Doctor Who Season 11: 10 BIg Questions After The Ghost Monument
8. WIll We Meet Yasmin's Family?
Yasmin Kahn, played by Mandip Gill, is still the least known of the Doctor’s new companions. Disappointingly, she had very little to do in this episode and there were no links made to her career as a Police Officer. The focus, perhaps understandably in the wake of Grace’s death, is on Graham and Ryan. So far, she’s been there to offer moral support to the others, particularly Ryan.
Her promise to always have Ryan’s back is surely something that will be of significance further down the line, but it is clear that she will have an independent story of her own at some point and it seems unlikely, and indeed unwise, for the producer to go down the direction of making her and Ryan a romantic item (ala Rose and Mickey, Amy and Rory, and Clara and Danny Pink).
The theme of family is one of the major drivers of the series, and we did at least have a hint of things to come with the mention of Yasmin’s father and sister. She was encouraged by Angstrom not to take them for granted, and her tears suggest genuine affection and perhaps even guilt. The team will return to contemporary Sheffield in episode four’s Arachnids in the UK, the perfect time to bring her family members into play.