THIS is the moment the Doctor’s new companion experiences the TARDIS for the first time in Doctor Who.
The Doctor and chip-specialist Bill Potts – who is played by actress Pearl Mackie – are desperately running away from an alien threat and the Time Lord takes her into the TARDIS for safety.
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Not quite believing the TARDIS’ wooden doors and windows could protect her, it takes Bill a while to turn around and see the huge ship she has walked into to escape the alien that looks like her crush.
“Time And Relative Dimension In Space,” the Doctor says to aaw-struck Bill.
“Tardis for short. You’re safe in here and you always will be.”
Doctor Who newcomer Pearl recently said it is “about time” that the show featured an openly gay character as the Time Lord’s official companion.
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Her role has made headlines in recent weeks as it marks the first time the show has clearly defined a character’s sexuality.
But, claiming that it is only the creators’ phrasing that has changed, Mackie told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “Arguably there have been lots of gay characters on Doctor Who previously.
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“The terminology ‘the official companion’ is why she’s the first gay companion – it’s the terminology of that that’s actually the first for Doctor Who.
“I mean, it’s about time isn’t it?”
The creator of the show’s tenth series, Steven Moffat, has previously agreed that Bill’s sexuality should not be anything to “fuss” about.
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According to the Mirror, he said: “Just to be clear, we are not expecting any kind of round of applause or pat on the back for that.
“The correct response should be ‘what took you so long?’.”
Instead, he has told how her role will be to pose the questions about the Doctor’s history that new viewers might be asking.
“She has a different bunch of questions – what are the questions that a real person flung into The Doctor’s life would ask?” he said.
“I’ve set this challenge to all the writers – what is she going to ask him?
“The moment you open that up it starts to define her – where is the toilet on the Tardis, that’s a really reasonable question.”
The upcoming series, which broadcasts on BBC One at 7.20pm on Saturday, will be Moffat’s last as lead writer and executive producer. He will be replaced by Chris Chibnall.
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