Following Jenna Coleman's much-publicised wobble over whether or non to leave Doctor Who in 2014, we've had confirmation that Clara Oswald will be around for this twelvemonth'due south series subsequently all. This will make Clara the Doctor's longest-serving companion since the new series began and, indeed, since Janet Fielding'southward similarly on-off Tegan, dorsum when Peter Davison was the Doctor.
Like Tegan, Clara'due south had a couple of near-miss exits during her travels already – first, the bloodshot ending of Expiry In Sky and the fake-out at the end of Concluding Christmas. In both cases, she and the Doctor got a reprieve from Nick Frost's Santa, in such a way that when she does eventually leave, we'll all be looking for him to pop out and shepherd her dorsum in again.
At the same fourth dimension, it's been a while since the Physician took on a new companion. Information technology seems similar we had a couple of near-misses final series, with the Md taking a smooth to Frank Skinner'due south engineer, Perkins in Mummy On The Orient Express, and Ingrid Oliver's Osgood being cruelly taken out of the motion-picture show by Missy in Expiry In Heaven. Is there an itch to bring a third member into the electric current TARDIS team and either way, is information technology about fourth dimension that they did?
Information technology's a small universe
It's non uncommon for the Doctor to travel with more than than i friend at a fourth dimension, in any era of the prove and that has carried on in the new series. When it was first announced that Samuel Anderson would exist joining the cast as a regular, many of u.s. expected that Danny Pinkish would exist a second companion.
As it turned out, Danny was less impressed with the Physician than many and wasn't for turning to his way of life. Cameos and flashbacks bated, his death in the finale (a rare "No, for real" death of a Moffat-era regular, thus far) seems to accept ruled out whatsoever modify of heart.
While the Physician has picked up extra passengers in improver to the top-billed companion since 2005, they don't tend to last long and they could commonly exist drawn from said companion's existing list of Facebook friends. Rory and Mickey both started out as terrific 21st century inversions of the usual gender stereotypes of a competent companion before growing up in the pursuit of adventure, but both were already love interests of Amy and Rose, respectively.
The two exceptions both rock up in the very first series of the revival and within a few episodes of each other. There's Adam Mitchell, the secret conflicting museum researcher in Dalek who's unceremoniously dumped an episode later as an example of how not everyone is cut out for travelling with the Doctor. And then there'south Captain Jack Harkness, who also served as an update to the idea of the capable masculine assistant, but only came back for guest appearances after the first series was over.
The Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory would be the longest-serving TARDIS trio of the new run and after seeing their dynamic work then well, we miss it. An extra character makes information technology a little easier to requite the Doctor by some mystery, allowing for scenes in which he doesn't necessarily demand to exist one of 2 parties. Later a quickly dispelled love triangle at first, the eleven-Amy-Rory trio works because all iii of them all mostly like each other.
Over fourth dimension, even Amy and Rory turned out to be his female parent and father-in constabulary. River Song's dalliances into their path cements the feeling of an unusual family unit, but it starts to experience similar a slightly smaller universe, the longer an incumbent companion stays with the series without anyone else irresolute things up.
What's wrong with Clara then?
Nothing, in our book. We recall the Capaldi-Coleman chemistry can merely propel their characters' dynamic to new heights, now that they're getting to know 1 another properly. And there'due south certainly some dramatic tension to be worked out between Clara and Missy, which nosotros'd expect to be addressed adjacent time they meet.
Certainly, the ever-imaginative eighth series presented no fearfulness of constriction in the format, but whether the fans like it or lump it, Doctor Who thrives on alter. Many volition speculate that the upcoming ninth serial will definitely be Coleman's last, but it would be nice to have an overlap of companions travelling together, rather than the 1-in-one-out approach.
Nosotros've already seen the Doctor lose people, go sorry (or even make up one's mind to travel alone from there on out) between episodes, and so make a new friend. In fact, that covers just about every female pb's difference in the terminal decade. Having already had two sorry departures reversed, nosotros'd hope that when Coleman does movement on from Who, Clara will become to get out the TARDIS with her head held loftier, rather than irrevocably separated or bereft of her mind.
It feels like you can have about half of the oomph out of the usual sorry departures if the Dr. isn't left entirely on his own if she does eventually go a happy ending to her time with him. Certainly with this particular pairing, they're and then close that it's hard to imagine him happily watching her go in any other way.
Only equally, he'southward at present known her for over a thousand years of his life and thanks to some Dandy Intelligence-foolery, Clara's met him correct back at the first of his journey and seen pretty much everything in-betwixt. On the premise that any episode of Md Who could exist someone'due south beginning episode, it feels like the correct time to add in a 3rd regular to bring some of the wide-eyed wonder back for the newbies.
Any potentials?
It's a trivial early on to speculate, just attempt and terminate united states, in one case nosotros get going! Maisie Williams has been confirmed as a invitee star in two episodes of the next run- The Girl Who Died and The Woman Who Lived. Either of those titles could fit into the catalogue of portentous nicknames afforded to Moffat-era companions.
The episodes are speculated to be a 2-parter, but they're too written by different writers. Are the seeds being sown for Williams' character to join the TARDIS and succeed Clara somewhere down the line, or would Game Of Thrones claim besides much of her schedule?
Looking back at Last Christmas, Shona McCullough struck us as a character existence fix for a render somewhere downwardly the line. Offset seen staving off monsters by dancing and playing her leg like a guitar, actress Faye Marsay stole most of the scenes she was in and takes the unusual stride of asking the Doctor out for a curry before she's sent dorsum to reality. Full disclosure – I'1000 a Teessider similar Marsay, and so I might be a bit biased there. (#UpTheBoro!)
Of course, we know that Michelle Gomez is pencilled in for a render as Missy next series. We tin can't imagine a point where Clara would forgive her enough to even grudgingly travel in the TARDIS with her, but nosotros can dream of the odd couple sitcom that would ensue with Capaldi and Gomez travelling together, right?
Or a bloke?
Going outside of rampant speculation and looking dorsum to the kind of companions nosotros've had before, possibly information technology's time for another male person companion. James Corden's off doing The Tardily Tardily Show and his grapheme actually seems similar the Eleventh Medico's BFF rather than someone the Twelfth might cherish as a pal. Merely an everyman grapheme (similar Craig, if not Craig) could bring a different dynamic. It'd exist interesting to see the Doctor as a large brother type – once again, we haven't seen that sort of dynamic since the Fifth Dr., who was more fraternal with Turlough or Adric.
Before we kickoff praising the 5-Tegan-Turlough triad too much, it's worth pointing out that a second companion could break the chain of present-day companion characters, uninterrupted since Captain Jack (unless yous count River.)
All of time and infinite…
Robots like K9 and (to a much lesser extent) Kamelion are examples of boosted companions aslope the audience viewpoint character in the classic series, (Tegan was the merely man aboard the TARDIS for a while there) merely even someone from the past or the hereafter – a Jamie McCrimmon, a Leela, or some bright mix of alien Scottish girl from the future who alternately sword fights and poisons people without asking – could shake things up nicely.
If cipher else, we're guaranteed at least another 12 episodes of Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman as the Doctor and Clara. While there's always a danger of messing up the dynamic past introducing new characters, Doctor Who thrives on irresolute without always completely forsaking its past, and a new companion alongside Clara could be a great way to insure that dynamic.
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