Cindy Wu Cindy Wu was a friend of the Tenth Doctor ' s companion Gabby Gonzalez , and became involved in many of their adventures , eventually becoming a companion of the Doctor alongside Gabby . Biography . Early life . Cindy was born in Canada . ( COMIC : " The Wishing Well Witch " ) At some point she immigrated to Brooklyn , New York ; where she became childhood friends with Gabby Gonzalez . When the pair were ten or eleven , they went to summer camp at Echo Lake . During one night , the pair were told a campfire story about a Rabid Raccoon which would stalk the camp grounds looking to attack anyone who got too close . Gabby and Cindy spent the night cowering inside their tent , shining a flashlight out into the dark . Eventually they fell asleep . The next morning they realised that the whole story was a hoax made - up by the counsellors . ( COMIC : " Cindy , Cleo and the Magic Sketchbook " ) She said her Dad loved his children , but " the weight of his expectation would crush you . " She was going to college for social science . Meeting the Doctor . One day , while Cindy was hanging out with Gabby in her father ' s laundromat , all the washing machines malfunctioned and exploded around them . The two girls cleaned up the mess . Later , Cindy became possessed by a Cerebravore and tried to break into the laundromat , where Gabby barricaded . After Cerebravores were defeated , Cindy was invited to the Gonzalez family dinner in honour of the Doctor . ( COMIC : " Revolutions of Terror " ) When Gabby returned from her travels with the Doctor , she told Cindy about them . ( COMIC : " Echo " ) Initially , Cindy attributed these stories to Gabby ' s imagination . When Gabby received a disturbing message from the Doctor , Cindy insisted on following her to the Upper East Side and found herself in Dorothy Bell ' s apartment just in time to witness her rejuvenation . ( COMIC : " The Fountains of Forever " ) Encounter with Ebonite . Shortly after the Anubis incident , Cindy met Jack Harkness and was pulled into Ebonite ' s Arena of Fear . ( COMIC : " Arena of Fear " ) Initial travels . The Doctor brought Cindy and Gabby to a conclave along the road to Parthia in 111 , where they discovered a plot by the Zoroniss to take over the world . Cindy was disgusted by the portion of their plan which involved incubating Roman soldiers with Zoroniss eggs and was willing to fend them off with her bare fists . ( COMIC : " The Long Con " ) Roscoe & Sutekh . During a stop - off in 1930s New Orleans , Cindy fell in love with Jazz musician Roscoe Ruskin . ( COMIC : " The Jazz Monster " ) As the MuWu . Cindy , Gabby and the Doctor would spend many days together in the Garden of Osiris . Cindy would grow very close with Noobis , who eventually admitted that he wanted to leave the Garden of Osiris to travel with the Doctor . While in the Garden , the team were attacked and absorbed by a consciousness from an alternate universe which placed each of them into fictionalised virtual environments . In the new reality , Cindy was in a romantic relationship with Cleo Hunsicker and had a black dog which resembled the real Noobis . On one evening , Cindy and Cleo lost track of the dog as they headed for the subway . As Cleo entered the train , the dog pulled Cindy off at the last moment , revealing itself to be Noobis in disguise . In their few moments of open thought , Noobis helped Cindy remember the truth of their situation and helped her escape the virtual reality into the real world . Cindy awoke to discover herself connected to a archaic yet developed piece of technology , surrounded by dead bodies which closely resembled her . Disconnecting herself from her constraints , she began to investigate the complex . ( COMIC : " Breakfast at Tyranny ' s " ) Cindy was kidnapped by a being resembling a TARDIS and brought to ancient China . ( COMIC : " Sharper Than a Serpent ' s Tooth " ) Personality . Cindy ' s most close and personal relationship was with her best friend Gabby . The pair had been friends since their early teens . ( COMIC : " Cindy , Cleo and the Magic Sketchbook " ) Dorothy Bell noted that the two showed incredible loyalty to each other , and wished that she held something similar . She also told the Doctor that they needed space away from him to find themselves . ( COMIC : " Old Girl " ) After Gabby left , Cindy missed her deeply . While she initially diagnosed this as jealousy , she eventually came to the conclusion that she could not bear the thought of not having Gabby around . This was why she eventually decided to join Gabby in the TARDIS . ( COMIC : " Old Girl " ) Cindy secretly held romantic interests for Gabby , and later for Cleopatra Hunsicker ; but she would eventually come to the conclusion that both women were " uninterested . " ( COMIC : " Breakfast at Tyranny ' s " ) Gabby would explain to Cindy that while she did indeed love her , she wanted Cindy to realise that she didn ' t need their relationship to survive . ( COMIC : " Old Girl " ) In the simulated reality created by the Wraiths , that version of Cleo was dating Cindy . When Cindy began to realise that the world was fake , the fake Cleo protested Cindy looking for Gabby ; noting that " she ' s not interested , " further claiming that the real Cleo showed off the body language of someone who was . ( COMIC : " Breakfast at Tyranny ' s " )