Though the Fifteenth Physician (Ncuti Gatwa) has a brand new companion in Physician Who season 2 (or season 15, relying on once you began watching), that doesn’t imply we’ve seen the final of Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson). Removed from it—Gibson will reprise her function within the upcoming season’s fourth episode, “Fortunate Day.”
As reported by RadioTimes.com, Gibson and showrunner Russell T Davies confirmed that “Fortunate Day” would discover what it was like for Ruby to return to “civilian” life, because it had been, after touring throughout area and time with the Physician. She determined to depart the TARDIS in order that she may get to know her long-lost start mum, however that doesn’t imply she’s simply simply slipped again into an Earth-bound routine.
“She’s received a little bit of PTSD, I’m not gonna lie! Gibson revealed. “It’s such a cool idea to return to a companion and see how they’re getting on after that wild experience of being stuffed in a double bass or tackling goblins, or hanging over a rope ladder over London. So it’s like, how are issues on Earth in any case that? In episode 4, there’s a superb storyline of how Ruby’s getting on along with her household, and it form of goes on to the journey of her ready for the Physician and nonetheless feeling a bit misplaced. I’m actually excited for individuals to see it, it’s such a cool ep.”
In fact, Ruby Sunday is much from the primary companion to return within the NuWho continuity. Most have ended up with an adventurous way of life, although. There’s Martha Jones, who ended up working for UNIT and Torchwood, Sarah Jane, who could have remained on Earth however nonetheless had wacky adventures with robotic canine K9, and Melanie Bush, who additionally ended up working for UNIT. In fact, there’s additionally Donna Noble. She didn’t bear in mind her adventures with the Physician till David Tennant returned to the function, nonetheless, so she by no means actually skilled any lasting emotional harm. What Ruby’s going via is one thing we’ve not often seen on display screen.
Davies agreed with Gibson, saying, “We’ve received an episode arising with Millie this yr, which is the lifetime of Ruby Sunday after she’s chosen to depart the Physician and keep at house. And it’s an incredible episode, isn’t it? It’s simply completely beautiful—the PTSD {that a} companion goes via.”
I assume that comparatively little time has handed on Earth since Ruby returned house, which is why her trauma remains to be hitting her so exhausting. How do you take care of figuring out the entire secrets and techniques of the universe? How can somebody who led a easy life earlier than assembly the Physician actually course of having met an Egyptian god of demise, a being who can manipulate music, or seen a war-torn distant planet? Ruby can be one of many Physician’s youngest companions. How will that have an effect on her as she continues to be taught and develop? Was assembly the Physician a stroke of luck or will she bear in mind her experiences negatively at some point?
The Physician’s companions soar from one adventurous, harmful state of affairs into one other, by no means stopping to take a breath for concern of every little thing ending. In some instances, what the Physician does to their companions is definitely form of unfair and merciless; they’re promising thrills which might be inconceivable to seek out elsewhere. That’s a excessive these people will likely be chasing endlessly, one they will by no means replicate anyplace else. I believe it’s about time a Physician Who story addresses that form of intense emotional whiplash in depth. Different companions have briefly talked about that fallout up to now, however the concept that a companion has been left with precise, acknowledged PTSD from their time within the TARDIS, and we get to see it play out on display screen? That feels groundbreaking.
Physician Who season 2/15 premieres on Disney+, BBC One, and BBC iPlayer on April 12.
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