The Mysterious Mr Pink

The second episode of Series 8 of Doctor Who introduced the character Danny Pink played by Samuel Anderson. Since his character was announced at the beginning of this year fans have been speculating how important his character will be. Suggestions have included being Clara’s boyfriend, a new companion and even the Master! I think these were the most popular suggestions as it seems that he is going to be a recurring or regular character due to how early he has been introduced. This could lead to him joining the Doctor and Clara in the Tardis or if not, having a good number of episodes to set up a narrative arc to be resolved in the finale or both.

I found his character to be quite conflicting – there seemed to be a lot of dualities. This obviously makes him seem mysterious as you’re not sure who exactly he is (which feeds in perfectly to him being a villain theories/setting up a narrative arc). This blog post will discuss some of Danny Pink’s traits without turning too much into a review of ‘Into the Dalek’ hopefully!

Make Clara a character

Speculative tabloid journalists working for the Mirror have written an article claiming that current Doctor Who companion Clara Oswald is leaving the series at Christmas. The Mirror allege that

“The conversations about Jenna’s exit have started, and a plan is in place which is being ironed out.”

There are no named sources and the BBC have refused to comment or confirm the story which leads me to believe that it simply is just speculation and that there’s no truth to it. This is the same newspaper that claimed that Peter Capaldi was only staying for one season because the BBC only do year-long contracts. This probably fake story has gone viral online within the fandom and creates a lot of traffic to the newspaper’s website. Other newspapers mostly tabloids like the Daily Mail, Daily Express but also the Independent have duplicated the story.

I hope that the story is not true because I believe that Clara could be a good companion but hasn’t been developed well.