Is Yasmin Khan in love with the Time Lord in Doctor Who?

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WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Doctor Who season 11 Season 11 of Doctor Who premiered last month to rave reviews as Jodie Whittaker made her debut in earnest as the first female Time Lord. The BBC series saw the introduction of new companions Ryan Sinclair (played by Tosin Cole), Yasmin “Yaz” Khan (Mandip Gill) and Graham O’Brien (Bradley Walsh). This week the Doctor and companions solidified their friendship after Ryan, Graham and Yaz told the Time Lord that they wanted to continue going on adventures with her.

Is Yaz in love with the Doctor? The short answer is that we don’t know but it appeared that Yaz had taken a shine to the time traveller. Episode four called Arachnids in the UK also saw the introduction of Yaz’s family and her mother Najia Khan (Shobna Gulati). In one scene, Najia asked Yaz if she was seeing the Doctor, leading the Time Lord to say: “I don’t think so. Are we?” Yaz resolutely denied it and gave her mother a look of pure scorn as she tried to explain how the Doctor had saved her life. HOW TO WATCH DOCTOR WHO SEASON 11 ONLINE

Mandip Gill as Yasmin Khan in Doctor Who

Jodie Whittaker as the Time Lord in Doctor Who season 11

She looked embarrassed and ended their terse exchange by firmly saying: “Please can we not have this conversation now.” Later on in the episode, Najia asked if Yaz was dating Ryan which led to somewhat less embarrassment but less so than earlier. The episode also saw Yaz gazing dreamily at the Doctor as she said she would follow her, saying: “I want more, more of the universe… more time with you.” She added with a smile: “You’re like the best person I’ve ever met.” HOW MANY EPISODES ARE IN DOCTOR WHO SEASON 11?

Although this could simply be Yaz in awe of the Doctor, it could also suggest that she has feelings for the Gallifreyan. Season 11 of Doctor Who has been hailed for its representation and diversity with episode three’s Rosa being praised for covering the American civil rights movement as well as picking up on contemporary parallels towards racism. Speaking about LGBT+ representation in the new series, Doctor Who producer Matt Strevens said: "Since the show came back in 2005, I think Doctor Who has been amazing at blurring the edges of sexuality and being quite gender fluid about the characters and relationships. "I'm not going to say if any of our characters are or are not at this point. But it is part, I think, of the DNA that Russell re-imbued into the show…” WHO IS MANDIP GILL?

Doctor Who season 11 has been hailed for its representation