robot-filled adventure. Aptly titled “The Robot Revolution,” we meet the show’s new companion Belinda Chandra, a determined and compassionate nurse who fits right in with the Doctor. Together, the pair end up on a strange planet that’s on the brink of a revolution. They fight alongside its residents and unexpectedly find themselves in the midst of a new and dangerous mystery that’s preventing Belinda from going home. We caught up with Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu to talk about this fun new TARDIS team and how Belinda stands out from the companion crowd.
Nerdist: This question is for you, Varada! Unlike so many other companions who are in awe of the Doctor and ready to embark on an adventure with him, Belinda is not that way at all. She calls him out for causing deaths and taking her DNA without permission. She doesn’t want to be his big mystery nor his companion. What do you think this tells us about her overall personality and what kind of traveling partner she will be for the Fifteenth Doctor?
Varada Sethu: That’s a very good question! I think it says that she’s so independent and she has her own way of thinking about things. She has her own life that she wants to go back to. She’s not swept up by somebody who comes in and saves the day, but also creates a lot of mess. And she calls them out on all of that. I think a lot of this probably comes from her career [as a nurse]. Belinda is innately a very caring person and very opinionated. You see that at the beginning of the episode as well, where she speaks to her ex and stands up to him.
Because she’s a nurse, she deals with high stakes all the time, having to make a call, think on her feet, find humor in quite dark situations, and be able to hold compassion and a sense of caring for someone. But at the same time, she has to have boundaries and not let a person take advantage. Nurses have to deal with all sorts of stuff day in, day out… And I think all of those are skills and strengths that she brings to the TARDIS. She stands up to the Doctor and doesn’t have a problem in calling him out on craziness!
That’s a great point. The same qualities a doctor needs, whether it’s a traditional one or our Doctor, are what nurses need too. Ncuti, how do you think that the Fifteenth Doctor will continue to evolve with someone like Belinda in his life?
Ncuti Gatwa: I think that she will enrich his life and relationships going forward. And [their relationship] teaches him to be a bit more human, even though he’s very proudly an alien… you can’t have “yes” people around you all the time. You need someone that’s going to call you out and that holds you accountable. It makes you a better person. I love Fifteen and Belinda’s relationship because it is really beautiful and very healthy. They truly see each other as well. And that’s something that you see time and time again throughout the series. They see each other’s vulnerabilities and they have to this season because they’re up against so much together.
They face a lot just in the first episode, so I cannot wait to see what’s next. Varada, how do you think Belinda evolves this season? She’s in a situation that she doesn’t want to be in, and she’s seeing so many things that she’s never seen before.
Sethu: Well, there’s the mystery that they can’t figure out why they can’t go back to Earth on a particular date. And this makes her a better person because she has to make the best of what she’s given in that moment. There’s no other choice. So she has to form a deep bond and friendship and trust with the Doctor. I think it makes her a more open person. She meets new people and she’s always looking for a connection.
I think what I love most about the Doctor and Belinda is every time they come up against someone who is bad, there’s an appeal to their humanity. They both kind of wait for the mask to slip and show a vulnerability, and they appeal to it. They’re constantly reflecting back to each other, and learning how to live kinder, I think. I think they both lose their temper at things, and they’re both able to pull the other back.
Doctor Who season two’s first episode starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu is currently streaming on Disney+.
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