{"id":34696,"date":"2022-02-28T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T00:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=34696"},"modified":"2022-02-27T12:36:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T12:36:08","slug":"fan-speculation-resulted-in-the-doctor-and-yazs-thasmin-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2022\/02\/28\/fan-speculation-resulted-in-the-doctor-and-yazs-thasmin-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan Speculation Resulted in the Doctor and Yaz’s “Thasmin” Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In news that shall come as no surprise to anyone, it’s been revealed that “Thasmin”, i.e. the potentially-romantic relationship between the Thirteenth Doctor and Yasmin Khan, was not planned from the beginning of the era; indeed, it was actually the response from Doctor Who<\/em> fans on social media which prompted Yaz’s feelings for the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Eve of the Daleks<\/em>, Yaz confesses to fellow companion, Dan Lewis, how she feels about the Doctor. And this came about because some fans on social media read more into their initial relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producer, Matt Strevens, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Jodie had brought [social media speculation] to set after the first season, and said \u2018there\u2019s speculation out there,\u2019 and we hadn\u2019t really thought about it. But it became quite a big thing, and if you think about the history of\u00a0Doctor Who<\/em>\u00a0since Russell [T Davies, former and new showrunner] brought it back, every companion story with the Doctor is a love story.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Not entirely sure about the idea that every companion story is a love story: while Rose and Martha both felt the same for the Doctor, Donna didn’t; Amy and Rory didn’t (although Amy likely had a crush on him due to childhood fixation); Clara initially fancied the Doctor; Nardole definitely didn’t; and neither did Bill. Captain Jack fancies everyone though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonetheless, it could maybe be argued that the “love story” doesn’t have to be romantic; it could be that strong bond of friendship and the appreciation of what each party offers to the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why didn’t their relationship grow during Series 12? Strevens offers a simple explanation<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A couple screengrabs went around that could be misinterpreted… and then we sort of forgot about it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Strevens went on to say<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Yaz isn\u2019t sure what these feelings are that she\u2019s having, but they\u2019re fundamental feelings. And I think it\u2019s a testament to John Bishop\u2019s performance that he\u2019s sort of wheedling it out of them, which I think was brilliantly done.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

However you feel about “Thasmin”, it looks like it’ll be explored more in Jodie Whittaker’s final two specials, Legend of the Sea Devils<\/em>, and the as-yet-unnamed BBC Centenary special…<\/p>\n

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“Yaz isn\u2019t sure what these feelings are that she\u2019s having, but they\u2019re fundamental feelings.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"Fan Speculation Resulted in #DoctorWho and Yaz's \"#Thasmin\" 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