Doctor Who Eve Of The Daleks: 10 Huge Questions After The New Year Special

2. Is The Doctor In Love With Yaz?

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After all the Doctor’s past romances (Rose, Madame De Pompadour, Joan Redfern, River Song) it’s odd that the suggestion that the Doctor and Yaz could be in love with each other is such a talking point. The Doctor has never been an asexual being, and that there could be a special bond of love between her and Yaz has been hinted at from very early on.

Dan gets it, and his smile when he sees the two looking at each other confirms that the Doctor was indeed pretending to be naïve. She and Yaz have shared many adventures together off-screen (between The Timeless Children and Doctor Who Flux) and have had plenty of time to get close to each other.

The question is, will either of them declare their love to the other before it’s too late? There’s just such little time left for them. In all likelihood we will get a deathbed confession just before the Doctor regenerates, and there’s a high chance she dies saving Yaz. If this happens, then it doesn’t look like Yaz will be around to see the Doctor regenerate. At least it looks as if she’ll be back in Sheffield, with her friends and family there to support her.

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Paul Driscoll is a freelance writer and author across a range of subjects from Cult TV to religion and social policy. He is a passionate Doctor Who fan and January 2017 will see the publication of his first extended study of the series (based on Toby Whithouse's series six episode, The God Complex) in the critically acclaimed Black Archive range by Obverse Books. He is a regular writer for the fan site Doctor Who Worldwide and has contributed several essays to Watching Books' You and Who range. Recently he has branched out into fiction writing, with two short stories in the charity Doctor Who anthology Seasons of War (Chinbeard Books). Paul's work will also feature in the forthcoming Iris Wildthyme collection (A Clockwork Iris, Obverse Books) and Chinbeard Books' collection of drabbles, A Time Lord for Change.