{"id":7491,"date":"2021-11-20T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1513532"},"modified":"2021-11-20T16:32:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T15:32:08","slug":"doctor-whos-mandip-gill-on-growing-tension-between-yaz-and-the-doctor","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-whos-mandip-gill-on-growing-tension-between-yaz-and-the-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s Mandip Gill on growing tension between Yaz and the Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Huw Fullerton\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 20 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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There have been a few changes in the TARDIS for Doctor Who<\/a>\u2019s new series, with companions Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole waving goodbye and newcomer John Bishop joining the gang as plasterer, soup-lover and wok-wielder extraordinaire Dan Lewis.<\/p>\n

But another change has arrived in the relationship between current Doctor Jodie Whittaker and longstanding companion Yaz (Mandip Gill), which has become slightly more combative in series 13. Over the course of the first three episodes, as the Doctor worries about her past and what it has to do with the Flux, she\u2019s regularly told Yaz to butt out of her business, clearly growing frustrated with her friend\u2019s questions.<\/p>\n

And as for how Yaz feels about the new tension? Well, there\u2019s no better way to find out than to go straight to the source \u2013 Mandip Gill herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Doctor as we know, she is going through something and she doesn\u2019t talk about it,\u201d Gill told RadioTimes.com<\/a>\u00a0when asked about the frostiness between the Doctor and Yaz. \u201cShe always finds an excuse not to tell us.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cSo I think Yaz having spent a lot of time with the Doctor, is a bit like, \u2018Oh, come on, you really don\u2019t tell us anything.\u2019 Our tension is coming from that. \u2018You keep making us do things, keep making us chase you around, but you\u2019re never explaining what\u2019s wrong with you. Where have you come from?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Gill also speculated that Yaz might resent the Doctor holding back information, especially after sharing some of her own life story in their time together.<\/p>\n

\u201cYaz doesn\u2019t really know that much about the Doctor,\u201d she told us. \u201cAnd yet, she\u2019s gone on this massive journey with her.<\/p>\n

\u201cYaz has opened up about what it was like in Sheffield, and what she went through at school. So I think she thinks it\u2019s only fair that the Doctor does that.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the Doctor\u2019s perspective, she\u2019s obviously not in a position to talk about it. But naturally, it\u2019s come to a little bit of a head.\u201d<\/p>\n