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| Rahul Chandra | |
| Continuity: | Doctor Who |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Type: | Conspiracy theorist |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Hallamshire, Sheffield, England |
| Associations: | Hallamshire Police |
| Relatives: | Asha Chandra |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Died: | 2018 |
| First: | "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" |
| Actor: | Amit Shah |
Rahul Chandra is a fictional conspiracy theorist and a minor character featured on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Played by actor Amit Shah, he appeared in the premiere episode of season eleven of the relaunch series, "The Woman Who Fell to Earth".
Biography[]
Rahul Chandra lived in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. Many years ago, he lost his sister Asha Chandra under mysterious circumstances. Obsessed with determining what had happened to her, he began conducting extensive monitor readings into alien life forms, convinced that Asha had been abducted by aliens.
Rahul discovered an alien pod, which was a transport vessel for a warrior known as T'zim-Sha of the Stenza. When the pod opened in Rahul'a warehouse, T'Zim-Sha emerged and killed him.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Rahul Chandra was created by director Jamie Childs and writer Chris Chibnall.
- Rahul's obsessive investigation into his sister's disappearance mirrors the background of a character named Fox Mulder from the TV series The X-Files. As a child, Fox witnessed his sister, Samantha Mulder, being taken away. This event formed the basis for Fox's later work as a conspiracy theorist and F.B.I. investigator.