cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/13742015
Speaking to Doctor Who Unleashed, Davies said: “So that’s goodbye to Millie Gibson, except it’s not! You’d have to be mad to say goodbye to talent and a character like that!”
He added: “This is a pause. I genuinely felt Ruby’s story paused there. She couldn’t get all that information about her family, all that emotional overload, and run off in the TARDIS. It pauses there. She’s coming back.
“A new companion is coming in, but you’ll see the three of them together. Three people in this TARDIS fighting evil. There’s good stuff to come. There are really crucial stories for Ruby to come, and her family – the story of that family hasn’t finished yet – that will all make sense when you see it. So more to come.”
We’ve known since way before season 1 even started that she’d be leaving mid-season 2. The only thing that’s new (to me at least) is that both Millie and Varada will be companions at the same time (which irks me to no end because I was convinced Varada would be Ruby II. Dangit.).