Doctor Whohad a bit of an up-and-down 2024.

Belinda wants to go home.

Ian and Barbara, the first companions alongside the Doctors granddaughter Susan those six decades ago, were abducted.

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Belinda is immediately challenging to the Doctor, but not in an antagonistic way.

Theyre not squabbling with each other; they do clearly begin to find some connection together across the episode.

And perhaps most importantly, its a relationship we actually get to see developing on-screen.

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