Doctor Who is back, and it’s got a new season-long mystery for the 15th Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) to unravel. This time, instead of trying to solve the mystery of Ruby Sunday’s origins, he has to figure out why he can’t get Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) back to her time and place on Earth.
It’s a mystery that presents itself at the end of the jam-packed Season 2 premiere, “The Robot Revolution,” which follows Belinda as she’s kidnapped by alien robots and brought to the planet Miss Belinda Chandra — a far-off star that was named after her by an ex-boyfriend. When the revolution to defeat the robots and unseat their AI ruler is over and done with — with the help of the Doctor, of course — the Doctor tries to bring Belinda back to May 24, 2025, the night that Belinda was taken from her home, but is unable to pilot the TARDIS back to that time and place. What is the reason that date is inaccessible to the TARDIS? Why does Belinda look just like the far-future soldier, Mundy Flynn? It’s an intriguing mystery to kick off the new season, and Inverse chatted with showrunner Russell T Davies to try to parse where that mystery is going.
