“I think Mel’s got the best of every world, don’t you?” Bonnie Langford asks of her Doctor Who companion, who traveled with the Sixth ( Colin Baker ) and Seventh ( Sylvester McCoy ) incarnations of the Time Lord. She’s returned since, most recently in the 60th anniversary special, “The Giggle,” and now will be seen in the June 10 episode, “The Legend of Ruby Sunday.” Mel’s presence at UNIT in “The Giggle” was a surprise to the Fourteenth Doctor ( David Tennant ) as she handed him a tablet.
“I love the bit,” Langford tells TV Insider. “I love the bit where Catherine [Tate as companion Donna Noble] turned around and said, ‘I thought I was the only redhead.’ And I had to go, ‘No, I was the first,’ showing that there could be this kind of jealousy between companions.
There’s almost a, ‘I was a better companion than you.’ I just love that. Because you think, yeah, that probably would be the case because he’s been around with so many different people.
” Mel was also present for the Doctor’s bigeneration, which split him into two and debuted Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor. And right from that scene, it’s clear how fun Mel’s dynamic is with him. “Isn’t it great? I’d never met Ncuti before until he came on the set and he’s this ray of light and he’s very beautiful to look at as well,” Langford raves.
“And we just connected. Isn’t that funny? I mean, just literally, I felt like I’d known him all my life or his .
