@@JonathonHouse that would be a shame but if so it makes sense why they would want to bring in a new companion before he leave then. So there is someone to carry on between seasons
@@JonathonHouseRTD has said he has already turned in scripts for Season 3 - not sure he would be writing a new Doctor 3 years before they would be appearing on screen. How do you sign a new actor nearly 3 years before they actually get to do any work on the show (and keep it quiet) ?
They’ve given Millie quite a story arc already - it may be that RTD never intended this to go on for more than one series. I have no idea - I don’t know any of the people involved but “dropped” is only one of the many reasons she might be moving on.
Sarah Jane Smith left in the middle of Tom Baker's run and Leela came on. Then there's Mel leaving in the middle of series and having Ace join the 7th Doctor. So this is not unprecedented. I think Dodo also left before the end of a series.
True. I should have specified in revival Who. Also the uniqueness I refer to at the start isn’t just leaving mid-season but what I talk about later in the video of being a part-time companion. Not being there for every story in a row but sitting out some then popping in for one then sitting out some more.
Before the 60th special We hadn’t really had a lone female companion since Clara, 6 years before. I can also got a bit fed up of that being the formulae back in RTDs first era but after 6 years I think it’s ok to come back to it again. Maybe they’ll even add a 2nd companion this time.
That was a very fair video, much fairer than the original Mirror article, which as you said implies that she was fired, if it wasn't already preplanned they would not be anywhere near as advanced with the new companion as they appear to be. One point, while it is true in New Who that companions tend not to leave mid season it is not true of Classic Who. Just to give a few examples, Ian & Barbara left mid season, in fact most Hartnell companions left mid season, although it is true the seasons were a lot longer in those days. Sarah Jane left mid season, as did Romana 2. Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough & Peri all left mid season as well. I suppose I'm making the point that just because something didn't happen with New Who doesn't mean it didn't happen earlier. Keep up the good work
She’s been given the boot. Thrown under the bus. You don’t talk about how wonderful the new companion is but then don’t say anything about how wonderful or great Millie had been. It’s Eccleston all over again. They lied about his departure as well.
In the recent history, the companions who stayed over 2 series felt like they overstayed their welcome and the end of their stories was odd for it - Clara's impossible girl storyline ended with loose threads everywhere, and Amy and Rory were tiresome towards the end of their run. Clara did get some great character development but Amy didn't
@mayotango1317 to be fair Season 5 Amy was just getting her life together and although she was missing people in her life she was full of hope series 7 Amy has had SO many traumatizing things happen to her. The things that happened to rory also happened to Amy.
Not necessarily if she does the part-time companion thing I suggest in the video. She could miss out Xmas, be in ep 1 if season two, miss ep 2, be in ep 3 etc…
Not necessarily short in screen time - RTD has already written most of season 3 so Ncuit’s episodes would still be running for 2024, 2025. & 2026 even if he left at the end of this year
I think this is the perfect amount of time for a Ruby Sunday character arc to wrap up and be done with. IMO the best companions leave once their character arc is done, e.g. Bill, Donna, Martha. Companions like Amy and Rory as well as Clara ran out of steam as their character arcs were pretty much done and their time on screen was extended way too long, even if their endings were good. Rose is somewhere in the middle for me; she did lose steam halfway through series 2 but I can't think of a better 'ending' for her character. 13's companions didn't really have very defined character arcs so they don't apply here lol
I see what your saying but I think companions can have more than one arc following each other as their relationship with the Doctor changes. Both Amy and Rory, and Clara didn’t feel like they had outstayed any interesting character stories for them.
The thing with clara is that she couldve been the new river song since she was split across the doctors timeline she couldve be a recurring character maybe. I wouldve liked that.
@CulturePhilter if they kept victorian Clara as the original and had her jump into the timescar then we could've had any Clara from any time. Her gimmick could've been that everytime we see her it's a different version that would've been neat. That's why I love Oswin so much she's from the far far future.
There had been reports Gibson was a diva and caused some friction behind the scenes, it's an Eccelston situation. Why does everyone assume people are so nice on Doctor Who and that this is just the 'natural order'? People can be pricks on any TV production, RTD himself is a mass egotist.
Eccleston's behavior (and Piper's) was probably the reason Series 1 worked. Without them, it would probably have been as much of a mess as the current RTD efforts.
Eccleston was badly treated. Plus John Barrowman hasn’t denied the allegations against him on the Boom Town read through. Which Eccleston would have been at. Eccleston would not have kept silent at such behaviour. RTD, Jane Tranter did nothing about it. Rumours might become fact once Eccleston releases his biography.
I wouldn't be surprised if Ncuti leaves after two seasons it would be a shame especially with fewer episodes but I feel like RTD might want to try to write his own female doctor and I think I might have seen something that said he's staying for 4 seasons (could just be speculation) maybe he's doing two doctors having two seasons each
My ideal is that Ncuti actually stays for 4 and that they’ve worked out the filming with recording two season before the first has even come out so that he can have a BIG break before in which he could do something like a movie and then come back and do same again recording two seasons back to back and leave at the end of that. Might be wishful thinking
@@CulturePhilter yeah maybe it's weird with Ncuti right now because on one hand I wouldn't be surprised if he leaves after 2 but also wouldn't be surprised if he breaks the 3 year cycle
@@kylerees3491 I think it’s probably one or the other. I actually don’t see him staying for exactly 3 seasons. I think it’s 2 or 4. (Based purely on the way they have filmed these first two seasons)
@@CulturePhilter yeah I agree I wouldn't be mad about either tbh because I'm interested how RTD would write a female doctor I'm kinda assuming it'll be a female doctor just because we've just had 14 and 15 both male and having 16 also be a male would sorta make it seem like a female doctor was a mistake or something which I don't really like, but also I wouldn't mind Ncuti staying longer then most but it will depend on his doctors story because with some doctors a shorter time works like with 9 even though most people would have wanted more one season did work for him but then with jodie I actually wanted her to stay for another season because she got better every season so it'll depend on how 15s story unfolds
@@kylerees3491 in his novelisation of ‘Rose’ he wrote in a reference to a future version of the Doctor that was female and had a flaming sword. I’d like to see that one on screen 😄
I think it’s most effective when a companion has a clear, planned storyline and they leave at the end of that. I feel like 2 seasons should be the limit. When the Doctors only stay 3 seasons and the companions stay for longer than 2 seasons, that Doctor doesn’t really get the chance to have their own clear storyline as theirs is so colored by that one companions storyline. In the classic series, poor 5 was saddled with Tegan his entire run, save a couple stories. 6 had Peri. Tennant was able to shine as The Doctor, because he had 3 different companions. Smith was held back by the unending story of Amy and Rory, they should have been done after series 6. Then Capaldi wasn’t able to grow as much as he could have, I really appreciated his growth once he had a new companion… Clara’s time was unnecessarily long. I actually was disappointed when she didn’t actually die happy of old age in that Christmas special… that would have been a wonderful ending. Moffatt just couldn’t seem to let go of his companions when their time was clearly done. Same with Jodie, she had Yaz with her from start to finish… too much. So, a season and a half, while it seems odd storytelling-wise, could work out well if done right.
I think companions can have an initial story arc and even when that’s wrapped they can have a second arc. I actually like the lengthier of time Rory and Amy stayed.
@@CulturePhilter to each his own… I was so bored with Amy and Rory by the end I was almost glad that he made it basically impossible to bring them back. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Amy and Rory for 2 seasons, it was that last half season that put me over the edge.
Well all I can say is its not unique. I am no longer a fan of this version of Doctor Who. But still love the classic series. If you go back to Tom Baker and Liz Sladen, who was hugely popular and truly superb and lovely as Sarah Jane Smith, she left partway through a season. She had joined the show for the last series of Jon Pertwee and then was with Tom Baker for two full seasons. She started a third season with him and did two stories, leaving at the end of Hand of Fear when the Doctor was summoned back to Gallifrey. It was a well written way to have her character go as despite them arguing beforehand, you got the feeling she would never have left the Doctor otherwise. So then the Doctor does a story on his own without a companion at all for the first time ever in the show. Then Leela is introduced in Face of Evil and continues to the end of the season with the classic Talons of Weng Chiang. Millie going part way is a bit odd in this day and age though, as all the hype about her joining the show is still fresh. She has barely started. To go after only a few episodes, as lets face it, eight episodes is hardly a long season compared to vintage Who is a bit feeble. There is more to this I am sure. But we wont find out exactly what for a long time....
Yes I meant to specify it was unique to the modern era of the show and that the particular way I was guessing she might leave - becoming a part time companion appearing in scattered episodes rather than concurrent before leaving was unique.
i’m thinking this new companion will join the show and interact with Ruby and the Doctor for the entire season. Then Ruby leaves halfway through in a shock death and then that’ll leave just The Doctor and this new companion.
The location filming we’ve seen from season 2 makes me think does Ruby get trapped in a dream state or a nightmare reality, mirroring Donna in Forest of the Dead.
What could be interesting is if Millie gets trapped in that state and the Doctor and new companion have to spend rest of season trying to free her from it.
With each series being shorter now, I'd prefer 1.5 series tenures to be the minimum. I'd ideally like both Doctors and companions to be around for 3 or 4 as standard, really, but I don't know how likely that'll be. It'll depend on the showrunner situation as much as anything, I guess. Anyway, I definitely agree on the tone of the article. There's no way this wasn't planned ages ago, presumably from the start, given that they powered through and filmed both series straight away.
I hope that’s not true. I’d like to think filming two seasons so close together is to then be able to have a big gap (where he can go do a movie or something) before coming back and filming two more seasons in quick succession…. Possibly wishful thinking.
@@marionbaggins I must admit though I do like there being Narrative gaps that expanded universe stories with other original to that medium companions can fit. Moffat was good at creating those.
While I don’t mind her only staying a short time. I just wished this wasn’t revealed until at least season 1 has started airing. Idk I just feel it kinda disrespectful to Ruby character to already know she’s staying a short time, I would have preferred to keep that surprise. But I suppose this is not how things will actually planned out with public shooting, so need to get used to leaks. I thought Ruby would’ve stayed for 2 seasons so I was a bit shocked. Now we don’t even know at this point if Ncuti is even staying for more then 2 seasons and that before long we find out he is leaving. I just hope they resolve Ruby’s character arc well in season 1 and that she would be like Martha or Jodie’s companions, in which she could return in the future. Also agree that I don’t like the wording either, seems like she’s leaving on bad terms. Well let just wait and see.
@@CulturePhilter yep. I am sure it will get resolved OK. I just hope the reason she left was just the natural end of her character and Millie moving on to other projects. I just hope it is not revealed she left on bad terms. Again just poor words are being used.
This what annoys me, we haven't even seen Mille Gibson in the role properly, and the media are speculating that the whole new season isn't worth watching. And the ratings will/are suffering because of it. And with that you the people who hate jumping up and down and feeling justified, and the whole thing becomes a vicious cycle. This why there should be some sort of embargo on what should/could said.
Just because you know when a companion is leaving doesn’t make a season not worth watching. We always know a companion IS going to leave so I don’t get why you’d be less invested in their story. And who’s hate jumping? I’m just reporting that she might be leaving. No hate in that. 🤔
@@CulturePhilter I didn't mean you Phil, you always just report the facts and have a balanced view in reporting things. (Your speculation videos about who certain characters will turn out to be are always fun to watch) . What I meant is that yes actors leave series like the Doctor Who all the time and it's no big problem. I am very keen to see what this series of Doctor Who will bring and Millie's story will be fantastic. But there are those who will see this as the show failing and use it to try and justify their own hate, that all
@@oliverwarren-cole9426 how long for? Maybe she doesn’t want to stay very long. She’s a young promising actor, she probably wants to do other productions… maybe film, to build her career.
Millie "Gone-Soon"?🤔 Did she fall or was she pushed?🤔 Maybe she can see the writing on the wall and she's decided to jump ship to her career, If so? Run you clever girl, Keep running and Never look back! 😉😁👍
Her leaving isn’t even ‘bad publicity’. It’s only unusual to know when this far ahead because they are filming so far ahead with 2nd season filming before season 1 has even aired.
@@Domgo-d1w plenty of companions have been one season companions. It’s not my preferred length for a companion but it’s not an indication of any problems.
Maybe Millie Gibson is leaving a sinking ship before it does too much damage to her acting career. As for Varada Sethu, she will add a bit of talent and could easily overshadow Ncuti Gatwa as the better actor. Maybe had Varada Sethu played the Doctor rather than Jodie Whittaker back in 2018, Doctor Who would have been in better shape than it is, assuming better scripts and directing as well as acting.
If being the most watched scripted TV show on Christmas Day is “sinking” then I guess every single TV programme that is currently being made must be sinking too. 🤷♂️
@@CulturePhilter It will be interesting to see the viewing figures when it comes back in the spring. How many fans watched the 60th and Christmas specials because it’s Doctor Who, and how many felt disappointed and have resigned themselves to not following their favourate sci-fi programme. I don’t think I’m in a minority in thinking this isn’t Doctor Who any more.
@@CulturePhilter True, it’s hard to get a really accurate picture of the fandom. I’ve followed Type 40 Doctor Who, William Who, Harbo Wholmes, Tharries, and Galactic Gals on UA-cam. Type 40 Doctor Who is probably the most balanced, Galactic Gals the most critical and William Who, Harbo Wholmes and Tharries less critical of the fan base. My own take as someone who has watched Dr Who since 1963 as a 9 year old, it’s got further and further away from William Hartnell Doctor after the classic series ended with Sylvester McCoy and even more so since Peter Capaldi was the Doctor, such that I no longer recognize it as Doctor Who.
'who cares'? i've watched the show since 63 and the last few minutes of starbeast, where the doctor was emasculated, in a show called doctor who, left me very disappointed. i don't watch it anymore. But, i do listen to big finish.
@@CulturePhilter disney emasculated the doctor. an old man's opinion, end of. many feel like me, notice the ratings? cha, what's the point. say what you want, the doctor left the building to a woke demise. end of.
With the show being "rebooted" it feels a bit clunky and unprofessional to new viewers
I don’t consider this a “reboot” not in the proper use of the word.
@@CulturePhilterI got a feeling ncuit will only be here for season 2 and Russel will stay to season 4
@@JonathonHouse that would be a shame but if so it makes sense why they would want to bring in a new companion before he leave then. So there is someone to carry on between seasons
Christopher Eccleston did the exact same thing when the series was really being rebooted. His departure was leaked before the show even aired.
@@JonathonHouseRTD has said he has already turned in scripts for Season 3 - not sure he would be writing a new Doctor 3 years before they would be appearing on screen. How do you sign a new actor nearly 3 years before they actually get to do any work on the show (and keep it quiet) ?
They’ve given Millie quite a story arc already - it may be that RTD never intended this to go on for more than one series. I have no idea - I don’t know any of the people involved but “dropped” is only one of the many reasons she might be moving on.
Exactly. I suspect that the story has just reached its natural conclusion.
No it isn't! Elizabeth Sladen left two stories into Season 14, plus there was the various departures in the late Hartnell/early Troughton era.
Sorry, I should have clarified that I was talking about it being unusual in revival Who.
fair enough!@@CulturePhilter
It could be a Martha situation where Ruby leaves at the end of series 1 but comes back for a few visits in season 2.
Yes could be.
That what seems to be the case
If you include classic then of course it's in no way unique to lose a companion part way through a season.
I should have clarified that I meant revival Who. But the uniqueness even more so would be the being a part time companion for season 2.
Sarah Jane Smith left in the middle of Tom Baker's run and Leela came on. Then there's Mel leaving in the middle of series and having Ace join the 7th Doctor. So this is not unprecedented. I think Dodo also left before the end of a series.
True. I should have specified in revival Who. Also the uniqueness I refer to at the start isn’t just leaving mid-season but what I talk about later in the video of being a part-time companion. Not being there for every story in a row but sitting out some then popping in for one then sitting out some more.
I'm fed up with lone female companions. Have the Doctor travel with a man or a robot for a bit.
Before the 60th special We hadn’t really had a lone female companion since Clara, 6 years before.
I can also got a bit fed up of that being the formulae back in RTDs first era but after 6 years I think it’s ok to come back to it again. Maybe they’ll even add a 2nd companion this time.
The Doctor’s literally just had 3 male companions alongside 1 female companion 😂😂
That was a very fair video, much fairer than the original Mirror article, which as you said implies that she was fired, if it wasn't already preplanned they would not be anywhere near as advanced with the new companion as they appear to be. One point, while it is true in New Who that companions tend not to leave mid season it is not true of Classic Who. Just to give a few examples, Ian & Barbara left mid season, in fact most Hartnell companions left mid season, although it is true the seasons were a lot longer in those days. Sarah Jane left mid season, as did Romana 2. Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough & Peri all left mid season as well. I suppose I'm making the point that just because something didn't happen with New Who doesn't mean it didn't happen earlier. Keep up the good work
Yes sorry, I should have clarified I meant in the revival it’s not usual.
She’s been given the boot. Thrown under the bus. You don’t talk about how wonderful the new companion is but then don’t say anything about how wonderful or great Millie had been. It’s Eccleston all over again. They lied about his departure as well.
Without knowing why exactly she is leaving i''ll take the Ruby Time Lady theory and run with it until we know more.
Hell yeah.
In the recent history, the companions who stayed over 2 series felt like they overstayed their welcome and the end of their stories was odd for it - Clara's impossible girl storyline ended with loose threads everywhere, and Amy and Rory were tiresome towards the end of their run. Clara did get some great character development but Amy didn't
Each to their own. Personally I didn’t think either Amy or Clara outstayed their welcome.
Really? The Amy of Series 5 feel so diferent to the Series 7 Amy.
I agree that some overstay their welcome but Amy’s story arc was really well done in my opinion.
@mayotango1317 to be fair Season 5 Amy was just getting her life together and although she was missing people in her life she was full of hope series 7 Amy has had SO many traumatizing things happen to her. The things that happened to rory also happened to Amy.
If Ruby leaves halfway through Season 2 she will be the companion in the 2024 Christmas special.
Not necessarily if she does the part-time companion thing I suggest in the video. She could miss out Xmas, be in ep 1 if season two, miss ep 2, be in ep 3 etc…
The interviews Millie and Ncuti have already given indicated relatively short stays for both, so not surprised by the news.
That’s a real shame, especially in the case of Ncuti
Not necessarily short in screen time - RTD has already written most of season 3 so Ncuit’s episodes would still be running for 2024, 2025. & 2026 even if he left at the end of this year
Calling it now
Ruby is actually a Time Lord and she regenerates. Not just any Time Lord though... Its Susan!
I’d love to see her regenerate unexpectedly.
I think Ruby is a time lord and I think she regenerates and the new actress is still Ruby that is why we are not getting the new champions name
I actually really like that idea.
I think this is the perfect amount of time for a Ruby Sunday character arc to wrap up and be done with. IMO the best companions leave once their character arc is done, e.g. Bill, Donna, Martha. Companions like Amy and Rory as well as Clara ran out of steam as their character arcs were pretty much done and their time on screen was extended way too long, even if their endings were good. Rose is somewhere in the middle for me; she did lose steam halfway through series 2 but I can't think of a better 'ending' for her character. 13's companions didn't really have very defined character arcs so they don't apply here lol
I see what your saying but I think companions can have more than one arc following each other as their relationship with the Doctor changes.
Both Amy and Rory, and Clara didn’t feel like they had outstayed any interesting character stories for them.
The thing with clara is that she couldve been the new river song since she was split across the doctors timeline she couldve be a recurring character maybe. I wouldve liked that.
Future incarnations from when she entered his time stream as well as past?
@CulturePhilter if they kept victorian Clara as the original and had her jump into the timescar then we could've had any Clara from any time. Her gimmick could've been that everytime we see her it's a different version that would've been neat. That's why I love Oswin so much she's from the far far future.
There had been reports Gibson was a diva and caused some friction behind the scenes, it's an Eccelston situation. Why does everyone assume people are so nice on Doctor Who and that this is just the 'natural order'? People can be pricks on any TV production, RTD himself is a mass egotist.
From the sounds of what’s come out since, it wasn’t Eccleston being a diva but him standing up against bad work practices.
Eccleston's behavior (and Piper's) was probably the reason Series 1 worked. Without them, it would probably have been as much of a mess as the current RTD efforts.
Eccleston was badly treated. Plus John Barrowman hasn’t denied the allegations against him on the Boom Town read through. Which Eccleston would have been at. Eccleston would not have kept silent at such behaviour. RTD, Jane Tranter did nothing about it. Rumours might become fact once Eccleston releases his biography.
I wouldn't be surprised if Ncuti leaves after two seasons it would be a shame especially with fewer episodes but I feel like RTD might want to try to write his own female doctor and I think I might have seen something that said he's staying for 4 seasons (could just be speculation) maybe he's doing two doctors having two seasons each
My ideal is that Ncuti actually stays for 4 and that they’ve worked out the filming with recording two season before the first has even come out so that he can have a BIG break before in which he could do something like a movie and then come back and do same again recording two seasons back to back and leave at the end of that. Might be wishful thinking
@@CulturePhilter yeah maybe it's weird with Ncuti right now because on one hand I wouldn't be surprised if he leaves after 2 but also wouldn't be surprised if he breaks the 3 year cycle
@@kylerees3491 I think it’s probably one or the other. I actually don’t see him staying for exactly 3 seasons. I think it’s 2 or 4. (Based purely on the way they have filmed these first two seasons)
@@CulturePhilter yeah I agree I wouldn't be mad about either tbh because I'm interested how RTD would write a female doctor I'm kinda assuming it'll be a female doctor just because we've just had 14 and 15 both male and having 16 also be a male would sorta make it seem like a female doctor was a mistake or something which I don't really like, but also I wouldn't mind Ncuti staying longer then most but it will depend on his doctors story because with some doctors a shorter time works like with 9 even though most people would have wanted more one season did work for him but then with jodie I actually wanted her to stay for another season because she got better every season so it'll depend on how 15s story unfolds
@@kylerees3491 in his novelisation of ‘Rose’ he wrote in a reference to a future version of the Doctor that was female and had a flaming sword. I’d like to see that one on screen 😄
I think it’s most effective when a companion has a clear, planned storyline and they leave at the end of that. I feel like 2 seasons should be the limit. When the Doctors only stay 3 seasons and the companions stay for longer than 2 seasons, that Doctor doesn’t really get the chance to have their own clear storyline as theirs is so colored by that one companions storyline. In the classic series, poor 5 was saddled with Tegan his entire run, save a couple stories. 6 had Peri. Tennant was able to shine as The Doctor, because he had 3 different companions. Smith was held back by the unending story of Amy and Rory, they should have been done after series 6. Then Capaldi wasn’t able to grow as much as he could have, I really appreciated his growth once he had a new companion… Clara’s time was unnecessarily long. I actually was disappointed when she didn’t actually die happy of old age in that Christmas special… that would have been a wonderful ending. Moffatt just couldn’t seem to let go of his companions when their time was clearly done. Same with Jodie, she had Yaz with her from start to finish… too much. So, a season and a half, while it seems odd storytelling-wise, could work out well if done right.
I think companions can have an initial story arc and even when that’s wrapped they can have a second arc. I actually like the lengthier of time Rory and Amy stayed.
@@CulturePhilter to each his own… I was so bored with Amy and Rory by the end I was almost glad that he made it basically impossible to bring them back. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Amy and Rory for 2 seasons, it was that last half season that put me over the edge.
@@JustinMansfieldWhoyeah series 7a was pretty weak imo. Only 2 episodes I like in that.
I just hope this exit is planned. Ive read some "firing" speculation which i dont like much
I don’t see any reason to think she’s been “fired”
The sun told us that Freema Ageyman had been sacked. And we know how that turned out.....
Well all I can say is its not unique. I am no longer a fan of this version of Doctor Who. But still love the classic series. If you go back to Tom Baker and Liz Sladen, who was hugely popular and truly superb and lovely as Sarah Jane Smith, she left partway through a season. She had joined the show for the last series of Jon Pertwee and then was with Tom Baker for two full seasons. She started a third season with him and did two stories, leaving at the end of Hand of Fear when the Doctor was summoned back to Gallifrey. It was a well written way to have her character go as despite them arguing beforehand, you got the feeling she would never have left the Doctor otherwise. So then the Doctor does a story on his own without a companion at all for the first time ever in the show. Then Leela is introduced in Face of Evil and continues to the end of the season with the classic Talons of Weng Chiang. Millie going part way is a bit odd in this day and age though, as all the hype about her joining the show is still fresh. She has barely started. To go after only a few episodes, as lets face it, eight episodes is hardly a long season compared to vintage Who is a bit feeble. There is more to this I am sure. But we wont find out exactly what for a long time....
Yes I meant to specify it was unique to the modern era of the show and that the particular way I was guessing she might leave - becoming a part time companion appearing in scattered episodes rather than concurrent before leaving was unique.
Maybe she just does a clara and keeps popping in and out. Im not really fussed with how long companions stay.
Did Clara do that? 🤔
@@CulturePhilter Technically she did before she was a companion
i’m thinking this new companion will join the show and interact with Ruby and the Doctor for the entire season. Then Ruby leaves halfway through in a shock death and then that’ll leave just The Doctor and this new companion.
The location filming we’ve seen from season 2 makes me think does Ruby get trapped in a dream state or a nightmare reality, mirroring Donna in Forest of the Dead.
What could be interesting is if Millie gets trapped in that state and the Doctor and new companion have to spend rest of season trying to free her from it.
@@CulturePhilter oooo i love that! doesn’t fully rule out Millie from the show and also gives us a Rose Tyler situation.
With each series being shorter now, I'd prefer 1.5 series tenures to be the minimum. I'd ideally like both Doctors and companions to be around for 3 or 4 as standard, really, but I don't know how likely that'll be. It'll depend on the showrunner situation as much as anything, I guess.
Anyway, I definitely agree on the tone of the article. There's no way this wasn't planned ages ago, presumably from the start, given that they powered through and filmed both series straight away.
That’s a good point. Doing a season and a half now is the same amount of epiosdes as just one season from the first RTD era.
Of course, there are the whispers that Gatwa himself may not do more than the two seasons.
I hope that’s not true. I’d like to think filming two seasons so close together is to then be able to have a big gap (where he can go do a movie or something) before coming back and filming two more seasons in quick succession…. Possibly wishful thinking.
Happy Birthday to Tom Baker.🎉
Indeed. The grand old age of 90!
@@CulturePhilter The first Doctor I ever watched. An international treasure.
@@kemmdog4444 fingers crossed for him to make it to 100
The second Doctor and Jamie were together most of three seasons, and they were just fine.
Yep.
Almost of 2's time, Bar Power of the Daleks!!! *I am not Complaining 2 and Jamie are Awesome*
@@marionbaggins I must admit though I do like there being Narrative gaps that expanded universe stories with other original to that medium companions can fit. Moffat was good at creating those.
While I don’t mind her only staying a short time. I just wished this wasn’t revealed until at least season 1 has started airing. Idk I just feel it kinda disrespectful to Ruby character to already know she’s staying a short time, I would have preferred to keep that surprise. But I suppose this is not how things will actually planned out with public shooting, so need to get used to leaks. I thought Ruby would’ve stayed for 2 seasons so I was a bit shocked. Now we don’t even know at this point if Ncuti is even staying for more then 2 seasons and that before long we find out he is leaving. I just hope they resolve Ruby’s character arc well in season 1 and that she would be like Martha or Jodie’s companions, in which she could return in the future. Also agree that I don’t like the wording either, seems like she’s leaving on bad terms. Well let just wait and see.
That’s the disadvantage with filming two seasons before the first has even come out.
@@CulturePhilter yep. I am sure it will get resolved OK. I just hope the reason she left was just the natural end of her character and Millie moving on to other projects. I just hope it is not revealed she left on bad terms. Again just poor words are being used.
Susan left after after the end of The Daleks Invasion of Earth in what would be episode 9 of the second season
Yea, I should have been clearer that I meant it’s unusual for the revival series.
Millie is a good actress, she'll do good in the future hopefully
Oh yes. I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s leaving because she wants to pursue other acting opportunities
This what annoys me, we haven't even seen Mille Gibson in the role properly, and the media are speculating that the whole new season isn't worth watching. And the ratings will/are suffering because of it. And with that you the people who hate jumping up and down and feeling justified, and the whole thing becomes a vicious cycle. This why there should be some sort of embargo on what should/could said.
Just because you know when a companion is leaving doesn’t make a season not worth watching. We always know a companion IS going to leave so I don’t get why you’d be less invested in their story.
And who’s hate jumping? I’m just reporting that she might be leaving. No hate in that. 🤔
@@CulturePhilter I didn't mean you Phil, you always just report the facts and have a balanced view in reporting things. (Your speculation videos about who certain characters will turn out to be are always fun to watch) . What I meant is that yes actors leave series like the Doctor Who all the time and it's no big problem. I am very keen to see what this series of Doctor Who will bring and Millie's story will be fantastic. But there are those who will see this as the show failing and use it to try and justify their own hate, that all
@@Martyn2021 oh right. Sorry for misunderstanding your point 🙂
Andor was 12 varada was only in 8 episodes
Ah ok. I thought it might have been 10. Still, being in 2 thirds of the series isn’t bad
@@CulturePhilter I agree I hope she is gonna be amazing as the new companion
Bring back Clara as the Doctor!!
Why?
Is this confirmed by the bbc or rumours
Rumors.
Only rumored at the moment. The mirror claim to have a source.
Why just keep her on
@@CulturePhilter The same 'source' that Noel Glynn claims to have?
@@oliverwarren-cole9426 how long for? Maybe she doesn’t want to stay very long. She’s a young promising actor, she probably wants to do other productions… maybe film, to build her career.
Millie "Gone-Soon"?🤔
Did she fall or was she pushed?🤔
Maybe she can see the writing on the wall and she's decided to jump ship to her career, If so? Run you clever girl, Keep running and Never look back!
😉😁👍
Jump ship? From what? A massively backed by Disney relaunch of an iconic and well loved show? 😄
Well she is a pre-Hartnell Doctor so it makes sense.
Who? Ruby?
Who can blame anyone for quickly getting out of this sinking ship. Good luck Millie when you find a role worth wile to add to your resume
If being the most watched scripted programme on TV on Christmas Day is “sinking” then I guess the entirety of modern TV is doomed.
If it's by Nikola Methven you can rely on it
I wondered what you meant for a min but you mean the journalist for The Mirror don’t you?
@@CulturePhilter indeed I do
Millie probably got a part in the new Ray She-wars movie, LOL
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I’ve never seen a Series with such bad publicity before an episode has aired.
Her leaving isn’t even ‘bad publicity’. It’s only unusual to know when this far ahead because they are filming so far ahead with 2nd season filming before season 1 has even aired.
@@CulturePhilter I think it’s bad publicity when the words “ dropped “ and “Diva” are being used. Varada was praised but Millie wasn’t.
Whether leaving or fired, this is a complete joke.
Why? I mean I’d prefer her to stay longer too but “a joke” seems a bit externally when many other companions have stayed for just as short a time.
@@CulturePhilter as it's a major reboot with money from Disney etc etc. And one of the main leads wants to leave or was fired within the season.
@@Domgo-d1w or maybe this was always the plan and her character arc is only one season?
@@Domgo-d1w plenty of companions have been one season companions. It’s not my preferred length for a companion but it’s not an indication of any problems.
I thought Chris ‘I am the wokest’ Chibnall killed this show off?
And what is your definition of “Woke” ? Hmmm?
@@CulturePhilter this guy just probably doesn’t like that the Chibnall era had minorities in it
Maybe Millie Gibson is leaving a sinking ship before it does too much damage to her acting career. As for Varada Sethu, she will add a bit of talent and could easily overshadow Ncuti Gatwa as the better actor. Maybe had Varada Sethu played the Doctor rather than Jodie Whittaker back in 2018, Doctor Who would have been in better shape than it is, assuming better scripts and directing as well as acting.
If being the most watched scripted TV show on Christmas Day is “sinking” then I guess every single TV programme that is currently being made must be sinking too. 🤷♂️
@@CulturePhilter It will be interesting to see the viewing figures when it comes back in the spring. How many fans watched the 60th and Christmas specials because it’s Doctor Who, and how many felt disappointed and have resigned themselves to not following their favourate sci-fi programme. I don’t think I’m in a minority in thinking this isn’t Doctor Who any more.
@@TheAtual I guess we’re all in our own bubbles. Most of the reaction I’ve seen has been broadly positive.
@@CulturePhilter True, it’s hard to get a really accurate picture of the fandom. I’ve followed Type 40 Doctor Who, William Who, Harbo Wholmes, Tharries, and Galactic Gals on UA-cam. Type 40 Doctor Who is probably the most balanced, Galactic Gals the most critical and William Who, Harbo Wholmes and Tharries less critical of the fan base. My own take as someone who has watched Dr Who since 1963 as a 9 year old, it’s got further and further away from William Hartnell Doctor after the classic series ended with Sylvester McCoy and even more so since Peter Capaldi was the Doctor, such that I no longer recognize it as Doctor Who.
@@TheAtual I’d argue that it was completely changed from Hartnel’s era even from the third Doctor’s. The format radically changed.
I think people are worrying too much about this. It's not like anybody is still watching this crap.
Lots of people are still watching Kenneth. It was the most watched scripted show on Christmas Day.
'who cares'? i've watched the show since 63 and the last few minutes of starbeast, where the doctor was emasculated, in a show called doctor who, left me very disappointed. i don't watch it anymore. But, i do listen to big finish.
In what way do you consider the ending of The Star Beast an Emasculation?
@@CulturePhilter rewatch and, listen. binary, binary... as a fan of old, am already sick of disney who.
@@neilkendrick4976 how on earth do you take that word and interpret it as something negative against the Doctor. 🤷♂️
@@CulturePhilter disney emasculated the doctor. an old man's opinion, end of. many feel like me, notice the ratings? cha, what's the point. say what you want, the doctor left the building to a woke demise. end of.
My theory is Ruby is the Rani’s daughter and is able to regenerate. Hence turning into the next companion during the season.
I’d actually love that.
@@CulturePhilter certainly be something new and wrap up the mystery of who left Ruby.