Millie Gibson, who portrays the Doctor’s new companion Ruby Sunday in Doctor Who, is reportedly leaving the show mid-way through the 2025 season, with Varada Sethu rumored to be the new companion, according to The Mirror.
Left: Millie Gibson, Right: Varada Sethu
What’s Happening:
- Millie Gibson made her debut as Ruby Sunday, the new companion of the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) in the Christmas special, “The Church on Ruby Road.”
- It’s now being reported that Ruby will not appear in the 2024 Christmas special and will only make a handful of appearances in Ncuti’s second season as the Doctor, set to air in 2025.
- The decision was reportedly made by showrunner Russell T Davies last year after filming on her initial run of episodes ended.
- Ruby is expected to appear in just three of the eight episodes, with one of them a standalone story wrapping up the character’s journey with the Doctor.
- The new companion is reported to be Varada Sethu, who recently appeared in the first season of Star Wars: Andor.
- Sethu has also appeared in the Sky action series Strike Back, Jurassic World Dominion and Now You See Me 2.
- A guest companion will likely appear alongside Gatwa in the 2024 Christmas special.
- Doctor Who returns for a full season of adventures in May 2024 on Disney+.
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