Doctor Who star Anita Dobson spills major spoiler about infuriating show mystery

Anita Dobson's Doctor Who character, Mrs Flood, has been the root of theories and disorder from her archetypal infinitesimal connected surface - and the histrion has dropped immoderate hints up of a large unveiling

As soon arsenic the caller iteration of Doctor Who was aired connected Christmas 2023, fans had large questions astir 1 peculiar quality - and they’ll yet beryllium answered.

Anita Dobson, who plays Mrs Flood, was cardinal to each of these hunches, with truthful galore viewers instantly guessing that she was much than she seemed. Mrs Flood saw the TARDIS look and vanish close extracurricular her house, and encouraged Ruby Sunday to question with the Doctor portion besides wishing her “luck” connected her journey,

All of this made radical deliberation that Mrs Flood had travel crossed the Doctor and TARDIS earlier - with theories ranging from a neighbourhood ticker conspiracy theorist, to a past companion, to an alien undercover.

Anita herself has present addressed these theories, and said that a wide reply is coming close up. "By the extremity of this bid that's coming up now, you volition find retired who she is and what she's about,” she said to Radio Times.

Giving a hint that Mrs Flood’s uncover mightiness beryllium a large alteration for the quality astatine look value, she added: "I get to deterioration immoderate truly chill outfits. I'm large connected clothes!"

Anita - who has been joined to Sir Brian May of Queen since 2000 - besides shared that she’d been pursuing the instrumentality obsession with her character, and that immoderate radical weren’t acold distant from the truth. "I deliberation immoderate of the theories are truly cool, due to the fact that I've done a mates of Comic Cons, and the fans travel up and archer maine what they think," she said.

The prima besides begged showrunner Russell T Davies to perceive to immoderate of the explanations from viewers. She shared of the theories: "Some of them person been truly adjacent to the truth. And immoderate of them travel up with these, you think, ‘wow, that's truly good.’ So I anticipation Russell's listening in, and I truly anticipation to bash more, due to the fact that I person loved my travel with it. It's been fantastic. I emotion Mrs Flood."

Beyond Doctor Who, Anita besides precocious a blessed wellness update astir how Brian is recovering aft helium revealed successful September that he’d suffered a "scary" stroke.

Talking astir Brian’s wellness and their large manner alteration from engaged London to the countryside, she said: “Brian is unchangeable now. Brian has ne'er been happier since we moved.”

Anita shared that Brian loved feeding each of the animals surviving astir them, and was acceptable and steadfast capable for an overseas trip. She added: “But isolated from that we are conscionable chilling astatine the infinitesimal and spending clip astatine location is rather good,” she summarised. Anita noted that Brian’s changeable had been a large wakeup call, saying: “It makes you realise that astatine immoderate infinitesimal it could beryllium you. You don’t person to needfully beryllium old, It could beryllium anyone.”

The beloved histrion concluded: “You person to unrecorded each time arsenic if it was your last. It’s not casual to bash that. You hide and deliberation I’ve got different week and it’s each booked up, you person to beryllium alert that beingness is precious and with beingness changing truthful accelerated we are each connected a spot of a bladed thread if you like.”

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