February 25, 2025
The new companion talks to Doctor Who Magazine about stepping into the TARDIS for Season 2…
Doctor Who returns this year with Ncuti Gatwa’s second full season as the Doctor, and joining him in the TARDIS is all-new companion Belinda Chandra, played by Varada Sethu.
Doctor Who Magazine speaks to Varada in the latest issue about joining the cast of Doctor Who once again (after an appearance in Season 1 as Mundy Flynn) and what to expect from Belinda’s debut season – read an excerpt from the interview below.
The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is on sale from Thursday, February 27th. You can order here.
Varada Sethu on taking on the role of Belinda Chandra:
“Since I’ve started, it’s just been so much fun. It’s all been at breakneck speed: I got the script for Episode 1 about two weeks before we started. And then, obviously, each storyline and each setting is something else… It’s a new world. It’s a whole new timeline – appropriately enough! It’s absolutely incredible. It’s been a wild ride…”
Read more in issue 614 of Doctor Who Magazine, on sale from Thursday 27th February.
Inside this issue:
- We have an introductory chat with VARADA SETHU alias new companion Belinda Chandra.
- Back to terrorise the universe: SACHA DHAWAN on finding hidden depths to the Master!
- We celebrate the 20th anniversary of the return of Doctor Who in 2005 with RUSSELL T DAVIES, JULIE GARDNER, JANE TRANTER, ROB SHEARMAN & PAUL CORNELL.
- A very personal interview with Doctor Who’s first director WARIS HUSSEIN…
- …We also take a look at missing story Marco Polo, which was also directed by Waris.
- STEPHEN WYATT and RICHARD UNWIN on Me and Him and Who – a play that reflects on the life and legacy of eighties producer JOHN NATHAN-TURNER.
- Actor PAUL GRIST speaks about playing Bill Filer in The Claws of Axos.
- We visit the Propstore to see the Doctor Who costumes and props that are being auctioned in aid of BBC Children in Need.
- COLIN BAKER and NICOLA BRYANT are among the guests at an anniversary screening of 1985’s Vengeance on Varos.
- We investigate the strategies of the Doctor’s plastic antagonists – the Autons.
- Gary Gillatt takes us on a voyage to the fiery surface of the planet Venus…
- Back to 1997… We reflect on the mystique of New Adventures novel Lungbarrow.
- Sorting fact from fiction in Twelfth Doctor adventure Robot of Sherwood!
- Join Beatie and the Hypnotising Cat in this issue’s comic strip!
Regular features:
- Gallifrey Guardian – our news round-up including the announcement of new adventures for the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler.
- Shelf Life – featuring reviews of the latest home video and audio releases.
- Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
- Prizes to be won including Blu-rays of The Collection – Season 7!
The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is on sale from Thursday, February 27th. You can order here.
