Doctor Who’s Epic Premiere Answers Season 2’s Biggest Mystery, But Is It Actually a Red Herring?

Physician Who Season 2 kicks off with Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Physician working into a brand new companion named Belinda Chandra, performed by Varada Sethu. Belinda has her first assembly with the Time Lord in “The Robotic Revolution,” however this is not Sethu’s first look on the collection. In a timey-wimey twist, the Physician’s new companion shares a face along with his previous buddy, Mundy Flynn. Belinda’s shared look with Mundy appears to be extremely vital, nevertheless it’s not the one thriller surrounding her.

The collection is but to disclose how Belinda’s star diploma finally ends up on the robots’ planet 5000 years prior to now, or what’s stopping the TARDIS from returning to present-day Earth — if Earth is even nonetheless there. Sethu and showrunner Russell T Davies have each teased Belinda Chandra’s connection to Mundy Flynn might be explored in Season 2. “The Robotic Revolution” noticed the brand new season deal with this thriller immediately, although the complete significance of the characters’ connection is but to be revealed.

The Physician Tells Belinda Chandra That Mundy Flynn is Her Distant Descendant

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“The Robotic Revolution” noticed the Fifteenth Doctor’s world colliding with Belinda Chandra’s when two robots arrived on Earth to abduct her. The robots had come to take Belinda to their house planet of Missbelindachandra One. The planet was named for its star, Miss Belinda Chandra, which had been registered in Belinda’s title by her ex-boyfriend Alan as a birthday current. Belinda arrived on the planet, shocked not solely to find a complete populated planet orbiting “her” star, however to study that the individuals there thought-about her their rightful queen. Fortunately, the Physician had been searching for Belinda when the robots discovered her, having been advised about her by somebody whose identification is but to be revealed.

The Physician adopted the robots to Missbelindachandra One, however a time fracture precipitated him to reach six months earlier than Belinda. By the point of Belinda’s arrival, the Physician had been capable of combine himself into the robots’ society, rising to the rank of Designated Historian. He used this place to rescue Belinda, bringing her to the planet’s human rebels, who have been resisting the robotic regime. Upon their assembly, Belinda made point out of the shift she was meant to be engaged on Monday, triggering the Physician’s reminiscence of the an identical Mundy Flynn. On the finish of the episode, when Belinda stepped aboard the TARDIS for the primary time, the Physician advised her about Mundy, claiming she was Belinda’s descendant from the 51st century.

Physician Who followers will bear in mind Mundy Flynn from Season 1, when she appeared within the Steven Moffat-written episode, “Growth.” One of many Anglican marines Moffat had launched throughout his earlier run on Physician Who, Mundy discovered the Physician when he was trapped on a landmine. Although she was initially hostile in direction of the Physician, over the course of “Growth,” Mundy grew to become his ally and tried to assist distract the deadly Villengard ambulances. By the tip of the episode, the Physician bade Mundy a fond farewell and advised Splice, a younger lady left in Mundy’s care, that he can be coming again to go to. This might imply Mundy Flynn might be returning to Physician Who, doubtlessly assembly her twenty first century doppelgänger, Belinda.

Physician Who Acknowledges An identical Descendants Do not Make Sense

“The Robotic Revolution” Breaks From Physician Who Custom With Belinda’s Connection to Mundy

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Though the Physician initially explains the resemblance between Belinda Chandra and Mundy Flynn is right down to them being associated, he then makes use of a DNA scan to disclose one thing extra uncommon is happening. Belinda herself wonders whether or not the Physician assembly her an identical descendant, 3000 years sooner or later, can actually be a coincidence. The Physician factors out that the genetic match between the 2 is outstanding, main him to consider one thing is supposed to be connecting him to Belinda Chandra. Belinda herself does not see it that method, nevertheless, having witnessed the Physician’s harmful way of life. She asks to be taken house, just for the Doctor to discover the TARDIS cannot return to the day Belinda left Earth. This might imply one thing actually is attempting to maintain the Physician and Belinda collectively.

That is the primary time Physician Who has acknowledged that two characters being associated should not essentially clarify them being an identical. Sometimes, revealing two characters portrayed by the identical actor are kin has been a fast and straightforward method for the collection to clarify away actors touchdown new roles on the present. This primary occurred on fashionable Physician Who when Eve Myles was solid as Gwen Cooper within the spin-off collection Torchwood, having already appeared on Doctor Who as Gwyneth in 2005’s “The Unquiet Useless.” When Gwen appeared on the primary present, within the 2008 finale “The Stolen Earth” and “Journey’s Finish,” the Tenth Physician and Rose realized she was associated to Gwyneth, which the Physician put right down to “spatial genetic multiplicity.”

Freema Agyeman has additionally appeared as two separate characters on Physician Who, who have been revealed to be kin. Agyeman made her first look on the collection in a small supporting function as Adeola, a Torchwood worker and sufferer of the Cybermen in 2006’s “Military of Ghosts.” Whereas Adeola didn’t survive her one and solely look on Physician Who, Agyeman then returned for 2007’s Season 3 as new companion Martha Jones. Throughout her first correct dialog with the Physician, Martha advised him about her cousin, Adeola, who had died within the Battle of Canary Wharf. The actual fact the cousins might have been twins was by no means addressed, however was extra of a wink to followers who would have seen Agyeman’s recasting.

Different actors being recast on Physician Who have both had their a number of appearances ignored or have acquired a extra substantial rationalization. Karen Gillan first appeared on 2008’s “The Fires of Pompeii” as a soothsayer, earlier than returning as companion Amy Pond in 2010, although her return was by no means acknowledged. “The Fires of Pompeii” additionally noticed the primary Physician Who look of Peter Capaldi as Lobus Caecilius, who later performed John Frobisher on Torchwood, earlier than changing into the Twelfth Physician.

In 2015’s “The Woman Who Died,” it was revealed the Twelfth Doctor chose his face based mostly on Caecilius to remind him of his dedication to saving individuals. Jenna Coleman’s look as companion Clara Oswald was additionally preceded by her appearances as two different characters who lived in numerous eras, who have been later revealed to be echoes of Clara, created when she jumped into the Physician’s time stream.

Why Does Belinda Chandra Have a Doppelgänger?

Mundy Flynn Is perhaps One thing Extra Than Belinda’s Distant Relative

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On the finish of “The Robotic Revolution,” the Physician urged that Belinda Chandra and Mundy Flynn have been virtually genetically an identical, one thing that should not be doable throughout 3000 years of ancestry. This might imply that the 2 are usually not kin in any respect and one thing extra difficult might be connecting them. One may be a clone of the opposite, or both Belinda or Mundy might have the same origin to Clara Oswald’s doppelgängers, created when the unique was scattered all through the Physician’s timestream. It is also doable, nevertheless unlikely, that Belinda and Mundy might be one and the identical individual. Maybe one has been coerced into posing as the opposite to control the Physician, or maybe they’re each false identities.

Regardless of the motive for each Belinda Chandra and Mundy Flynn current, there is a robust likelihood that another malevolent drive is behind it. “The Robotic Revolution” noticed the return of Anita Dobson’s Mrs. Flood, now Belinda’s neighbor, who has seemingly been stalking the Physician with sinister intent. Belinda and Mundy might properly be a part of Mrs. Flood’s secret schemes. Season 1 noticed one other batch of doppelgängers, performed by Susan Twist, following the Physician by time and area. This mysterious lady was finally revealed to be a creation of Sutekh, the God of Demise. If Mrs. Flood can also be a member of the pantheon of gods — or if one other god is after the Physician this season — Belinda and Mundy might be comparable creations with a darkish hidden goal.

New episodes of Physician Who can be found each Saturday on BBC iPlayer within the UK and Disney+ the place accessible.

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December 25, 2023

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