There's a playfully retro look to the debut of new companion Belinda Chandra
- Publication: Radio Times
- Date: 2025-04-12
- Author: David Brown
- Page: 38
- Language: English
There's a playfully retro look to the debut of new companion Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu), as the rocket on which she's been stowed following a robot kidnap could almost be the one upon which Tintin travelled to the Moon, while the planet she's destined for has shades of the1980 Flash Gordon movie to it.
Not that Belinda has the mental space to clock such aesthetics, what with her having been rudely ripped away from her life on Earth as a nurse. But luckily, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa, now appearing more comfortable) is on hand, hopefully both to rescue her and repel a revolution by some fearsome automatons.
Such is the zero-sum set-up to an opening episode that's a rattling but rocky ride. There are moments of invention, but the humour is a little misjudged (in an early scene, the Doctor inadvertently causes a hospital blackout, but the fate of patients is left unclear) and some pertinent real-life concerns are merely surfed on to service the plot.
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UNEARTHLY Belinda (Varada Sethu) joins the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) on his adventures
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