The new season of Doctor Who will star Varada Sethu as the companion.Following the decision of Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday to cease travelling with the Time Lord, Sethu will co-star with Ncuti Gatwa as Belinda Chandra.

In the new season of the beloved BBC and Disney+ sci-fi series, Sethu plays the quick-witted, brave and independent Belinda who is far from a sidekick, and more of an equal to The Doctor. We’re talking with Sethu over Zoom from her London home, just days before the series premieres, so how is she feeling in the lead up to the series airing?

Davies says that Belinda Chandra is unusually resistant to the Doctor's lifestyle: "Why am I a prisoner on this runaway train? Get me home!"