Doctor Who Flux: 10 Huge Questions After The Vanquishers

The idea that the Doctor could abandon a companion goes against all we know of the character. The situation must have been exceptional because we know that even when working for the Division, the Doctor’s moral compass had not been compromised. Karvanista cannot talk about it, because the Division have made him a ticking time bomb. No wonder he’s tried to put the entire universe between himself and the Doctor. He can’t risk a confrontation that might make him talk about their past. He has unfinished business with the Doctor, he must want answers himself, but he knows he cannot push her for them.

There is, however, one reason why the Doctor would let go of her companions. She would break contact if it was for their own protection. We saw the eleventh Doctor do exactly this with Amy and Rory (The God Complex). By leaving Karvanista, the Fugitive Doctor has probably saved his life. We still don’t know why the Doctor left the Division on bad terms, especially as the mission on Atropos was supposed to end with her leaving with their permission, but it’s likely this is when she left her old friend.

Too much has been revealed about the Doctor’s time with the Division for it to be completely ignored. It’s not just the Doctor’s story that has been left hanging, now there is a rogue Weeping Angel and Karvanista to consider. Will the old team reform? Will they instead team up to join or become the forces that are supposedly out to get the Doctor?