{"id":9161,"date":"2021-12-23T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1541223"},"modified":"2021-12-23T19:37:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:37:07","slug":"doctor-whos-jodie-whittaker-reveals-how-yaz-and-the-doctors-relationship-has-evolved","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-whos-jodie-whittaker-reveals-how-yaz-and-the-doctors-relationship-has-evolved\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s Jodie Whittaker reveals how Yaz and the Doctor\u2019s relationship has evolved"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 23 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Jodie Whittaker has touched on the evolving relationship between the Doctor and Yaz (Mandip Gill) in Doctor Who<\/a> amidst fan speculation surrounding their dynamic.<\/p>\n

Gill previously discussed the desire from some fans to have the two characters become romantically involved<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have asked about it, people have wanted it,\u201d she told Radio Times<\/strong>. \u201cMe and [Jodie] have a lovely relationship as people, as actors, and our characters have a really, really nice relationship. And I think it\u2019s been written very naturally.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to think where it heads people [will] have gone \u2018Yeah, that\u2019s what it\u2019s supposed to be.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Though she didn\u2019t address this possibility directly, Whittaker did touch on the pair\u2019s evolving dynamic ahead of New Year\u2019s Day special Eve of the Daleks.<\/p>

\u201cI think what\u2019s been great is the amount of time that\u2019s played out,\u201d she said. \u201cI think obviously [our] first season was in real time\u2026 but with season 12 and season 13 what happens is we have these elongated gaps between seasons and the time spent away, like the months that the Doctor\u2019s in prison.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this season [Flux], there\u2019s the time where Yaz has absolutely no idea if she\u2019s going to see the Doctor again. So the Doctor has given Yaz a hologram of information and Yaz continually plays it as her one connection to the Doctor when they\u2019re parted in time. I think what\u2019s brilliant is that these two, have had out of everyone \u2013 for my Doctor \u2013 the most amount of time together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Yaz, Whittaker said, has grown during her time aboard the TARDIS and is \u201csomebody who is finding her feet to leading and confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the Doctor loves is seeing Yaz\u2019s independence and confidence grow, but she never falters in always being there for the Doctor and vice versa as well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Eve of the Daleks is the first of a trilogy of final specials for Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, with the star set to make her exit in an extended episode which will air in autumn 2022 to mark the BBC\u2019s centenary.<\/p>\n

Though the next Doctor<\/a> is yet to be revealed, Whittaker herself has nominated It\u2019s A Sin star Lydia West<\/a> as her replacement.<\/p>\n

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