{"id":54762,"date":"2024-07-13T17:30:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T15:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2071250"},"modified":"2024-07-13T22:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T20:14:53","slug":"doctor-who-boss-compares-varada-sethu-casting-to-freema-agyeman","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-boss-compares-varada-sethu-casting-to-freema-agyeman\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who boss compares Varada Sethu casting to Freema Agyeman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russell T Davies has confirmed Sethu’s companion will be a new character, and she won’t be returning as Mundy Flynn. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 13 July 2024 at 15:30 PM<\/p>

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Fans were astonished earlier this year as they sat down to watch Steven Moffat\u2019s latest episode of Doctor Who<\/a>, Boom<\/a>, as they noticed the already announced new companion star<\/a> for season 15, Varada Sethu<\/a>, popping up ahead of time as the character Mundy Flynn.<\/p>\n

It was later confirmed that Sethu\u2019s companion role would be a different character to Mundy, and Moffat teased that \u201cthere is a plan\u201d<\/a>\u00a0going forward, adding: \u201cThat\u2019s all I\u2019m telling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans instantly started theorising as to what that plan could be, but now Davies has confirmed that any in-story explanation as to Sethu\u2019s dual roles was added after the fact, as her casting was actually more in line with that of previous companion star Freema Agyeman.<\/p>\n

Agyeman famously played Tenth Doctor companion Martha Jones<\/a>, but before her casting in that role she appeared as the one-off character Adeola in Army of Ghosts.<\/p>\n

Davies and the team saw her performance, loved working with her, and decided to cast her again.<\/p>\n

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Speaking with SFX magazine<\/a>, Davies explained that there was a similar situation with Sethu, saying: \u201cI think we might as well just be simple with this, because we\u2019ve already said she\u2019s not coming back as Mundy Flynn.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one of those very simple situations, like with Freema [Agyeman, who appeared in Army Of Ghosts before being cast as Martha Jones]: when you cast a great actor, you need a new companion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was watching, like, the 15th edit of Boom, loving<\/em> her. Every time I watch her, I think, \u2018God, she\u2019s brilliant.\u2019 I literally think she\u2019s brilliant. I used to watch her thinking, \u2018God, what a shame we can\u2019t work with her again.’\u201d<\/p>\n
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