Doctor Who loves to bring back an old companion. Donna Noble appeared in the Christmas special but then came back for an entire season. Captain Jack Harkness was in one of the first episodes after the 2005 reboot, but he came back again and again, even sparking a spinoff. Not one, but two, companions were played by actresses with previous roles in the series. The repetition is usually baked into the narrative — Doctor Who is about time travel, after all, so people can weave in and out of the Doctor’s life all the time.
But a new familiar face poses a big problem. The Season 2 trailer for the recently re-re-booted Doctor Who reveals its storyline arc is once again repeating a big theme — and making a big mistake. Watch the trailer below:
