{"id":1138914,"date":"2026-02-05T07:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=532847"},"modified":"2026-02-05T07:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:31:15","slug":"new-doctor-who-trailer-intros-new-doctors-companion-a-nurse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-doctor-who-trailer-intros-new-doctors-companion-a-nurse\/","title":{"rendered":"New Doctor Who trailer intros new Doctor\u2019s companion: a nurse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new-doctor-who-trailer-intros-new-doctors-companion-a-nurse.png\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The first trailer for <em>Doctor Who<\/em>\u2019s new season introduces a new companion for Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s Doctor, with Varada Sethu (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23400643\/andor-best-star-wars\">Andor<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23158390\/jurassic-world-dominion-review\">Jurassic World Dominion<\/a><\/em>) in the role of Belinda Chandra, quipping that if he\u2019s the Doctor, then that makes her \u201cthe Nurse.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Now, the rest of the trailer is light on Chandra\u2019s backstory, so it\u2019s possible she\u2019s having a bit of a joke about yet-to-be-revealed circumstances, but it wouldn\u2019t be the first time that <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, or even Russell T Davies, played with the irony of the Doctor having <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martha_Jones\">an actual medical professional<\/a> for a companion. The one other thing about Chandra that the footage <em>does<\/em> reveal is also pretty tantalizing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cThere is something already connecting us,\u201d Gatwa\u2019s doctor says in the trailer, as footage reminds us of Sethu\u2019s role as the futuristic Anglican Marine Mundy Flynn, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/24161071\/doctor-who-steven-moffat-boom\">last season\u2019s episode \u201cBoom.\u201d<\/a> It seems there\u2019s some kind of time-crossing link between Mundy Flynn and Belinda Chandra \u2014 it wasn\u2019t just a random guest appearance, but something fishy at work in the universe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The rest of the new trailer is a tour of exciting sights in the Whovian tradition: giant spiders and skeletons; sci-fi vistas of all sorts; Millie Gibson reprising her role as last season\u2019s companion, Ruby Sunday; and even some kind of interstellar Eurovision competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Doctor Who<\/em>\u2019s new season is either the second (since the international broadcasting rights were acquired by Disney Plus), the 15th (since the show was revived in 2005) or 41st (since the show began in 1963) season of the series, depending on how you\u2019re counting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/tv\/529409\/doctor-who-season-2-2025-premiere-date-announcement\">It premieres on April 12<\/a>, with eight episodes debuting weekly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/trailer\/532847\/doctor-who-new-companion-belinda-chandra-varada-sethu\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first trailer for Doctor Who\u2019s new season introduces a new companion for Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s Doctor, with Varada Sethu (Andor, Jurassic World Dominion) in the role of Belinda Chandra, quipping that if he\u2019s the Doctor, then that makes her \u201cthe Nurse.\u201d Now, the rest of the trailer is light on Chandra\u2019s backstory, so it\u2019s possible she\u2019s having a bit of a joke about yet-to-be-revealed circumstances, but it wouldn\u2019t be the first time that Doctor Who, or even Russell T Davies, played with the irony of the Doctor having an actual medical professional for a companion. The one other thing about Chandra that the footage does reveal is also pretty tantalizing. \u201cThere is something already connecting us,\u201d Gatwa\u2019s doctor says in the trailer, as footage reminds&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-doctor-who-trailer-intros-new-doctors-companion-a-nurse\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1138915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1138914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Doctor Who trailer intros new Doctor\u2019s companion: a nurse? | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The first trailer for Doctor Who\u2019s new season introduces a new companion for Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s Doctor, with Varada Sethu (Andor, Jurassic World Dominion) in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-doctor-who-trailer-intros-new-doctors-companion-a-nurse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Doctor Who trailer intros new Doctor\u2019s companion: a nurse? 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