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Doctor Who: Flux – We Think We've Figured Out Karvanista's Backstory

With about a week to go until Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yaz), and John Bishop's (Dan) Team TARDIS face their deadliest challenge yet when the BBC's Doctor Who: Flux premieres on October 31st with the appropriately-titled "The Halloween Apocalypse," we have to get something off our chests. So you know the deal by now. Jacob Anderson's (Game of Thrones) Vinder joins the team for a storyline spanning all of Series 13 as a threat known as The Flux brings the fight of our heroes' lives to their front doors. We're talking Sontarans, Weeping Angels, Ravagers, Cybermen, the Ood, and even… the Karvanista?! Okay, we have a new figure on the scene and just from first appearances? I think we can piece together an origin story. Apparently, the combination of a tear in the space/time continuum at the same time that Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) in the "Star Wars" universe threw the Millennium Falcon into hyperdrive (yup, we're using it as an all-inclusive term) at the same time that Barf (John Candy) from Mel Brooks' 1987 film Spaceballs threw Eagle 5 into hyperdrive. The resulting backlash from that "perfect storm" may very well be the very thing that birthed the Doctor's newest big bad (??).

Now let's throw on our "serious hats" and take a look back at the official trailer:

She's back. The Thirteenth Doctor is returning for the thirteenth series in what is set to be a six-part Event Serial. Since their last epic battle in "Revolution of the Daleks," the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and Yaz (Mandip Gill) have been exploring the universe together but with the Doctor now questioning everything about her past there, she will undoubtedly be searching for answers. This adrenalin-fueled; universe-spanning series will also see an addition to the TARDIS with actor and comedian John Bishop joining the cast as Dan Lewis who will quickly learn there's more to the Universe than he could ever believe. Jacob Anderson ("Game of Thrones," "Broadchurch") is also set to make his debut on Doctor Who as reoccurring character Vinder. Jacob's new role will see him join forces with the Doctor, Yaz, and Dan as the Doctor faces her biggest ever adventure. Series 13 is set to introduce some terrifying new adversaries and the return of truly iconic old enemies. Expect action, fun, scares, extraordinary new worlds as the Doctor and her friends confront a deadly evil…

Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet, Toast Of London, Downton Abbey), Thaddea Graham (The Irregulars, Us), Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners, A Very English Scandal, World On Fire), Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Caribbean, Designated Survivor, Downton Abbey), Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty, Intergalactic, The English Game), Sara Powell (Unforgotten, Damned), Annabel Scholey (The Split, Britannia), Gerald Kyd (Cold Feet, Britannia), Penelope Ann McGhie (The Crown, Harry Potter), Rochenda Sandall (Line Of Duty), Sam Spruell (The North Water), Craige Els (Ripper Street), Steve Oram (The End of the F-ing World), Nadia Albina (The One), Jonathan Watson (Two Doors Down), Sue Jenkins (Brookside, Coronation Street), and Paul Broughton (Clink, Brookside) also star. Showrunner Chris Chibnall is writing all six episodes, with Maxine Alderton (Series 12 "The Haunting of Villa Diodati") co-writing Episode 4 with Chibnall. Jamie Magnus Stone (Series 12 "Spyfall: Part One" & "Ascension of the Cybermen" / "The Timeless Children") will direct episodes one, two & four; with Azhur Saleem (Amazon & Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys adaptation) directing the remaining three.

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