Here are a few recent Doctor Who guest characters that we would love to see joining the Doctor and Clara on their travels – or perhaps even becoming that titular Magician’s Apprentice…
Osgood
She’s smart, she cosplays at work, and she’s a fierce admirer of the Doctor; indeed, there’s something of all of us in Osgood.
One wonders if Osgood’s undying hero-worship would cloud her judgment when it comes to the Doctor’s decisions, or if she would grow to learn to disagree sometimes. While I’m entirely aware of the fact that she was last seen being vaporised by Missy in ‘Death in Heaven’, I’m also entirely aware that this is Doctor Who, and anything’s possible.
Shona McCullough
She may not be a real scientist, but she dances in the face of danger with the same brand of sweet moves I tend to reserve for my kitchen, and if her Christmas Day video itinerary is any indication, our heroes were totally living her dream.
She survived the Dream Crabs in ‘Last Christmas’, so even if she doesn’t remember making their acquaintance, there’s no reason why the Doctor and Clara might not cross paths with Shona again. Who knows, maybe someday they’ll go out for a curry together after all.
Missy
Okay, so Missy’s bananas, and we saw her die, but this is the Master we’re talking about, and – as Steven Moffat has confirmed – the Master never stays dead.
Missy is most certainly a companion who could never be: a relationship as long-running and as fraught as the Doctor and Master seems unlikely ever to be reconciled long enough to decide to go on a big space-time road trip, but how hilarious would it be if they did?
It’s easy to imagine Capaldi and Gomez bickering through space, foiling each other’s plans at every turn. The answer to whether or not they can still be friends is inevitably no, but we hope they never stop trying.
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